crazymomof8
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Q: Deleted files from Photos, capacity remains same. Why?

I deleted an entire year's worth of images (including RAW files) from Photos. I even went to the recently deleted folder and deleted them as well.  My regular trash bin is also empty.  Why did the capacity and available space not change?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 27, 2015 3:11 PM

by markwmsn,Solvedanswer
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crazymomof8 wrote:

 

[...] when I delete photos from Photos, not only does the capacity/availability space not change, but also the entire folder or album I am deleting doesn't even show up as recently deleted. 

Deleting an album in Photos does not delete the pictures within the album. An album is just a list of photos, and any given photo could be in several albums or none at all. You have to explicitly delete the pictures themselves, which will remove them from the Photos view, the All Photos album, and any other albums that include them, but it will then move them to the special Recently Deleted areas.

Posted on Jun 28, 2015 9:31 PM

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  • by markwmsn,

    markwmsn markwmsn Jun 29, 2015 10:13 AM in response to crazymomof8
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    Jun 29, 2015 10:13 AM in response to crazymomof8

    crazymomof8 wrote:

     

    This is EXACTLY what I needed to know!!!  Thank you so very very much!  Now, however, I cannot restore my big folder because I have deleted other folders since.  Is this correct?  So, I have to go search them out SOMEHOW under events or photos....ugh.

    I'm sorry. I don't understand what you mean by "big folder" and "other folders" and how they might interact.

  • by crazymomof8,

    crazymomof8 crazymomof8 Jun 29, 2015 10:30 AM in response to markwmsn
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    Jun 29, 2015 10:30 AM in response to markwmsn

    To clarify:  I deleted an album in Photos with possibly 2,000 photos in it, and since then have deleted another album.  I can Edit/Undo delete for the ladder, but the first deleted album I cannot retrieve correct?  I will have to fish those 2,000 photos out of the events folder or the photos folder...which is a task.  Regardless...thank you for explaining this to me.  It seems so obvious now. 

  • by markwmsn,

    markwmsn markwmsn Jun 29, 2015 10:41 AM in response to crazymomof8
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    Jun 29, 2015 10:41 AM in response to crazymomof8

    Gotcha. Good luck with that task. You might consider whether you can narrow down the candidate list by judicious use of smart albums.

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