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Hi guys, just trying to copy all the photos I have in Photo on my Mac to an external drive to make a backup, how do I do this? Is it as simple as dragging the Photo app image & dropping it into the external drive? I have done this but was expecting the file size to be much bigger.
Any ideas?
Cheers
First make sure the external drive is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with Ownership set to be ignored:
Then just drag the Photos Library from your Pictures folder to the EHD to copy. Once the copy is completed launch Photos with the Option key held down and open the library own the EHD to make sure it's in good working condition.
First make sure the external drive is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with Ownership set to be ignored:
Then just drag the Photos Library from your Pictures folder to the EHD to copy. Once the copy is completed launch Photos with the Option key held down and open the library own the EHD to make sure it's in good working condition.
You don't want to drag the app, you want to drag the PhotosLibrary in your Pictures folder.
how do i make a backup of photos on an external device
