HT204414: Designate a System Photo Library in Photos
Learn about Designate a System Photo Library in Photos
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Dec 29, 2015 5:41 AM in response to aslan2011by léonie,To use the Photos from the Photos Library on your external hard disk after you dismount the drive, you have to copy this Photos Library to the Pictures folder on your Mac. Then you can double-click the copied library in in the Pictures folder and open it in Photos even after you disconnect the external drive.
You cannot import one library into another Photos Library and merge them this way, you switch between libraries and open them alternately.
If you want to add the photos from one library to another library export them from that library and import the exported photos to the other library. It is not possible to import the Masters folder from another library to Photos. Photos does not open files inside another Photos Library.
If you want to merge Photos Libraries more easily consider to purchase PowerPhotos from http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/comments/announcing_powerphotoshttp://www.fatcatsoftware.com/comments/announcing_powerphotos Fat Cat Software
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Dec 29, 2015 6:05 AM in response to léonieby aslan2011,so do I open my hard drive and drag and drop the library into pictures?
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Dec 29, 2015 6:23 AM in response to aslan2011by léonie,aslan2011 wrote:
so do I open my hard drive and drag and drop the library into pictures?
Yes.