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Follow these steps to use the Photos library repair tool:
Nov 10, 2019 Having your Mac's Photos library corrupted can be devastating. What do you do if the repair tool fails? Follow these steps to recover your original photos — and to have a good shot at fixing. Mar 29, 2017 Everything was back to normal and working except my Photos Library. Before the erase and restoring, it did work correctly. Now, when I go on it, it says 'The library 'Photos Library.photoslibrary' has inconsistencies that must be repaired.' I allow it to try and repair the library, but it doesn't work. It just says the library could not be opened.
- 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.
Repair Mac Photos Library
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.
Photo Library Cannot Be Repaired Mac Os
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.