Q: Photo's vs iPhoto library?

Going through the HD i see i now have a photo's library, and my old iPhoto library. My concern is the photo's one is about 6gb smaller then the iPhoto one so i'm a little concerned deleting it. Although it is 60gb in size that i would like back. Is there a tool to compare to make sure they are all there? Any reasoning behind the size change?

Posted on Aug 4, 2015 3:29 PM

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Old Toad Aug 4, 2015 3:59 PM in response to miskywhisky
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Photos for Mac

Aug 4, 2015 3:59 PM in response to miskywhisky

The two libraries share the same image files while not taking up double the space. That's done with hard links.

Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support

http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/02/the-hard-link-between-photos-and-iphoto/

You can still use iPhoto if you'd like to. Until you're sure you like Photos and want to commit to it totally I'd keep the iPhoto library and application.
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