"Duplicated" or wasted storage space with Photos AND iPhoto

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"Duplicated" or wasted storage space with Photos AND iPhoto

I've recently migrated to a new MacBook Pro with a lesser storage space on the Flash Drive.

It's prompted me to explore how much space was being used by my photos. Via OmniDiskSweeper, it turns out that my iPhoto user Library is consuming 110GB, AND my Photos is using 80GB. Out of a total of 250GB this doesn't leave me much!

I've read on other posts about the intricacies of the archiving process from iPhoto to Photos (which I didn't feel I had much choice in!), but what can I do?

I only use Photos now, and have started storing many large-file videos externally - is that 110GB iPhoto Library just wasted?

Also, does deleting the videos from Photos (once they have been copied to an external drive) actually free up space?

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Time Capsule, iPhone5, iPadAir2

Posted on Jun 8, 2015 4:36 AM

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LarryHN

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Jun 8, 2015 6:49 AM in response to newbie32

There is no archiving involved with either Photos or iPhoto - not sure what you are thinking of maybe migrating for iPhoto to Photos

In any case if you are 100% sure you are done with you iPhoto library you can delete it - if you ever need it again you will have great difficulty so be positive - and it will not save as much space as you thin since Photos and iPhoto share the same originals as of the initial migration - Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support -

LN

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newbie32 Author

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Jun 9, 2015 2:58 AM in response to LarryHN

Great thanks for the advice.

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