Q: Photos don't delete from hard drive
I'm having issues with Photos... I had a number of large video files, which I then deleted (cmd+delete), but looking at the disk space, nothing has changed. The files no longer appear in Photos, but if I navigate into the library, I clearly see them in the folder structure. Same is true for images. Here are some further details that may help:
Macbook pro, 2011
Yosemite 10.10.5
I have Photos and Aperture, I just deleted iPhoto
I tried repairing the library (holding cmd+opt during startup), didn't help
A possibly related problem: I'm seeing a lot of empty albums under 'iphoto events', like this:
Thanks for your help!
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Sep 25, 2015 6:54 AM
Just to be sure - after you deleted the photos and videos, did you empty the "Recently Deleted" album? Otherwise the deleted photos will stay for another month, until they will finally be deleted. Reveal the "recently Deleted" album from the "View" menu.
I have Photos and Aperture, I just deleted iPhoto
Is your current Photos library an iPhoto Library or an Aperture library, that you migrated to Photos? Then deleting photos from Photos will not release the disk space, until you delete the corresponding mage file from the original iPhoto Library or the aperture library as well. The original Aperture/iPhoto library and the Photos library are sharing the image files by hard links. Only when both the original image and the hard linked image have been deleted, will the storage be released. See: Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support
A possibly related problem: I'm seeing a lot of empty albums under 'iphoto events', like this:
The iPhoto Events folder is holding an album for each each Aperture project or iPhoto event you migrated. Since you deleted photos, it would be only natural, if some of these albums are now empty.
Posted on Sep 25, 2015 10:28 AM
