Although, the discussed solutions for the library fix are very effective but so many changes were made on the Mac system that lost photos are a possibility. Now, in order to recover lost photo on Mac, an effective data recovery program is required and it needs to be used immediately. Photos.app - Preferences. General - Library Location:, then click Show in Finder to show Photos Library.photoslibrary in Finder. By default, the Photo library are stored in /Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary.
If you backup your Mac with Time Machine, then you can easily restore a photo library. If you use 'iCloud Photo Library' and you restore the 'System Photo Library' from a Time Machine backup, then any photos that you have deleted since the last Time Machine backup are restored to your Mac and uploaded to iCloud again. If you are looking for a step by step process to restore Photos Library from Time Machine Backup, read on.
Following are the steps to Restore Photos Library from Time Machine Backup:
- Choose 'Photos' app.
- Select 'Quit Photos' and close the Photos app.
- Click 'Time machine' icon located at the menu bar.
- Select 'Enter Time Machine' option.
- A 'Time Machine' opens up and shows your available backups.
- Click the date of your last backup.
- Navigate to the backup of your photo library and click to select it.
- Click 'Restore' button.
- This way you can restore Photos library from Time Machine Backup.
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