Q: Double library (iPhoto + Photos)
Hi all,
I've been struggling with low HDD space for a while now, so a couple of months ago I decided to finally start organising and sorting my photos properly, eliminating doubles, bad pictures etc.
I freed up quite a few GB (7 or 8) yesterday, so I was quite shocked when I got the "you don't have enough space" message this morning. I went to check if the Photo library had lowered in size and I noticed that I have not one, but two libraries: iPhoto Library and Photo Library. The former has not changed in size (still around 100GB), but the latter has (it's now 93BG). I suspect the two libraries are the same, except that I've been modifying the Photo library only since I installed El Capitan in March.
Can I safely delete the iPhoto library or will I lose the "event" folders I used to have there? I can still see them in Photos in a separate folder, so I'm not sure they were transferred in the new library properly..
What do you suggest?
Thanks
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), iOS 10
Posted on Sep 20, 2016 1:12 AM


