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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1842767" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Yep, never look at sausage being made!</p><p></p><p>I suspect the names of the files in the database may not be randomized, but may contain some data about the image that the database uses. However, even if the name IS random, it doesn't really matter because the database itself also contains the original name and data. I read somewhere that one of the neat features of Photos is that when you edit an image, the original is kept along with a record of your edits. When you then display the edited image, Photos retrieves the original and reapplies the edits dynamically. That's why the folder is named "Originals." The edits are stored in one of the .db files. I've not experimented with it, but according to what I read you can always to back to the original if you want to do so. If that's true, that is really slick!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1842767, member: 396914"] Yep, never look at sausage being made! I suspect the names of the files in the database may not be randomized, but may contain some data about the image that the database uses. However, even if the name IS random, it doesn't really matter because the database itself also contains the original name and data. I read somewhere that one of the neat features of Photos is that when you edit an image, the original is kept along with a record of your edits. When you then display the edited image, Photos retrieves the original and reapplies the edits dynamically. That's why the folder is named "Originals." The edits are stored in one of the .db files. I've not experimented with it, but according to what I read you can always to back to the original if you want to do so. If that's true, that is really slick! [/QUOTE]
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