My Photos App On My Mac Says Closing Library

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Mar 21, 2017  The next time you launch the Photos app, it will complain about needing a Library. To add your previous photos, do this. – Right-click (control-click) the Photos Library.photoslibrary-old, and choose 'Show package contents'. Then navigate to Masters year month etc. To find the photos.

Yesterday a reader left a question for me. It’s related to iPhoto. Well, I’ve to admit that I’m using Photos (yes, the upgraded version of iPhoto). Anyhow?

The question:

  1. May 16, 2015 I just had this problem with trying to upload my photos onto my mac as well. I had 2000+ photos and it would get 18 uploaded and then freeze. When I tried to force quit it would say 'closing library' but never actually close it. I retried this numerous times after restarting both my computer and phone, but it happened over and over.
  2. May 13, 2016 If you try to open an iPhoto or Aperture library after you've converted it to a Photos library, you'll see a message that Photos 'Cannot open migrated library.' Click Open Photos to view the library in the Photos app. Or you can open the original library in iPhoto 9.6.1 or Aperture 3.6.
  3. Jul 01, 2015  When I try to close Photos for OS X, it closes down, but a message appears on my screen that says 'Closing the library' and will stay on overnight. The Photos program in the Dock shows that it is still 'open' and won't close or Quit unless i Force Quit.
  4. Mar 18, 2020 Alternatively, you can open Photos in another user account on your Mac and note whether Photos opens successfully. If Photos opens with the new library, or in a different user account, it might mean that there's an issue with your library. Follow the steps to use the Photos library repair tool on your main Photos library.
  5. Feb 05, 2015  Everything you need to know about Apple’s new Photos app for Mac. How does this handle storing photos on my Mac versus iCloud Photo Library? Either you keep everything on your Mac.
  6. Jun 07, 2018 How to force an app to quit on your Mac If an app on your Mac stops responding and you can't quit the app normally, use Force Quit to close the app. To quit (close) a Mac app normally, choose Quit from the app's menu in the menu bar, or press Command (⌘)-Q.

“Hi Tysa, I upgraded my old MacBook Pro to the OS 10.11 El Capitan, and now the iPhoto app won’t open. It says the version of iPhoto installed on my Mac is not compatible with the current OS X. And it asks me to download the latest version for free from the Mac App Store. I’m not sure what I should do. I don’t want to lose any precious photos. Please help.”

The solution:

Well, as far as I can recall. I faced similar problem while I was upgrading OS X Mavericks to Yosemite. The iPhoto app wouldn’t open, and it was resolved after download the new Photos app. Yes, according to Apple official announcement, starting with OS X Yosemite v10.10.3, every Mac now includes the Photos app.

I had no problem upgrading iPhoto to Photos app, and all my pictures were 100% kept intact there (thank God, had I known it would cause photo loss, I would have hesitated). So, I’d assume it’s safe to do so. But, just in case it’s best to backup all your pictures before proceeding.

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How to upgrade iPhoto to Photos and migrate all pictures

Matt Elliott from CNET has contributed an excellent guide on how to move your photos and videos from iPhoto to the new Photos app, the details about iCloud Photo Library, how to optimize storage, and what you can do with your old iPhoto library.

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Also, iDB has shot a great YouTube video which explains pretty much the same thing. If you are under Wi-Fi, watch it.

In the meanwhile, many users reported that the new Photos app is less intuitive, and it took time to get acquainted with using new software. If so, you can continue to use iPhoto but it has some restrictions on the versions you can use, and you have to reinstall the iPhoto app.

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How to reinstall iPhoto app on Mac El Capitan

If you are not a fan of the new Photos app, Ross McKillop from SimpleHelp has a step-by-step guide that shows you how to re-install iPhoto on OS X El Capitan. Initially, the guide was written for OS X Yosemite, he later updated the post and claimed it works on OS X 10.11 as well.

No matter which way you go for, you shouldn’t have any problems opening iPhoto (or Photos).

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One last tip: do make regular backups of your precious pictures.