Q: Should I delete iPhoto after installing Photos to avoid extra storage?
As per the title,
Should I delete iPhoto and its library after migration to Photos?
I have an app called PhotoSweeper Lite, very nice in finding duplicate photos and it saves me a lot of storage when I first used it. Now after migrated to Photos I can see that all my photos now duplicated!! is that true ? because I see other topics in "Apple Discussion" saying that Photos generate alias to the original photo.
Another Question: is that true in Photos App there are no Locations in the photos? because i'm always sorting photos by location.
Thanks in Advance
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Sep 16, 2015 3:38 AM
You can but it is no a good idea - it will save very little space - Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support - and if you want or need iphoto in the future you are in trouble -t he application is extremely difficult ro impossible to get again and the library can be restored from a backup but that tis a pain and can be troublesome - best to leave them for a while until you are positive you no longer need iPhtoo
And Photos does not generate aliases to the original photos - not sure where you read that but it is not correct - both iphoto and Photos use HardLinks to the originals and previews so they are not duplicated - Photos doe not create aliases to the photos
and Photos do not have "no locations" - it does not change the location data - it does not have a location sort available or a way to manage locations but what you have is there and displays in the info window - there will be more on that in El Captain Sept 30 - https://www.apple.com/osx/elcapitan-preview/
LN
Posted on Sep 17, 2015 12:08 AM