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Q: What happens to iPhoto libraries on different Macs when using Photos

I have photo libraries in different Macs and have switched on iCloud to work with Photos on my macbook pro. Do these libraries on my other Macs get merged with the one in the Cloud regardless of duplication of photos ?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 23, 2015 1:59 AM

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Apr 23, 2015 2:27 AM in response to saparoea2
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    Apr 23, 2015 2:27 AM in response to saparoea2

    The Photos documentation does not say what will happen with duplicates when uploading to iCloud. when I tested Igot mixed results. quite a few photos duplicated.

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    saparoea2 saparoea2 Apr 23, 2015 2:31 AM in response to léonie
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    Apr 23, 2015 2:31 AM in response to léonie

    thanks Leonie. I had the same impression: I started to connect a second computer to the photo library in iCloud, which I quickly stopped. I nevertheless ended up with 400 additional photos in the iCloud library.

    In that case it may be better to remove the other libraries before connecting other Macs. Presumably you have to make a new, empty, library and designate that the system library.