After installing El Capitan, I now have Photos. I also have 2 libraries now that are both about 100GB. Can I delete the iPhoto Library or is it used by Photos?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), iOS 7
After it’s been imported, it’s not. Note that the media files are hardlinked, so deleting either one won’t free up nearly as much space as it looks like it will.
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Yes you can delete the iPhoto library
no it is not being used by Photos
BUT - it is a really bad is a really bad idea to delete it since you may need or want it and it will save very little space - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204476
It is by fare best not to delete it - if you choose to be positive that you have a good, tested archive in case you need it later
LN
Thanks Niel. So if I did delete iphoto Library, will the Photos Library increase in size because of the "hardlink"?
No
There is no connection between the Photos library and the iPhoto library - each is totally independent - the original photos and previews are had linkes to each libary and deleting either library deletes only the hard links - nothing changes in either library or with disk space
LN
Perfect! Thanks LarryHN
You are welcome
LN
I need to recover some space, they are taking up a huge amount of my HD on my macbook air, which i use for travel and dont require all the photo history.
Do i disconnect it from icloud?
Delete both? Photos and Iphoto?
Delete iPhoto library after installing El Capitan?
