I'm trying to free up space on my hard drive. I currently have a 200GB iphoto library that's already been migrated to Photos. If I delete this iPhoto library after the migration, I won't lose the files in that library will I? They will essentially already be saved in the Photos application migration correct?
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14
No, you can delete the iPhoto Library. However, done expect to see a recovery of the entire size of the library. That's because the Photos library is sharing the same files on the hard drive thru hard links as the iPhoto library. You will regain some space but not as much as you'd like.
Here's more info on hard links:
No, you can delete the iPhoto Library. However, done expect to see a recovery of the entire size of the library. That's because the Photos library is sharing the same files on the hard drive thru hard links as the iPhoto library. You will regain some space but not as much as you'd like.
Here's more info on hard links:
I would keep a backup copy of the original iPhoto Library on an external volume, just in case you should notice later, that you need to look up some metadata that have not been migrated correctly. The descriptions of the albums and events will be missing completely, some smart albums will look differently, to name just a few items you may want to be able to compare after the migration.
Thanks so much! It freed up enough.
And I have one saved on my external hd now before I went through with the deleting. Really helpful guys. Thanks!
iPhoto Migration to Photos
