Q: Why is my Photos Library 11GB Smaller than my iPhotos Library

I looked in my Pictures folder to see if I still had an iPhoto library. I did, it wasn't deleted when I "upgraded" to Photos. Then I looked to see if it was empty or still have photos. It did. Then I looked at the size. Wow. iPhoto Library size is 66.57GB. Photos Library is 55.93GB. So what happened?

Posted on May 31, 2015 9:46 AM

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LarryHN May 31, 2015 2:52 PM in response to Bruce Skelly
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May 31, 2015 2:52 PM in response to Bruce Skelly

You probably have some crap in your IPhoto library (like an iPod Photo Cache or other similar item) that was not needed wolf Photos and therefore was not migrated

And note that the space is not double as the two share the same set of original photos using Hard Links - Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support

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