- If the Photos app on your Mac is open, choose Photos Quit Photos. Select the Photos Library that need repairing in the Finder. Press Option-Command and double-click the selected Photos Library. In the Repair Library window, click Repair to rebuild your photo library. Good luck for your library repair.
- Thanks for your information of such good tools. I just have duplicated pictures after I make a new Photos library and import all pictures from the Masters folder of the old broken library. However, I noted that 'PowerPhotos' can't repair library as 'iPhoto library Manager'.
- Here's how to easily fix most problems with Photos for Mac OS X.
Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac, hover the mouse over the system drive where the Photos Library is, and click 'Scan'. After finishing the scan, click 'Photos' in Quick Access. All your lost photos will list here.
To get to the Photos Repair Library tool on your Mac, follow these steps:
- If Photos is open, close the app. Then, while you click to open Photos, hold down the Command and Option keys at the same time.
- In the window that opens, click Repair to start the repair process. You might be asked to enter your user account password.
The Repair Library tool analyzes the library's database and repairs any inconsistencies it detects. Depending on the size of your library, the repairs might take some time. When the process is done, Photos opens the library.
How To Repair Photos Library On Mac
If you repair a library that's used with iCloud Photos, iCloud checks the library after the repair process completes to ensure everything is synced correctly.
Repair Photos Library Not Working
If these steps still don't work, or you can't open the repair tool, contact Apple Support.