Photos App On Mac Says Closing Library
Dec 13, 2015 Home › Forums › Other Stuff › 'Closing the library' note pops up when you access photos This topic has 15 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 7 months ago by Elizabeth Jones. Viewing 14 reply threads Author Posts December 13, 2015 at 3:44 PM #29273 Reply Sharon GatesGuest Tried to move some photos. Camtasia music library mac download. All your photos on all your devices. ICloud Photos gives you access to your entire Mac photo and video library from all your devices. If you shoot a snapshot, slo-mo, or selfie on your iPhone, it’s automatically added to iCloud Photos — so it appears on your Mac, iOS.
Feb 23, 2017 We’re going to show you how to locate the image files that are contained within the Photos app on Mac OS. This is specific to Photos app, if you don’t use the Photos app to manage pictures on your Mac then your photos will not be stored within the applications package library and instead you’d likely find them through Finder in the generic Pictures folder or elsewhere in Mac OS. 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. Any suggestions? Migrated 250 GB+ library from iPhoto. Photos for Mac: Stuck on 'Closing.
Follow these steps to use the Photos library repair tool:
- Hold down the Option and Command keys while you open Photos on your Mac.
- In the dialog that appears, click Repair to start the repair process.
You might be asked to type in your user account password to authorize the library repair.
The repair tool analyzes the the library's database and repairs any inconsistencies it detects. Depending on the size of your library, this might take some time. When the process is completed, Photos opens the library.
If you repair a library that's automatically updated with iCloud Photos, the entire contents of the library re-updates with iCloud after the repair process completes.
To quit (close) a Mac app normally, choose Quit from the app's menu in the menu bar, or press Command (⌘)-Q. If the app doesn't quit, follow these steps to force the app to quit.
How to force an app to quit
- Press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Esc (Escape). This is similar to pressing Control-Alt-Delete on a PC. Or choose Force Quit from the Apple () menu in the upper-left corner of your screen.
- Select the app in the Force Quit window, then click Force Quit.
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- You can also force the Finder to quit, if it stops responding. Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch.
- If none of your apps are responding, you can force your Mac to restart.
- You can also force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.