drschwartz

Q: Do I need all of these photos?

I've found a large collection of photos that also exist in my Photos Library. Do I need to keep them? Disk Inventory X seems to associate them with the Preview app. They consume considerable disk space. Here's a representative path: David/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd/services/com.apple.photo.icloud.sharedstreams/as sets/FS-61371d92-a81a-44ed-b35e-4c455b7cb4f0/0A0C9AC1-EBBA-49AC-A810-918BA3ED7C0 C/

 

1) Does this look reasonable (the duplicate folder names makes me wonder)? and

2) Can these be deleted without disturbing the corresponding images in the Photo Library?

 

TIA,

David

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), 13", 16Gb RAM, 100Tb SSD

Posted on Feb 3, 2016 8:20 AM

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 3, 2016 8:28 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 8:28 AM in response to drschwartz

    They are just files, not associated with any program (let alone preview). So if you are certain that these are not the pictures that Photos is using you can delete them.

    If not, don't.

     

    FYI, the paths you posted are iCloud storage paths, be careful what you delete.

     

    What 100TB SSD do you have, I was not aware that one existed.

  • by drschwartz,

    drschwartz drschwartz Feb 3, 2016 8:27 AM in response to Csound1
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    Feb 3, 2016 8:27 AM in response to Csound1

    My question is whether the Photos Library is using them.

     

    Also, I've found lots of files with names similar to photostream-temp.0AOOlBqq. Do I need these as well?

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Feb 3, 2016 8:28 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 8:28 AM in response to drschwartz

    Preview is not a photo/image storage app - it is merely a way to view them.

     

    FWIW, your link does not work.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 3, 2016 8:28 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 8:28 AM in response to drschwartz

    The answer is probably,

  • by drschwartz,

    drschwartz drschwartz Feb 3, 2016 8:34 AM in response to babowa
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    Feb 3, 2016 8:34 AM in response to babowa

    What link?

  • by drschwartz,

    drschwartz drschwartz Feb 3, 2016 8:36 AM in response to Csound1
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    Feb 3, 2016 8:36 AM in response to Csound1

    Thanks but anyone have a more definitive answer out there? ;-)

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 3, 2016 8:43 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 8:43 AM in response to drschwartz

    Not unless you ar prepared to help, your description is inadaquete.

     

    A photo library is a complex structure, are you so short of space that you are willing to take risks with it, if yes delete one only of the pictures in the iCloud photo library and test whether it also vanishes from Photos, if it does then put it back and don't delete any more. The first path in your list is the iCloud photo library, and as you have a 100TB SSD space should not be an issue.

     

    Lacking an understanding of what you are doing I can only advise not doing anything

  • by drschwartz,

    drschwartz drschwartz Feb 3, 2016 9:03 AM in response to Csound1
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    Feb 3, 2016 9:03 AM in response to Csound1

    Your post seems unnecessarily harsh and nasty. I think I described my situation well. Looking at the Disk Inventory X display, there is no apparent relationship between where the images are stored and the Photos Library.

     

    How much space I have is my business and immaterial to my question.

     

    If you want to help folks, that's great. It doesn't give you the right to be a jerk.

     

    Feel free to pass on trying to help further.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 3, 2016 9:29 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 9:29 AM in response to drschwartz

    I'll take your advice now. I'll leave you to deal with the problem

  • by Duane,

    Duane Duane Feb 3, 2016 10:05 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 10:05 AM in response to drschwartz

    One way to find if they are important.

     

    1. Delete them.
    2. Do you experience problems or issues?
      1. If yes, they were important.
      2. If no, they were not important.
  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 3, 2016 10:09 AM in response to Duane
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    Feb 3, 2016 10:09 AM in response to Duane

     

     

    I was getting there

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Feb 3, 2016 10:11 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 10:11 AM in response to drschwartz

    How much space I have is my business and immaterial to my question.

     

     

    Actually that question (as well as how much RAM you have) is a much asked question in these forums and integral to the well-being of your Mac. Not enough space = slow/bad/troubled performance.

     

    PS - your link in your original post:

     

    Here's a representative path: David/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd/services/com.apple.photo.icloud.sharedstreams/as sets/FS-61371d92-a81a-44ed-b35e-4c455b7cb4f0/0A0C9AC1-EBBA-49AC-A810-918BA3ED7C 0 C/

  • by notcloudy,Helpful

    notcloudy notcloudy Feb 3, 2016 2:13 PM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 2:13 PM in response to drschwartz

    drschwartz wrote:

     

    I've found a large collection of photos that also exist in my Photos Library. Do I need to keep them? Disk Inventory X seems to associate them with the Preview app. They consume considerable disk space. Here's a representative path: David/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd/services/com.apple.photo.icloud.sharedstreams/as sets/FS-61371d92-a81a-44ed-b35e-4c455b7cb4f0/0A0C9AC1-EBBA-49AC-A810-918BA3ED7C 0 C/

     

    1) Does this look reasonable (the duplicate folder names makes me wonder)? and

    2) Can these be deleted without disturbing the corresponding images in the Photo Library?

     

    TIA,

    David

     

    Preview is probably the default application to open when the picture is clicked on.

     

    If you converted from IPHOTO - did you import the picture into iphoto - or just the path where the picture is stored (if so  

    Photo synchronized through the Icloud system may have had to put them together to synchronize to the cloud.).

     

    the following support pages will give  you a starting point to find additional articles on photos and the Icloud

     

    photo getting started

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204655

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204410

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204414

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204476

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Feb 3, 2016 11:02 AM in response to drschwartz
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    Feb 3, 2016 11:02 AM in response to drschwartz

    Those files are associated with Shared Photo Albums that you have created with Photos or iPhotos.  I'm not sure what affect it would have if you deleted the com.apple.cloudphotosd folder.  You could move it to the Desktop, reboot, open Photos and check the Shared Photo Albums both in the library and online to see if there's any adverse effect.  If not then delete the folder.

     

    If there is, move the folder back to the Containers folder, reboot and check again.
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