Export Photos To External Hard Drive
Copy the Photos Library by dragging it from the startup volume to your external volume. (Your external volume has to be formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled): check first!) When. Nov 20, 2016 In this video, I'll show you how to safely move your Photos library to an external hard disk and free up an amazing amount of space in the process. Dec 11, 2018 Photos are some of the most important files people want to keep safe. Storing them in the cloud is nice, but you might also want the peace of mind of having your pictures stored locally. Luckily, it’s easy enough to copy your Mac’s Photos library to an external drive. To transfer your photos library from an Apple Mac to an external drive, you first need to locate the photos or a folder you wish to move. You can right-click and copy, then paste in the new location. Dragging and dropping will also copy the images or folder. Mar 18, 2020 In the Finder, go to the external drive where you want to store your library. In another Finder window, find your library. The default location is Users username Pictures, and it's named Photos Library. Drag your library to its new location on the external drive.
When you use Photos You NEVER directly access the photos files
You can easily move your Photos library to a proper external drive which maintains everything exactly as it is - Where is it safe to store a Photos Library? Requirements for the external drive
You can select the photos in Photos and export (file menu > export) to any finder folder including one on an EHD either as individual files or keeping the moments organization
You can use a user script to export your Photos albums to folders - Export Albums to Folders - Jacques Rioux's Script
And you are nearly a year behind with software updates and later this money will drop even further behind - the current software is Sierra 10.12.6 with Photos 2.0 and on 9/25 High Sierra - macOS High Sierra - Apple - with Photos 3.0 will be released - unless there is a good reason not to it would be best to update so you have the many bug fixes in the newer versions and the myriad of new features
Copy Apple Photos To External Drive
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