recently i logged off from my iCloud using my MacbookPro Mid 2012 then i saved the downloaded photos to my external hard drive. i tried to delete all the photos in the Photo Library which was unsuccessful and i ended up shutting down the unit but now it still indicates 334gb on the folder but no photos when i open it. the Trash Bin and Recently deleted folders are both empty. need help please
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11
So ALL your photos and movies are archived on the external drive? And you have deleted them from Photos.app library and emptied its trash? And iCloud photo stream etc are not active? And despite that the Photos.app library package in Finder is still 334 GB?
If yes, then you could trash the old Photos.app library via the Finder and empty the Mac's trash. Might need to reboot the Mac so the old library is forgotten.
But first double-check that there is nothing you might miss from the old library. You could open its package via ctrl-open and poke around in its folders if there is something you might save.
So ALL your photos and movies are archived on the external drive? And you have deleted them from Photos.app library and emptied its trash? And iCloud photo stream etc are not active? And despite that the Photos.app library package in Finder is still 334 GB?
If yes, then you could trash the old Photos.app library via the Finder and empty the Mac's trash. Might need to reboot the Mac so the old library is forgotten.
But first double-check that there is nothing you might miss from the old library. You could open its package via ctrl-open and poke around in its folders if there is something you might save.
Thanks for you Help Matti. That was spot on. Another issue came up though and maybe you could help me again.
Other = 105Gb
Upon Checking User =155gb
Under User is Pictures = 52gb
Applications = 11Gb
The extra 80gb or so i cannot find when i used the Get Info on all the folders under User. It could have been the old Photos app that i deleted but i just dont know where to look.
photos library indicates 334gb but no photos
