Reading the article on saving disk space migrating to Photos Library, am I to assume that my 53.6GB iPhoto Library & my 51.9GB Photos Library is really only using 53.6GB of space??
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11), 4GB hard drive
Roughly
They share the same original and previews using Hard links - each database has its own support files and database files so there is overhead associated with them
And as you delete photos from Photos but not iPhoto the original and preview will not be removed from disk until that photo is delete from the iPhoto library so over time there is additional space used
After a few months if you are happy with Photos and are sure you will not be using iPhoto again then it is good to delete the photo library after archiving it just in case
LN
Thanks Larry...just so that I am clear, after I'm happy with my Photos Library, I can archive my IPhoto Library (as opposed to my photo library) onto a external disk and delete the IPhoto Library on my Mac, correct?
yes
LN
Photos Disk Space
