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Put JPGs into 'Photos' or leave them on the HD?
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<blockquote data-quote="Horsa" data-source="post: 1842691" data-attributes="member: 403905"><p>Hi Mike,</p><p></p><p>First things first: You can keep your images anywhere you choose - they're just files - but "Photos" is as good a place as any to put them ...because it's conveniently called "Photos", and certain image-related apps, like Preview, will automatically try looking in there first.</p><p></p><p>Now to the issue of storage space: Unless you've got a separate/external storage drive, then regardless of whether you keep them on the desktop or in a folder elsewhere on your system, they'll be taking up the same amount of space on the System Drive. However, it's good practice NOT to store files and folders on your desktop, because the operating system actually uses up some RAM just keeping them "alive" there. Far better to shuffle them off to a folder somewhere where they can sleep until you go visit them.</p><p></p><p>If you put a folder of images in "Photos" (or somewhere else), but you still want easy access to it from the desktop, you can create an alias for it and then drag that alias to the desktop (aliases use up hardly any RAM, cos they're just tiny links).</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps,</p><p>Ken <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>NOTE: MacInWin and I have cross-posted a bit here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horsa, post: 1842691, member: 403905"] Hi Mike, First things first: You can keep your images anywhere you choose - they're just files - but "Photos" is as good a place as any to put them ...because it's conveniently called "Photos", and certain image-related apps, like Preview, will automatically try looking in there first. Now to the issue of storage space: Unless you've got a separate/external storage drive, then regardless of whether you keep them on the desktop or in a folder elsewhere on your system, they'll be taking up the same amount of space on the System Drive. However, it's good practice NOT to store files and folders on your desktop, because the operating system actually uses up some RAM just keeping them "alive" there. Far better to shuffle them off to a folder somewhere where they can sleep until you go visit them. If you put a folder of images in "Photos" (or somewhere else), but you still want easy access to it from the desktop, you can create an alias for it and then drag that alias to the desktop (aliases use up hardly any RAM, cos they're just tiny links). Hope that helps, Ken :) NOTE: MacInWin and I have cross-posted a bit here. [/QUOTE]
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