Are you migrating to a different Mac or trying to free up your hard drive space? Either way, you may find yourself wanting to move/copy your Apple Photos Library to a new location.
This tutorial walks through steps of moving non-iCloud Photo Libraries and iCloud Photos Libraries to an external hard drive to free up space on your Mac.
We will also discuss referenced photos and consolidating photo files as it is good thing to look at before moving your files!
How to merge Apple Photo Libraries
https://youtu.be/7Zvn5mMBxlI
00:00 | Intro & Welcome Back!
00:36 | How to find your Photo Libraries
02:15 | Renaming Photo Libraries
02:55 | Why you Need/Want to move Photos Libraries
03:24 | Understanding referenced files
04:14 | Finding referenced files manually
05:17 | Finding referenced files automatically with smart albums
06:12 | Understanding Missing referenced files
06:59 | Moving Photos Library to External Hard Drive
08:02 | Review of consolidating files back into Photos
10:43 | Verifying iCloud Photos
13:19 | Third Party App Recommendation
14:18 | ONE MORE THING - Repairing Photo Libraries
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