Where are photos stored on my hard drive? I've uploaded new images to Photos but they don't show in the Pictures folder. Even when I search for a file name in Finder, no results come up. Really annoying!
iMac
Normally Photos stores files in the Photos Library and that is typically in the Pictures folder for your user name. Data in the Photos Library is not intended to be accessed other than by using the Photos app.
If you want to keep files outside of the Photos Library, that is an option known as referenced files. See the following from Photos help for more information: https://help.apple.com/photos/mac/1.0/?lang=en#/pht12e7a8015
Hi. I found the photos in the library but they are buried in so many levels of subfolders it's not even funny. Also, so far, these RAW images aren't in there, or at least I cannot find them. I searched all the 2016 folders.
I imported about 600 RAW camera images two days ago from a USB camera card reading device. I want to edit these in Photoshop. Do I need to export each and every one of them?
Yes - you can select them all and export them all at one time as unmodified originals to a desktop folder or you can useExternal Editor for Photos to edit them directly from Photos
What you do not do is ever directly access them within the Photos library
LN
I've uploaded new images to Photos
Where did the image files come from? How did you try to get them into the Photos library? Do they show up in the Last Import album in the sidebar?
We need to understand your workflow in detain before we can begin to help.
Here's what you need to know about editing with Photoshop from within Photos:
1 - if you create a .psd file from a jpeg original you must save it to the desktop and import as a new file just like with iPhoto.
2 - if a jpeg is edited by PS resulting in a .psd file and it's saved without selecting the Desktop the default location will be here in a folder like this
AND the resulting folder and .psd file will be deleted automatically.
3 - if you flatten the file in PS and save it as a jpeg it will be saved correctly and recognized by Photos.
4 - if the original file is a .psd file and is edited by PS and just saved the resulting edited version will be converted to a jpeg file and recognized by Photos. Also if edited with PS a second time you'll lose the layers and just be editing a jpeg file.
5 - to keep the .psd file so you can do another edit first duplicate it and edit the duplicate file with PS. That will preserve the original .psd file and it's layers for additional edits even though the first edit will be lost to the second edit.
Where are photos stored on my hard drive? I've uploaded new images to Photos but the don't show in the Pictures folder. even when I search for a file name in Finder, no results come up. Really annoying!
