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Updating photos is very very slow after installing Mac Mojave version 10.14

I just installed Mojave and I'm stuck on updating photos at 5% and it's been an hour. Should I restart or is something happening? Thanks.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 9:12 PM

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How large is your Photos Library? The updating can take a very long time for a large library, without the status bar showing any progress. For example, for my main library with 200GB it took three hours.

If your library is similar large, let the update run for a few more hours.


In the meantime you may want to check, if there is a problem with your library location. Is your Photos Library in your home folder on your system drive or on an external drive? Photos 4.0 may not be able to work with a library on an external drive, if the drive is also used by Time Machine, or incorrectly formatted. An external drive should be prepared like described here: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 11:48 PM

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Oct 15, 2018 11:48 PM in response to CourageNY

How large is your Photos Library? The updating can take a very long time for a large library, without the status bar showing any progress. For example, for my main library with 200GB it took three hours.

If your library is similar large, let the update run for a few more hours.


In the meantime you may want to check, if there is a problem with your library location. Is your Photos Library in your home folder on your system drive or on an external drive? Photos 4.0 may not be able to work with a library on an external drive, if the drive is also used by Time Machine, or incorrectly formatted. An external drive should be prepared like described here: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support

Updating photos is very very slow after installing Mac Mojave version 10.14

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