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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
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
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
