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Q: Photos dies with my iPhoto library

I tried the Photos app. with my iPhoto library.

It takes 3 nights, I went to bed with "40% done" notice. 

In the next morning I found the Photos process is gone

 

I tried to restart Photos with the library, but it shows my recent photos for a few seconds and dies.  What can I do with this library?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 14, 2015 11:30 PM

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  • by iriken,

    iriken iriken Apr 19, 2015 6:34 PM in response to iriken
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    Apr 19, 2015 6:34 PM in response to iriken

    Yesterday I asked Apple support center with this problem.

     

    Their answer was:

    Photo library on Time Capsules are NOT supported.

    They suggested I use wired disk to my Macbook Air!!!

     

    Wired disk drive deprives me of the merit I now HAVE with Air

     

    I then asked there is a way to connect Time Capsule with cable just while I use the photo library.

    Their answer was:

    Not only Wi-Fi disks, but wired NAS are not supported either.

     

    My photo library is now over 350GB and growing.  It seems not a good idea to store it in Macbook Air.

  • by Rysz,Helpful

    Rysz Rysz Apr 20, 2015 1:19 AM in response to iriken
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    Apr 20, 2015 1:19 AM in response to iriken

    Your library is so large that keeping it on an external, wired drive, is currently your best option for a local copy.


    If you don't mind paying for the extra iCloud storage and not having a local copy, once you upload your library to iCloud Photo Library, you can choose to keep only Optimized versions on your MacBook Air. That's one of the "magical" things that Photos can do.

  • by iriken,

    iriken iriken Apr 20, 2015 2:52 AM in response to Rysz
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    Apr 20, 2015 2:52 AM in response to Rysz

    Thank you Rysz.

     

    My library is big?  I see.  I was happy when I knew iPhoto can handle raw files, and I put all pictures since last year into this library.

    I mind paying for that size of iCloud, and I have to use wired disk drive.

     

    I need to find out Photos magics.

    Thank you again