Why does Photos Library.photoslibrary keep showing up in the trash?

This appears in my trash every time I start up the computer. Each time it appears again even after I empty the trash. I'm running a 2021 Mac Mini (M1 chip) with OS 12.5 (Monterey). Each time the "Photos Library.photoslibrary" shows up in the trash there is a corresponding new verion ("Photos Library.new.photoslibrary") in the ~/Pictures directory. I do NOT use iCloud. Does anyone have an idea as to stop this?

Mac mini, macOS 12.5

Posted on Jul 29, 2022 04:10 PM

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Posted on Jul 31, 2022 10:36 AM

First: Let me say that I never had the photos library on an external drive. So that eliminates that possibility.


Second: Matti, I tried what you suggested. It seemed to work. However the very next time I rebooted the mac I found a copy of Photos Library.photoslibrary in the trash with a time stamp close to the boot time, and a fresh new copy of Photos Library.photoslibrary in the folder ~/Pictures with a time stamp 2 minutes after the boot time.


Perhaps I need to discuss with Apple on this one.


Thanks.

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Jul 31, 2022 10:36 AM in response to Matti Haveri

First: Let me say that I never had the photos library on an external drive. So that eliminates that possibility.


Second: Matti, I tried what you suggested. It seemed to work. However the very next time I rebooted the mac I found a copy of Photos Library.photoslibrary in the trash with a time stamp close to the boot time, and a fresh new copy of Photos Library.photoslibrary in the folder ~/Pictures with a time stamp 2 minutes after the boot time.


Perhaps I need to discuss with Apple on this one.


Thanks.

Jul 31, 2022 08:02 AM in response to AnotherPetah

When testing and creating and deleting Photos libraries one after another, I have occasionally noticed that a new library was automatically created just after some test library was trashed. I suspect it was created by some background process.


So a quick idea: Option-start Photos.app, create a new dummy library to the Desktop (or where ever you know it is a dummy). Then set it as System library, quit Photos and trash the dummy library. Then reboot and Option-start Photos.app, and select your real library and optionally set it as system library.

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