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There are 2 image folders, one in Finder called pictures and one standalone app called Photos.

I never understood how these two works, and if its possible to merge the content?


How do you prefer sorting your photos and pictures on your mac hd?

Posted on Jan 21, 2021 10:20 AM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2021 11:26 AM

The Pictures folder is created by the operating system when you first set up your account. It also contains your Photos library used by the Photos application through which you control the contents of that Photos Library.


The Pictures folder provides some special image attributes to Finder that are not found with images outside of the Pictures folder.

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Jan 21, 2021 11:26 AM in response to Borger___

The Pictures folder is created by the operating system when you first set up your account. It also contains your Photos library used by the Photos application through which you control the contents of that Photos Library.


The Pictures folder provides some special image attributes to Finder that are not found with images outside of the Pictures folder.

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