Why must I "force quit" to close Photos after updating to Mojave ?? 13" MBP(mid 2012) Mojave

After upgrading my 13" MBP (mid 2012) to Mojave, Photos does not close my library until I use "force quit". After repairing the library the "close" works, but fails again the next time Photos is opened.

Posted on Oct 1, 2018 5:12 PM

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Oct 8, 2018 1:15 PM in response to islandguy5

Thanks for your help. I replaced my dysfunctional Photos 4.0 libraries with backups from Photos 3.0. Opened with Photos 4.0 and let them each convert to 4.0 format. Logged out of my account. Set up a new account and opened Photos 4.0 in new account. Seemed to work fine. Logged out of new account and back into my main account. Now everything seems to be working fine. Not sure whether the replacement and conversion with backups or the switching of accounts resolved the problem, but something did and I have spent

Oct 2, 2018 1:42 PM in response to Russ Tice

Greetings Russ,

Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities! I understand since updating to macOS Mojave, the Photos app won't close as expected with your MacBook Pro, as you need to force Photos to quit for it to close properly.


Nice job attempting to repair the photo library to resolve the issue. To help isolate this behavior, let's have you test if the issue is preset if you use a different photo library. You can see how to create and test a new photo library from the following guide: Create additional photo libraries in Photos on Mac

To further help isolate the behavior, let's have you test closing Photos with a different user account with your Mac. You can see those steps from the following guide: How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac

Additionally, I suggest backing up your photo library before troubleshooting, as described in the following support article: Get help with the Photos app on your Mac

Let me know how it goes from here.

Kind regards.

Oct 5, 2018 12:33 AM in response to Russ Tice

the format of the Photos Libraries is different after the upgrade to Photos 4.0. And Photos needs to upgrade the library format. If we have only one library, this does not matter, but I can see, that this is problematic, if you need to switch between libraries.

Have you sent feedback to Apple with a bug report about this problem? https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

Oct 4, 2018 11:18 PM in response to léonie

Thanks, Leonie. I have let the "closing" run for several hours on a relatively small Photos library, but it doesn't close. So I have to "force quit" Photos. That sometimes appears to damage the library so it can neither open or be repaired. I have over 40 separate Photos libraries for my photo storage, so letting each one of them run overnight in order to close even a relatively small library file doesn't seem like a satisfactory solution. It appears that the updating to Mojave changed the internal HD (not an SSD) on which my photo libraries were stored from Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to APFS formatting. I didn't think that it would do that without permission. I am wondering whether that reformatting has caused corruption of my Photos libraries. Thanks again.

Oct 5, 2018 4:51 PM in response to pedro d

Thanks for your help Pedro D. The failure of Photos 4.0 to close some libraries appears to persist with multiple Photos libraries. Also when booted up normally or in Safe Mode. And after reinstalling a newly downloaded Mojave. I'm suspecting a bug in the updating of the Photos 3.0 libraries and have reported it to Apple.


I haven't yet tried creating a different user account to determine if the "closing the library" problem persists.


Thanks again.

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