Fix “Photos was unable to open the library” Mac Error

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Published on July 27, 2022 7:16:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt8BgrF96IY

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Learn how to access photos when receiving the “Photos was unable to open the library” error on MacOS Monterey and above. If the library is not corrupted but still won’t open, users can still access the photos by using the “show package contents” workaround method as shown in the video.

📋 Table of Contents:

Introduction: 0:00
Using Disk Utility: 00:26
Repairing with Photos App: 00:43
Manually Viewing Photos in Photo Library: 01:27
Viewing Photo File Size: 02:13
Recap of How To “Show package contents”: 02:25
Outro: 02:41

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