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Error Moving Photos Library to External Drive

Has anyone been successful with moving a photos library to an external hard drive? When I try to open the new Photos library in my external drive there is an error - Photos attempts to repair the library but is unable to open it

Posted on Jan 1, 2021 6:02 PM

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Posted on Jan 2, 2021 12:58 AM

Hi

Is the external drive correctly set up for using with a photos library?


It must be formatted APFS or MacOS extended (journaled), and not be (or have been) used for time machine. It must have the 'ignore ownership" checkbox ticked. It should not be on a memory stick, SD or similar. It stands to reason that if you want any sort of reasonable performance it should be a fast drive with a fast connection.


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https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201517


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Jan 2, 2021 12:58 AM in response to TimVoet

Hi

Is the external drive correctly set up for using with a photos library?


It must be formatted APFS or MacOS extended (journaled), and not be (or have been) used for time machine. It must have the 'ignore ownership" checkbox ticked. It should not be on a memory stick, SD or similar. It stands to reason that if you want any sort of reasonable performance it should be a fast drive with a fast connection.


See

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201517


Error Moving Photos Library to External Drive

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