I have an older Pro and want to transfer the pictures to an external hard drive. I cannot find the root folder. I know they say it is hidden, but can't find it! Help!
PS My DVD drive is broke, or I would just burn a DVD.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Pictures is the folder within each User's Home directory.
/Users/YourUsername/Pictures
It is not hidden in Mac OS 10.6. (as shown in your profile)
In Finder click on the User's home folder with the house icon, to see it.
There is the possibility that you can't find it because it no longer exists. It could have been accidentally deleted.
EDIT: If you are referring to the photos in iPhoto, these are contained in the iPhoto Library folder, which is located in the Picutres folder.
Copying the entire iPhoto Library folder, to an external will make a backup of your photos.
Where is the root folder for pictures on OSX? I need to transfer to an external harddrive.
