Photos Not Opening

I recently purchased a 2020 MacBook Pro and migrated my 2013 MacBook Air information from Time Machine. However, when I try to open up Photos, it's telling me that "The library “iPhoto Library.photoslibrary” could not be recognized." Even if I create a new Library, it gives me the same error message. I'm running OS 10.15.7.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 16, 2020 8:34 PM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2020 9:53 AM

kmlydy wrote:
Even if I create a new Library, it gives me the same error message. I'm running OS 10.15.7.

Are you saying you can't open and use a new library?


Try restoring your iPhoto library from your Time Machine backup using the directions in this schematic screenshot and see if you can migrate it to a new Photos library:


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Oct 17, 2020 9:53 AM in response to kmlydy

kmlydy wrote:
Even if I create a new Library, it gives me the same error message. I'm running OS 10.15.7.

Are you saying you can't open and use a new library?


Try restoring your iPhoto library from your Time Machine backup using the directions in this schematic screenshot and see if you can migrate it to a new Photos library:


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