# Photos not connecting to Media Browser in Rapidweaver **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [February 28, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784 "2017-02-28T23:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![helpguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@helpguy](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/helpguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784/1 "2017-02-28T23:03:13Z")
My photos in the Photos app on my Mac is not connecting to the Media Browser in Rapidweaver. I have no way to get photos into Rapidweaver except to download them from Photos to my desktop and then manually import them into my Rapidweaver project. Please help. ---
**Author:** ![LaPan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lapan/32/92_2.png) [@LaPan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LaPan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784/2 "2017-02-28T23:32:18Z")
Is your Photos app open when you start Rapidweaver? ---
**Author:** ![helpguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@helpguy](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/helpguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784/3 "2017-02-28T23:49:41Z")
I usually start Rapidweaver before I open Photos, but not all the time. ---
**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784/4 "2017-03-01T00:47:07Z")
Photos should not need to be open. ---
**Author:** ![helpguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@helpguy](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/helpguy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784/5 "2017-03-01T02:11:32Z")
Probably 90% of the time, Photos is not open when I open Rapidweaver. My Media Browser in Rapidweaver still does not show any photos from Photos even though there are about 8,000+ in the Photos library. Any ideas why? This started when I upgraded to Rapidweaver 7 from Rapidweaver 6.x. ---
**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784/6 "2017-03-02T00:43:46Z")
no idea at all i’m afraid. Could try shutting everything down and boot up again after 30 seconds or so. Fixes all sorts of woes! ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/photos-not-connecting-to-media-browser-in-rapidweaver/12784/7 "2017-03-02T02:31:05Z")
Same issue? > [@Media Browser not showing photos in RW 7](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/media-browser-not-showing-photos-in-rw-7/8618/11): > > The tab is there but it is greyed out. So that is not the problem.