Q: Migratedphotolibrary file has doubled the memory space taken by photos
I have read all the posts and advice about the "migratedphotolibrary" and I am still puzzled. What they say does not seem to be true. This migratedphotolibrary seems to have doubled the memory space consumed by my photos, and I would like to get this space back I would like to delete the migratedphotolibrary if it is a duplication. Is that possible?
I went from having 30Gb of photos to having almost 30 Gb in the new Photos library, and 29 GB in this migratedphotolibrary.
The advice says this is not a duplication, but I am sorry, it reads that way in "Get Info", and definitely brings my scant Macbook Air memory (biggest default in an otherwise great product) to almost full.
What can I do? I am backing up both files and I am going to try to delete the migrated one to free up the 29Gb. This seems like a very buggy way of doing things, though. Is it supposed to be this funky?
Any suggestions? Please don't say anything about "hard linked" which makes no sense at all, linguistically or technically. I just want to keep my existing photos, add new ones, in a rational manner, and use the new program, Photos (which seems pretty nice) , without any fuss. Thanks.
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.5)
Posted on Dec 25, 2015 10:04 AM


