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You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.
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What are the steps for transferring photos, music and documents to an external hard drive?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6
Drag-copy them. If you're moving the working copy of a Photos or Music library, launch the application with the Option key held down and choose it afterwards.
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