I've noticed some old (deleted) photos in a screensaver that's designed to read the Photo Library.photoslibrary file (assuming it's seeing it as a folder). I've duplicated it, and taken the photos and videos out of the copied version, but I want to remove the photos and videos from the original library-- safely! Is there an app, or some way to remove these items so that I can reduce the size of the Library file?
Mac mini, macOS 10.14
The Desktop and Screensaver will use the Photos Library, that is currently enabled as the System Photo Library. If you are seeing photos in Desktop&Screensaver, that are currently not in your Photos Library,you may be using a different System Photo Library. Try the following:
The Desktop and Screensaver will use the Photos Library, that is currently enabled as the System Photo Library. If you are seeing photos in Desktop&Screensaver, that are currently not in your Photos Library,you may be using a different System Photo Library. Try the following:
I decided to edit the Photoslibrary file by opening it up and manually deleting items. So far, nothing is broken.
I saved over 1 GB by removing the items that were supposed to be deleted by the app, but were not.
Cheers,
Andrew J. Poulain
The photos library is the same one that is assigned as the system photo library. When I say I duplicated the photos library, I only did that because I wanted to not potentially damage the main photos library. When I manipulated the copied version of the photos library, I saw photos that were not showing up in photos normally. I’m assuming that these photos exist in the original, but do not show up in the photos app because I deleted them through the app at some point, but are remaining in the photos library itself.
Is there any way that I can safely remove the deleted items from the original photos library? I am using iCloud Photo library, and I do not want to potentially corrupt my main library by going in to the main library and deleting things willy-nilly.
I thought I would mention that the photos do not appear in the Photos app, therefore I cannot delete them in the Photos app itself.
Strange photos appearing in screensaver
