Q: Size of Photos library far too large
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May 11, 2015 9:30 AMby 2raj,@giopiar84 - Are you saying the large Photos library (modal resources folder) issue only occurs when using referenced images?
The reason I use referenced images is because my main drive does not have enough space to import my entire photo library. I have my photos organized on a large secondary drive exactly the way I want; I don't want iPhoto or Photos to "manage" the photos in it's own directory structure.
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May 11, 2015 9:37 AMby SLD,Hello
My Photos for Mac library is over 250GB. Thank you for the notes.
With iPhoto and Fat Cat software, I used to be able to split iPhoto libraries and manage the size that way, making only the library I want to be active, active.
Now I see that with the System Photo Library, and no way to split libraries, Apple seems to be locking us into a single ever growing library that is synched to my iPhone, Macbook Air and iCloud.
I like being able to sync and see photos easily.
However, I'm curious, as I now have about a 250GB library for photos over the last 5 years, what is going to happen as this single library continues to grow over the next 5 years? I only have 64GB on my iPhone and it's already behaving slowly with Photos and the Camera app. Mt MacBook Air is filling up and the 250GB library is very slow. I upgraded my iCloud storage to accommodate, but that is just more expense.
If I could split and create a smaller System Library and off load older pics to an external that would be great.
Ugh
