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Photos crashing constantly with Mojave

I recently bought a 2018 MacBookPro 15 with Mojave installed. From the start Photos kept crashing and I constantly had to restart it. This need happening after about 10 seconds. Has anybody else made this experience, and how can I fix the problem? I have 32 Gb RAM built in and a 1TB SSD.

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018), macOS Mojave (10.14.1)

Posted on Nov 17, 2018 7:53 PM

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Reboot in safe mode


Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support

Posted on Nov 18, 2018 11:55 AM

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Nov 18, 2018 12:12 PM in response to wolfgangfromkula

Try to narrow down the problem. How to trouble shoot "Photos keeps crashing or hanging" on iMac running High Sierra


Test with a new , empty Photos Library, to see, if the problem is caused by a library corruption or incompatible items in the Photos Library. Create additional photo libraries in Photos on Mac - Apple Support

If even a new, empty library dies not work, test in a different user account, for example as the guest user: Isolating an issue by using another user account


If the problem only happens in your current library, check if the library is stored on a compatible drive, or if you are running out of storage. (Where is it safe to store a Photos Library? Requirements for the external drive)

IF not even a new library is working, but you can work with photos in a new user account, try to fix the permissions on your user account: Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder - Apple Support


If the problem is system wide and even happens in the guest account, reinstall Mojave by booting into the recovery partition. Just install the system again on top of the current system. You do not need to do a clean install. See: OS X: About OS X Recovery

Photos is part of the system and cannot be reinstalled separately. To reinstall Photos, you need to reinstall the system.

Photos crashing constantly with Mojave

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