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I copied my old Mac photo library to a portable hard drive, where do I paste it in my new Mac to become my photo library?

I copied my old Mac photo library to a portable hard drive, where do I paste it in my new Mac to become my new photo library


Posted on Oct 6, 2019 3:09 PM

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Posted on Oct 6, 2019 9:30 PM

You can paste it anywhere you like, then double-click to open it and enable "Use as System Library".

Conventionally, the Photos library lives in your Pictures folder.

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I copied my old Mac photo library to a portable hard drive, where do I paste it in my new Mac to become my photo library?

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