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  1. katbel

    PhotoLibrary of the Day, a day to forget.

    Since Sunday I'm in a lot of trouble with Photos: I wanted to try a program that doesn't work on Mojave, but it has been updated on Big Sur that I have installed on an external disk and it's fast ..too fast 😟 . I needed a photo and without thinking I launched the Photo library I use lately...
  2. S

    "This library contains no local media content"

    I've always shared my Photos/iPhotos from my computer to the ATV so we can all enjoy them together on a bigger screen. I haven't done it for a while and now when I wanted to, it doesn't work. I can share other images but it doesn't work when I choose the Photos app in the "Share" part of the...
  3. J

    iPad Photos Editing & Saving Issue

    I’ve long harboured a sense that edits done to pictures in my library via the Photos app and saving / loading back and forth from iCloud Photos are not always saved. I’ll happen upon pictures that look like they need tweaking and these are often pictures that I was sure I had previously edited...
  4. M

    photos workflow for RAW images - apple photos

    A question about RAW images and Apple Photos. I would like to: - shoot in RAW using a DSLR - import in Photos - favorite some photos and delete some photos - for favorites would like to retain the RAW for the others would like to simply retain a jpeg that can be generated by photos Is there a...
  5. L

    Apple Photos, Face Scanning and iCloud

    hey - a multi part question I want to upload a bunch of historic photos into my iCloud account, and have the OSX Photos app run face recognition on them. Why? Because I'd like these photos to appear in the Memories / recaps / videos that appear on my iPhone, but also be able to search for a...
  6. I

    simplest alternative to Photos for Grandma

    Hi Everyone, I would like to ask for suggestions, we had to upgrade my Gran's iPad (4th gen) to a 6th gen on which the Photos app is much more "complicated" more options, new design etc. which really confuses her vs. the Photos app on the 4th gen iPad (iOS11). Could you suggest an Apple Photos...
  7. B

    Unable to open the Photos app on Mac

    Hi, After many days of trying to figure this out, I'm coming here for some assistance.. The Photos app on my mac will not open at all. I have updated to macOS Monterey, I have tried the command-option to repair the app, but I still see the "Photos was unable to open the library "Photos...
  8. mnc042

    MP 7,1 Weird graphics rendering/glitch in Photos

    Hello all, New 2019 Mac Pro owner, having a very bizarre graphics issue with my otherwise-wonderful machine. In Photos, occasionally zooming a picture (i.e., select it and press space bar) out to its full size results in this: Sometimes, it shows most of the picture but the blue "glitch"...
  9. Marswarrior462

    iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone 13 Pro Max video blown out on Apple TV 4K (2nd gen)

    Whenever I try to watch my videos I shot on my iPhone 13 Pro Max (yes it’s 4K60 Dolby Vision HDR), they are blown out and look absolutely awful, even though my Apple TV is set to support 4K60 Dolby Vision. Is there a way to fix this? AirPlaying is also pretty awful (actually, even worse) cause...
  10. I

    iCloud iCloud Photos - iMac, iPad, iPhone - what library is the master?

    Hi, My wife has an iMac (2015 Big Sur 3TB Fusion drive) which holds all her photographs. The library of photos on this iMac has grown over years from when she began using iPhoto on a G4 iMac to the Photos app she now uses. So she has photos on her iMac that she doesn't have anywhere else and...
  11. Thor774

    Resolved How to import / transfer only favorite pictures from iPhone to Mac?

    My daughter's iPhone has over 80Gb of pictures/videos. I don't have iCloud Photos activated on her devices and the WiFi module on the iPhone is fried so can't do anything that requires WiFi. She has now got a new iPhone and has marked as favorites all the pictures she wants to keep. How can I...
  12. L

    ICloud shows 10GB of space but says too full to upload 19 photos?

    Hi, I'm confused. I got a message in Photos today on my iPhone saying that it can no longer upload any photos or video because iCloud is now full (and also that 19 photos weren't backed up). But when I went to settings>iCloud, it shows that I still have almost a full 10GB of open/free space...
  13. edtorious

    Portrait photos issues with iPhone 13 Pro

    So I took some portrait pictures on my iPhone 13 pro. I check the pictures on the Photos app on my Mac and for some reason when I click on the edit button, there is no option to adjust the Portrait mode. The pic is clearly tagged as portrait mode according to Photos. I checked my older Portrait...
  14. C

    What are "Items" in MacOS Photos App (6.0)

    Hello! In my library, at the bottom it says I have 98,508 photos, 6,649 videos, and 2 items. What the heck is an item? Does anyone have any idea what that could be or how I could filter it down to find them? Google not being very helpful. Thanks in advance!
  15. T

    Are you using Photos or Image Capture to import photos?

    Are you using Photos or Image Capture to import photos?
  16. T

    Photos: Import All New Items doesn't work

    I have 30 000 photos on my iPhone 8 Plus. My Photos library on the MacBook Pro is currently empty. I tried to import all photos from my iPhone to the Photos app, but had a lot of problems. First few times it was stuck at around either 13 000 or 15 000 photos, now the "Import All New Items"...
  17. T

    Apple Photos: Not all photos available to import from iPhone

    I wanted to finally import all Photos from my iPhone to my Mac. I have 32 435 Photos and 659 videos on my iPhone = 33 094 items. However, when I connect my iPhone to my Mac, it only shows 33 127 items available to import. Where are the missing 33 items? ? Please help ?
  18. R

    Photos was unable to open the library “Photos Library”. (4302)

    MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update - Photos was unable to open the library “Photos Library”. (4302) So today i ran the MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update from the last as i always keep up to date. When i rebooted after the update i was unable to access my Photos library from my external hard drive. I got...
  19. J

    Backing up your Photos Library

    These past 7 or 8 months I have been exclusively using my iPad after my old iMac gave up the ghost. I used to use Photos on the Mac with everything synced through the iCloud Photo Library and my basic arrangement hasn’t changed - all my pics come from my iPhone and sync with my library where I...
  20. Q

    Photos app stopped displaying videos and photos after upgrade from High Sierra/Mojave to Catalina on MacBook7,1

    Hi, on Macbook7,1, using dosdude1 patcher, i upgraded from High Sierra to Catalina.Most of stuff went smooth and mac works quite ok with one big exception. Photos app doesnt work as expected, as photos and videos became not available. Thumbnails are grey and after clicking on them, I can see...