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4. Rebuild Photos Library Iphone

Kare Morken’s external drive took a tumble and died, along with all the images and videos stored in the Photos library.

I would like to restore/make a new Photos library to store locally from my iCloud Photos but I have not been able to find out how to do this.

It’s only non-intuitive to find the answer, because it’s usually described in terms of adding a computer or iOS device.

Click the Command + Option button and open the iPhoto option. Press the keys before the Picture Library Rebuild dialog box appears. For the database repair tool, click Repair iPhoto Library Database click Repair. The iPhoto launches successfully once the rebuild is complete, and you can see all your images once again.

1. Make sure you’re logged into the same iCloud account as your iCloud Photo Library. (Log in via a web browser to make sure and that the photos and movies are still there.)
2. On your Mac, hold down the Option key while launching Photos.
3. Create a new library (click Create New Library) and save it at whatever drive location you want.
4. Once the new library appears, choose Photos > Preferences, and then in the General tab click Use as System Photo Library.
5. In the iCloud tab, you can now check iCloud Photo Library, and opt between optimized and full-resolution media.

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2. The first move is to use Apple’s Photos library repair tool. I have all the steps needed to do this outlined in this post.Chance are, this will fix your problem. If not (and in my case it failed.
3. Rebuild the Photos database. The next thing you can try is to rebuild your entire Photos library database. It’s possible that iCloud could not be syncing because of a corrupt plist or file in your database. This is how you rebuild your Photos database: On your keyboard, hold down Option + Command, then open Photos.

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That’s it. Syncing can take a long time over a modest broadband connection if you have tens of gigabytes stored in your iCloud Photo Library. But it’s the only way to proceed if you want to have a full-resolution local copy, which I recommend, as you can then back that copy up elsewhere—to a local drive or to a hosted Internet backup service, or, preferably, both.

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