How do I move albums between Photos libraries?

I currently have a 200GB+ Photos library that was imported from iPhoto. I need to break it into two, and move more than half of the albums for archival.


I already created the new library by opening Photos with the Option key pressed. But how can I move the photos between the two libraries?


I tried PowerPhotos from FatCat, but it does not give me that functionality. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Oct 15, 2015 9:51 AM

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Oct 20, 2015 6:47 PM in response to doccaz

Currently the only way is to export the original photos in the one album to a folder on the Desktop and import them into the other library.


However, when the next version of PowerPhotos is released and we'll be able to copy albums between libraries and merger libraries like we could with iPhoto Library Manager and iPhoto libraries. Shouldn't be too long.


You can keep abreast of the development progress at the developer's blog: Fat Cat Software Blog.

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