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What is limit of the size of Photos library used for screen saver under Sonoma 14.3. Mac studio M2 max, 2 TB ssd, 64 Mb ram.

Screen saver could not use Photos library. Size of the library is 1,2 TB.

Posted on Jan 27, 2024 6:11 AM

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