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I have a 21GB file named "Photo Library", under Documents - which I can't open as it says that the pics have been migrated to my Photos library. Does that mean I can delete the file *without losing any photos from the Photos library"?
MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.15
Yes, if you're confident that your working Photos library has all of your photos.
Yes, if you're confident that your working Photos library has all of your photos.
Thanks! I've confirmed that all the pictures are in my Photos library and work well. I was afraid that they were somehow still linked to that "Photo library" document and that by deleting it I would loose the pictures in my Photos library, but I guess I can go ahead and delete it then :)
I would keep a backup copy of the migrated library on an external volume, just in case you should later notice problems in the new Photos library. The problem is, that Photos for Mac does not support all older image and video formats, that we could use in iPhoto, and you may need to convert some older items to a new format. You can open this library again, if you change the filename extension from ".migratedphotolibrary" back to ".photolibrary". The originals in your old iPhoto Library and the new Photos Library are indeed linked are sharing the storage by hard links, so you will not free much storage by deleting the iPhoto Library, but both libraries can work, if the other is deleted. Hard links are smart and are keeping track of the number of references.
Pics migrated to Photos library - can I delete the Photo Library file in my Documents?
