Hello,
I've always imported my iPhone pictures manually to my Mac photos library. I had no problem finding them in the 'Masters' folder. But the last time I imported them, they where not copied to the 'Masters' folder and I can't find them. They are however visible in the Mac Photos app.
So where are they stored? (iCloud for photos is turned off on all my devices)
Would appreciate any help!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
The reason you can't find the originals in the library's package is due to this change in Photos' handing of files and file named: How Photos 5.0 on Catalina Manages original Files and Filenames
The contents of the library's package is not intended for user access and browsing. The physical file the is imported into the library has its name changed as described in the user tip above and the original file name is included in the library's database so you can see and use it normally.
After import you can always export the original file out to a folder and upload that folder to Google Photos.
Thanks a lot!
The reason I asked is that up until now I made a back up of the 'Masters' folder via Google Photos (since they have unlimitedly cloud storage). So there isn't any folder now in the Photos library's package which contains every original picture and I can choose to back up via Google?
Can't find my imported iPhone pictures in the Photos library!
