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Q: How do I transfer the photos from my Macair to external hard disc?

?How do I transfer the photos from my Macair to external hard disc?

MacBook Air, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on May 5, 2014 3:07 PM

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Q: How do I transfer the photos from my Macair to external hard disc?

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN May 5, 2014 3:43 PM in response to ShekharMumbai
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    Photos for Mac
    May 5, 2014 3:43 PM in response to ShekharMumbai

    Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)

     

     

    And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto

     

     

    And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive

     

     

    LN

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin May 5, 2014 3:43 PM in response to ShekharMumbai
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    May 5, 2014 3:43 PM in response to ShekharMumbai

    Do you want to move the Library?

     

    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

     

    1. Quit iPhoto

     

    2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.

     

    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.

     

    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.

     

    Regards

     

     

    TD

  • by DortheyJobe,

    DortheyJobe DortheyJobe Nov 6, 2014 11:46 PM in response to ShekharMumbai
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    Nov 6, 2014 11:46 PM in response to ShekharMumbai