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Q: How do I transfer my photos/movies in the Photos library onto my time capsule? Thanks!

My start up disk is full and I realized I have many photos in the new photos library. I'm not sure how I can export them out from the library and put them in the time capsule. I tried using the export feature in the photos library and it did not work. Please help!!! I really appreciate your help

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 10, 2015 7:04 PM

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Q: How do I transfer my photos/movies in the Photos library onto my time capsule? Thanks!

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Aug 10, 2015 7:08 PM in response to lwilt04
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    Aug 10, 2015 7:08 PM in response to lwilt04

    Drag the library to a regular external drive which contains a partition or disk image formatted as Mac OS Extended, launch Photos with the Option key held down, click on Other Library, and choose that library. If you chose a partition, use Time Machine to back it up; for a disk image, drag-copy it to the Time Capsule.

     

    All drives will eventually fail; any files you'd like to keep should be on at least two.

     

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