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Photos keep disappearing from my Project Album - help please!

Photos keep disappearing from my Project Album - help please!

Using Photos in IMac 10.13.3.

Have created many Albums to create books before successfully

but twice have filled in this book only to have most photos gone next time I look. Aaaaagh.

iMac, iOS 10.3.3

Posted on Mar 11, 2018 3:20 AM

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Posted on Mar 11, 2018 4:04 AM

Are you deleting the photos from your Photos Library, after you add them to the book? The books are only referencing the photos in the library, they are using. They are not storing separate copies.


Are you using iCloud Photo Library?

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Mar 11, 2018 7:57 AM in response to sconegnome

Possibly - mount it and see


Are the photo on the USB stick or is the Photos library on the USB stick


If the photos are on the USB stick and the Photos library is on your main hard drive how were these photo import to Photos, as referenced (you unchecked the Photos preference to copy imported items to the Photos library) or managed (that preference is unchanged from its default? Note that unchecking this preference is NOT recommended - :Disadvantages of a Referenced Library in Photos


LN

Mar 11, 2018 8:36 AM in response to sconegnome

If you get the stick back and the owner did not erase the photos from the stick, Photos may find them automatically, if you used referenced files. If not, and the owner has to copy the photos back to the stick, you may need to point photos to the new copies on the stick, when it gives an error message about missing originals.

Mar 11, 2018 8:46 AM in response to LarryHN

Good tips. Thanks Larry. I imported them from a pal's USB stick to my hard drive but assumed that once we'd completed the book, it would be safe until we electronically sent it off with payment to be turned into a hard back. Therefore I returned the USB stick and deleted some of the source info. I'll look into the Preference aspect. Cheers.

Photos keep disappearing from my Project Album - help please!

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