Increase Storage Space

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Increase Storage Space

I have been wanting to transfer my photos library to a backup disc in order to regain storage space on my MacBook Pro. I found "Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac". Part of the instruction cautions "You can't store your library on a storage device used for Time Machine backups." Can someone explain why? If the Photos library is in a newly created folder separate from the Backups folder, will this solve the problem? Thanks for your assistance.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 18, 2022 8:58 AM

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TonyCollinet

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Sep 18, 2022 9:02 AM in response to RoadSurfer2009

Hi

No

The permissions structure used for a time machine backup is incompatible with a photos library. You need a separate drive or volume.

(You can create two volumes (partiitions in windows speak) on a single drive, and use one of them for time machine and the other for photos)

Personally I'd bite the bullet and just buy a separate drive for the photos lirbary. make sure it is much bigger than your current libray to allow for growth over many years.

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Old Toad

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Sep 18, 2022 9:41 AM in response to RoadSurfer2009

Time Machine requires a read only drive and sole occupancy of it.

If you want to add additional storage that is easy to take along try OWC's (MacSales.com) OWC 250GB Envoy Pro mini. It's the perfect companion for a laptop:

And it's reasonably priced.

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