HT204478: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture

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Rolsanmordua

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Q: Photos for Mac and iTunes create significantly larger "iPod Photo Cache" folder compared to iPhoto and iTunes combo

When I used iPhoto, my iPod Photo Cache folder was like 4-5 GBs. After cleaning my library once upgrading to Photos (deleting about 1200 pics, yes I should have done this before..) my new iPod Photos Cache folder was 13 GBs!!! I am already low on disk space as it is and I haven't synced videos or anything. Any ideas? Bug?

I am going to try deleting the folder and resyncing.

Some info:

iPhoto 9.6.1

Photos 1.0 on 10.10.3

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Photos for Mac

Posted on Apr 11, 2015 3:40 PM

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by Terence Devlin,

Terence Devlin Apr 11, 2015 11:58 PM in response to Rolsanmordua
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Apr 11, 2015 11:58 PM in response to Rolsanmordua

How much free space do you have?
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Rolsanmordua Apr 12, 2015 10:38 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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Apr 12, 2015 10:38 AM in response to Terence Devlin

Right now I have 17.34 GBs free
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Rolsanmordua Apr 12, 2015 11:51 AM in response to Rolsanmordua
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Apr 12, 2015 11:51 AM in response to Rolsanmordua

This is not okay... I've never had the iPod Photo Cache folder go over 5 GBs with iPhoto.
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Rolsanmordua Apr 12, 2015 11:54 AM in response to Rolsanmordua
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Apr 12, 2015 11:54 AM in response to Rolsanmordua

I can maybe live without Events and the ability to geotag after the fact but unnecessary usage of disk space is pushing it.
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Terence Devlin Apr 12, 2015 1:16 PM in response to Rolsanmordua
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Apr 12, 2015 1:16 PM in response to Rolsanmordua

Delete it and see if it rebuilds to a more acceptable size.
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Rolsanmordua Apr 12, 2015 1:44 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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Apr 12, 2015 1:44 PM in response to Terence Devlin

Yea, I tried that yesterday and no luck. How does Photos handle syncing now? I can't discern higher quality photos on my iPad..
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HT204478: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture

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