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Moving Photos Library to External HDD - Retain iPhoto links?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1841681" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>I too did the conversion from iPhotos to Photos and about a year later deleted the iPhotos library without any content loss. As for moving the Photos library I have used the drag and drop method to an external USB HD for many other people which results in a copy on the EHD. I then rename the library, usually by making it something like Photo Library 2. Pressing the Option key on launching Photos now brings up a menu where you will see both the libraries as options to open, not to mention other options such as creating a new library. </p><p>You can now compare the contents of the two libraries but you can only open one at a time. If you are happy that all is well you can then delete the original library. </p><p>There is a catch here for portable device users. If you have a Mac laptop and your EHD is not connected and you import photos to the device a new Photos library will be created to accommodate the upload resulting in two libraries again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1841681, member: 204485"] I too did the conversion from iPhotos to Photos and about a year later deleted the iPhotos library without any content loss. As for moving the Photos library I have used the drag and drop method to an external USB HD for many other people which results in a copy on the EHD. I then rename the library, usually by making it something like Photo Library 2. Pressing the Option key on launching Photos now brings up a menu where you will see both the libraries as options to open, not to mention other options such as creating a new library. You can now compare the contents of the two libraries but you can only open one at a time. If you are happy that all is well you can then delete the original library. There is a catch here for portable device users. If you have a Mac laptop and your EHD is not connected and you import photos to the device a new Photos library will be created to accommodate the upload resulting in two libraries again. [/QUOTE]
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