backing up my Photo Albums in my Mac into my separate hard drive

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backing up my Photo Albums in my Mac into my separate hard drive

I already backed up my photo's in my Seagate Drive all in their individual albums rather than just my whole library. It makes it easier to view what & when as I please. Now I have forgotten how I did it. Foolish!

Anyone have any tips?

I tried to select all & copy but the volume is likely too much.

I tried to select all ( Success) but then can't drag & drop which is what I think I did successfully last time.

Fingers crossed someone can help.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Jan 16, 2025 10:54 AM

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Richard.Taylor

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Jan 16, 2025 12:42 PM in response to SmudgeWP

To export pictures from Photos, you use the Photos menu File>Export. You may have several choices:

File>Export>Export nn Pictures produces copies of your selected pictures that include edits, and it allows you to make choices about format, size, quality, naming, etc. in the exported pictures.

File>Export>Export Unmodified Originals produces copies of your selected pictures that are exactly the original files with no edits. There are no choices-- the picture will be in the same format as the original.

Photos is a system of organizing images. If you find Finder more convenient, then it's possible that you've missed out on the power of Photos. In fact, that's why Drag & Drop isn't supported for export-- there are so many choices in making pictures out of the file data, that you'd never know which sort of image you'd get.

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SmudgeWP Author

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Jan 16, 2025 1:41 PM in response to Richard.Taylor

Thanks for the feedback. I had utilised some of that process but it wasn't fully effective. I overcame it by taking my time & did drag & drop each album into my desired Seagate folder.

That took a little time & care but everything ended up in the right albums & sequential date order👌.

Delighted to be self-sufficient and no longer relying on i-clouds. BT already made it hard work shutting down their cloud in November … BT limiting the volume for downloads meant a limit of about 500 images per download. I got the lot but it took a lot if time and focus…without my new Mac Air would have failed the task💪🏆

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