On my MacBook pro (2021, M1, macOS Sonoma) there are 2 media libraries, one of them is a system library. I would like to combine them correctly into one so that photos and videos are synchronized between devices via iCloud.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.2
You need to see the article Import photos from another library in Photos on Mac - Apple Support
If you organise your collections of photos into individual libraries, you can import photos from one library into another.
In macOS Monterey or later, you can import photos and videos from another Photos library, as long as the library you want to import from doesn't have iCloud Photos turned on. When you import from another library, photos and videos will retain existing edits and most metadata will be preserved.*
Thank you, this is a useful article. Do you know if albums are saved at the same time? The article says that most of the data is saved, but what exactly is lost?
I found out that keywords are being lost. Is there a way to merge via icloud? Maybe this way is better?
Keywords for photos Add keywords in Photos on Mac - Apple Support are confined to an individual Mac , they cannot be merged in another device via iCloud .
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Thank you very much, I will try.
Please tell me how to combine 2 photo libraries on a macbook (macOS Sonoma) correctly?
