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I tried opening my photos today and received this message, "Unsupported Library...The library "Photos Library" is from a newer version of Photos. Please upgrade Photos to open this library"
How do I upgrade Photos? I have gone to the app store, search preferences, and came up empty.
MacBook Air, iOS 11, beta
Which version of MacOS X do you currently have installed?
The error message will be given if you opened a Photos Library in a newer version of Photos, perhaps a Beta version. If that happens, you have to upgrade your Mac to that same version of MaxOS X.
You will not see an update at the AppStore, if you are running an older major release of MacOS X, for example macOS 10.12.6 Sierra. There are no more macOS 10.12 updates. But you can upgrade by installing the new major release macOS 10.13 High Sierra. macOS High Sierra - Apple
The system upgrades are installed from the main page of the AppSTore, not the Updates tab.
Which version of MacOS X do you currently have installed?
The error message will be given if you opened a Photos Library in a newer version of Photos, perhaps a Beta version. If that happens, you have to upgrade your Mac to that same version of MaxOS X.
You will not see an update at the AppStore, if you are running an older major release of MacOS X, for example macOS 10.12.6 Sierra. There are no more macOS 10.12 updates. But you can upgrade by installing the new major release macOS 10.13 High Sierra. macOS High Sierra - Apple
The system upgrades are installed from the main page of the AppSTore, not the Updates tab.
Hi 1badpj,
So as I understand it, Apple doesn't offer a separate upgrade for Photos, so unless you can find an unofficial fix, you'd be best upgrading your OSX to the same as that from which your Photos library came, if it will be ok for your computer.
Hope this helps,
Andy
Unsupported photo library...photos not opening...does anyone have a fix for mac High Sierra?
