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Moving Photos Library from External Hard-Drive to new Mac

Lacking space on my macbook pro, I managed to move my Photos Library from my laptop onto an external Hard-drive a little while back. But, more recently I've bought an iMac and would like to save/export the photo library from the external hard-drive permanently onto the iMac! I haven't managed to find any help on how to do this online! Is it possible? It would be a great help - thanks!

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 28, 2020 7:18 AM

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Posted on May 28, 2020 10:11 AM

How is the external HD formatted?


Just connect the drive to your Mac via cable. Select and drag the library into your Picture folder on the new MBP.

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Moving Photos Library from External Hard-Drive to new Mac

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