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Iphoto 'preparing library' but quits midway.

I can't access any of my pictures. Iphoto has been "preparing library" but it always goes to 49% and then quits unexpectedly. I see the photo library file thats about 60gb on finder. Anything I can do to fix this quick?

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)

Posted on Mar 15, 2018 5:06 PM

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