Photos are moving themselves within albums

My iMac is possessed!


I am trying to move some pictures around within an album. I do not have any "Sorting" option selected. When I move one (or more) pictures, then adjacent pictures are moving!


It's weird and totally unexplainable (by me). Here is a link to a small screen recording to demonstrate


https://youtu.be/A6OBMe34-ek


Randall

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Posted on May 21, 2018 8:52 AM

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Posted on May 21, 2018 10:15 AM

I see it now. The first move just looks like the photos rearranged themselves in their original order but the second did show to additional photos moving up.




As a test launch Photos with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it?


If it doesn't it's limited to your current library so that would warrant a repair of the library as follows;


1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.


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2 - apply Option #4, Rebuild Database.


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If it does, log into another user account on your Mac and see if the problem persists there.


If it still persists boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and try from there.

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May 21, 2018 10:15 AM in response to Randall York

I see it now. The first move just looks like the photos rearranged themselves in their original order but the second did show to additional photos moving up.




As a test launch Photos with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and test to see if the same problem persists. Does it?


If it doesn't it's limited to your current library so that would warrant a repair of the library as follows;


1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.


User uploaded file

2 - apply Option #4, Rebuild Database.


User uploaded file


If it does, log into another user account on your Mac and see if the problem persists there.


If it still persists boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and try from there.

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