Error while importing photos into Photos App on Mac OS Monterey
Can anyone solve this one??
I exported all of my Android phone photos to my desktop. They all open in Preview perfectly fine. However, when I tried importing them into Photos app, only 2000 out of 6500 files imported. I got this error:-
Cannot Import Item > This item cannot be added to your photo library because it may be in an unrecognisable file format or the file may not contain valid data. (UNKNOWN ERROR)
As I mentioned, any of these unrecognisable files open up in Preview. I've also notice that I can re-save these preview files and they import ok, but I lose the metadata.
Does anyone know why this is happening. I've tried setting the permissions for the files to read/write access for Admin, Everyone, Staff and my User login account. Still no joy. This error also came up on previous version of Mac OS, so it's not just Monterey.
Also, I tried creating a new Photos Library to import into. Still the same error.
Please help!!!
Mac Pro, OS X 10.11