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Moving from iMac with 3TB to MacBook Pro with 512GB
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<blockquote data-quote="NSMacGuru" data-source="post: 1922511" data-attributes="member: 402209"><p>MacInWin's comment is right on. Do take the time to give thought to how it's all going to work. I'm in the same situation (constantly). My internal drive on my 2017 model iMac 5K is full to the gills, and I'm loathe to take it apart to do the hard drive upgrade (though now would be the time, since the warranty has run out and that Fusion drive is a POS).</p><p></p><p>When you launch Photos, you can select which Photos library you're going to use. So if you move the existing photo library to an external drive, you'll need to launch Photos with the OPTION key pressed, in order to select that drive. If you do not use OPTION, then Photos will create a new photoslibrary in your laptop's /Pictures/ directory, and you'll forever be wondering which one is which. Pain in the butt. And of course, if you launch Photos without your external drive connected, ditto, it will create an empty library. So there's some thought to procedure here that you'll need to ingrain.</p><p></p><p>Given the number of external drives and the need for others in the home to have access to shared material (principally the photos and videos collected over the years), I'm leaning toward picking up a NAS (Network Attached Storage) that can be shared by all. But they're a bit pricey....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NSMacGuru, post: 1922511, member: 402209"] MacInWin's comment is right on. Do take the time to give thought to how it's all going to work. I'm in the same situation (constantly). My internal drive on my 2017 model iMac 5K is full to the gills, and I'm loathe to take it apart to do the hard drive upgrade (though now would be the time, since the warranty has run out and that Fusion drive is a POS). When you launch Photos, you can select which Photos library you're going to use. So if you move the existing photo library to an external drive, you'll need to launch Photos with the OPTION key pressed, in order to select that drive. If you do not use OPTION, then Photos will create a new photoslibrary in your laptop's /Pictures/ directory, and you'll forever be wondering which one is which. Pain in the butt. And of course, if you launch Photos without your external drive connected, ditto, it will create an empty library. So there's some thought to procedure here that you'll need to ingrain. Given the number of external drives and the need for others in the home to have access to shared material (principally the photos and videos collected over the years), I'm leaning toward picking up a NAS (Network Attached Storage) that can be shared by all. But they're a bit pricey.... [/QUOTE]
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