Q: Deleting migrated file

Can I remove the 'iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary' file, if I see my photos in the upgraded version of Photos? Meaning, once I've seen everything migrated, and I have no intention of opening iPhoto again, am I safe to remove it?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Aug 17, 2015 2:58 PM

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Niel Aug 17, 2015 3:03 PM in response to pvivier
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Aug 17, 2015 3:03 PM in response to pvivier

Put it onto an external drive. You may encounter something that requires you to use iPhoto.

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Old Toad Aug 17, 2015 3:06 PM in response to pvivier
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Aug 17, 2015 3:06 PM in response to pvivier

Yes you can. But since Photos is currently missing a number of organizational tools that iPhoto has you might want to keep it until you're sure Photos will do the job for you. This user tip, Photos 2.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities, compares the two apps and shows the differendes.

Since the Photos library doesn't take up the same amount of space as the iPhoto library due to the use of hard links

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

The (hard) link between Photos and iPhoto

You can continue to use both for a while until you're sure about Photos.
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