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how can I best manage 220000 photos or 1.4 T

need to find a way to separate my iphoto account as it is too large at 1.4Tb

and over 220 K photos


the file spans 24 years from 1999 to 2023

Ideally, I would like to separate into 3 segments

1999 - 2005

2006 - 2014

2015 to present


what would this do to other areas

like people groups or shared albums

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 15, 2023 1:37 PM

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Sep 18, 2023 1:46 PM in response to Old Toad

What Mac model and year do you have? 2018 Mac Mini


How much RAM do you have? 32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4


What CPU do you have? Processor 3.2 GHz 6-Core with Intel Core Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630


How big is your boot drive? Startup disk Macintosh HD 1 Tb SSD

How much free space does it have? 600Mb


Where is your library located? on 1 Tb SSD local


If on an external drive how is the drive formatted, how is it connected to your Mac, how much free space does it have, and what type of drive is it? I have 2 (8) Tb external Seagate HD. 4 Tb avail on each.


Prefer to move library to one of those local 8Tb droves

how can I best manage 220000 photos or 1.4 T

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