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Moving Photos Library to External HDD - Retain iPhoto links?
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<blockquote data-quote="milessthomas" data-source="post: 1841653" data-attributes="member: 27943"><p>Thank you MacInWin! Knowing you deleted it makes me more comfortable.</p><p></p><p>I moved the iPhoto Library temporarily to Downloads, and opened Photos using the external Photos Library without any loss. That seems to confirm your recommendation!</p><p></p><p>--</p><p></p><p>Here is what got me worried: <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2016/05/20/delete-iphoto-library-mac/" target="_blank">How to Delete iPhoto Library, but Why You Probably Don’t Need to</a></p><p></p><p>It basically indicated it was somehow linked permanently to your old iPhoto Library. However, unlike most articles claiming this sort of linkage I can't find any reputable article from Apple itself to support this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milessthomas, post: 1841653, member: 27943"] Thank you MacInWin! Knowing you deleted it makes me more comfortable. I moved the iPhoto Library temporarily to Downloads, and opened Photos using the external Photos Library without any loss. That seems to confirm your recommendation! -- Here is what got me worried: [url=http://osxdaily.com/2016/05/20/delete-iphoto-library-mac/]How to Delete iPhoto Library, but Why You Probably Don’t Need to[/url] It basically indicated it was somehow linked permanently to your old iPhoto Library. However, unlike most articles claiming this sort of linkage I can't find any reputable article from Apple itself to support this. [/QUOTE]
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