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macOS 10.15.6 Photos stuck in "Analyzing Scenes"

macOS 10.15.6 Photos stuck in "Analyzing Scenes" for 48+ hours. Will it ever finish?


Posted on Aug 27, 2020 9:14 AM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2020 9:55 AM

Are you able to use the library at all at this time?


Check with Activity Monitor (search CPU for photos) and see if there's any activity or if it's frozen. If frozen force quit and relaunch. If there's activity give ti some more time before force quitting.

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Aug 27, 2020 5:40 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks for the idea of checking the Activity Monitor. Unfortunately, all 1,200 threads seem to jump every 5 seconds, so not sure if I'll be able to conclude if Photos is frozen, or waiting for an iCloud data packet transfer.


Meanwhile, I have learned that "Analyzing Scenes" can go on for days or weeks, without ever ending. Apparently it is just for displaying collages of photos, not doing anything to the photos themselves.

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macOS 10.15.6 Photos stuck in "Analyzing Scenes"

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