Photo Application

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Photo Application

I currently have a MacBook pro early 2015 with 512GB of memory. I have over 50,000 pictures in the photo app, my computer has on 40gb left of memory and I have limited ability in the photo app. My question is, should I get a new MacBook with 2 TB of memory versus trying to move stuff off to a hard drive. I have been doing that, but it doesn't keep up with the amount of photos I keep adding. I want to keep the photos in the app, for the ease of finding them. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.

Posted on Sep 7, 2020 12:18 PM

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Answer 1

léonie

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Sep 7, 2020 12:35 PM in response to photoamateur

You could move the complete Photos Library to an external volume. This would save storage on the system volume, but keep the photos together in one library. The external volume needs to have a compatible file system format, see: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support

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photoamateur Author

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Sep 7, 2020 1:23 PM in response to léonie

Thank you for your helpful response. Can you recommend an external volume (hard drive ) I can purchase? Also, my MacBook Pro is early 2015, do you think I would have any system issue because the computer is dated.

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photoamateur Author

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Sep 7, 2020 5:57 PM in response to Old Toad

Thank you for your response. So essentially these external drives will allow me to copy my 50,000 photos in the photos library and will allow me to access them on this drive through the photos software? So I will be able to view my photos through photos on the external hard drive. Sorry for the questions, I am an amateur photographer, trying to learn my options. Thank you.

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