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trouble moving photo library

all ok until I clicked on the Photo library icon. Mac wouldn't release it to the external hd?

iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Feb 12, 2016 8:34 PM

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Feb 12, 2016 8:47 PM in response to jip2

Sorry but no one can help unless you give us details as we can not see you and only know what you tell us


What exactly do you have and what exactly are you trying to do? There is no Photo library - there is an iPhoto library and there is a Photos library - you posted in the iPhoto library -


If you want your iPhoto library on an EHD the drive must be formatted mac OS extended (journaled) locally connected with a fast wired connection like FireWire, ThunderBolt or USB, not used as a Time Machine backup volume and must always be available prior to launching iPhoto - quit iPHoto and drag the iPHoto library to the EHD - hold down the option key while launching iPhoto and select the new location, fully test it and then after at least one successful backup cycle has occurred (verify that your backup software is backing up your EHD) then you can delete the old library (test one more time before emptying the trash) this process is the same for both iPhoto and Photos


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