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Where to put old Photos Library in Catalina?

I rescued data from an obsolete MacBook Pro's corrupt disc - I now have an external hard drive with a folder tree like this: Users > name > Pictures > Photos Library. The Photos Library file is 106 GB, and I'd like to import it into a new MacBook Air running Catalina 10.15.5.

I don't find where to import the Photos Library file in Catalina. My Finder window has Favorites (AirDrop, Recents, Applications, Desktop, Documents, Downloads) and Locations (External HardDrive, Network). But no navigable folders for the hard drive like I'm used to.

Can someone point me where to import these photos in my new Air? Thanks!

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Posted on Jul 22, 2020 7:24 PM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2020 7:30 PM

The conventional place is ~/Pictures/ which should already reside on your Mac, but if it does not you can create it.

Read System Photo Library overview for Photos on Mac to learn how the Photos app:

"By default, your System Photo Library is stored in the Pictures folder on your Mac ..."

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Jul 22, 2020 7:30 PM in response to johnsargent

The conventional place is ~/Pictures/ which should already reside on your Mac, but if it does not you can create it.

Read System Photo Library overview for Photos on Mac to learn how the Photos app:

"By default, your System Photo Library is stored in the Pictures folder on your Mac ..."

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Where to put old Photos Library in Catalina?

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