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I formated my Lacie external drive for Mac and pc but when I drop and drag photos they show as 0bytes and I can't open the files.
I don't know if the drive is faulty.. it's brand new or if I'm missing something.
thanks in advance
What version of Photos do you have. At least one version of the app had a bug that resulted in empty files with exported directly to a disk with a FAT format. Workaround: Drag to the desktop first, then copy over. Bear in mind that drag and drop only yields a preview that's kind of middling quality and missing some metadata. You'll get a better quality export using the File -> Export command.
What version of Photos do you have. At least one version of the app had a bug that resulted in empty files with exported directly to a disk with a FAT format. Workaround: Drag to the desktop first, then copy over. Bear in mind that drag and drop only yields a preview that's kind of middling quality and missing some metadata. You'll get a better quality export using the File -> Export command.
the work around is not ideal
That's why it's only a workaround. Your other options are: reformat the drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or apfs, or upgrade your OS to Monterey and with it Photos v7.
thanks for replying.. I have version 6.0... the work around is not ideal :(
ok thanks very much, will try that.
moving photos from Library to external hard drive
