am worried my photos library in catalina is acting odd - it shows 13.4gb for 8500 photos (with photos imported into the library) but the copy to my two EDDs shows as 32 gb 0 whats more all the librbary shows may 2020 as last time modified although i can see 4500 photos imported since that date.
Rebuilding and repairing do nothin
whats going on?
have latest catalina version etc no other issues
Sometimes rebuilding the Spotlight index helps. Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes
Probably the upgrade to macOS Big Sur version 11 will fix it, when the new system will have been released.
But you may want to send a bug report to Apple using the feedback form: Feedback - Photos - Apple
it being a regular featuredoesn’t define it as normal, it’s like saying that because budweiser makes awful beer it’s acceptable to drink it - the modified date of any file or container in a computer should match when it was modified- this isn’t acceptable from a “premium” brand. what makes it worse is the size of the library has also no increased - anyone with a proper solution please?
I said it was normal. I made no comment on acceptability or otherwise.
This is just the way it works. There is no "proper" solution. Others here may be able to give you a better explanation of why it works that way.
I think the cause for this is that the Photos library is a folder full of folders disguised as a "package". If there are no new folders or files inside the main folder, then its modification date remains the same.
That seems to be totally normal. Mine is showing mid September.
photos library hasnt shown new modified date since may
