How do I sync my iCloud photos to my photos library that is on my external usb drive?
My photos library is 250 Gigs and growing.
My Macbook Pro hard drive is only 500 gigs so I ran out of space for the pictures.
I have already moved my PhotosLibrary over to my USB drive.
I have already opened my Photos App and selected that library and made it my System library.
So far so good. All works.
But when i go to the iCloud tab in the Preferences in the Photos App, and select
"iCloud Photos -> Download originals to this mac", I get the following message:
"Your full-resolution photos and videos stored in iCloud may not fit on this Mac."
"Optimize Storage" (button)
My USB external drive is not used for my Time Machine Backup,
My USB Drive IS formatted as Mac Os (extended) Journaled.
I don't want to optimize storage.
I want the originals on my external drive.
And I want my Photo library that is on my external drive to accept syncing with iCloud.
Please help me figure out what I missed. Thank you