Photos default library

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Photos default library

I have moved my Photos libraries to an external hard drive, but PhotoStream no longer is one of my albums. I believe it is because the Photos default library is still set as the Photoslibrary on the internal hard drive. If I designate one of the libraries on the external drive as the default library, will that allow PhotoStream to be available when Photos uses that library? I am reluctant to experiment with it and risk losing access to our photos. I used PowerPhotos to create all the libraries. Thank you.

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Apr 5, 2016 8:32 AM

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Answer 1

LarryHN

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Apr 5, 2016 8:39 AM in response to dcshawhan

All iCLoud services work only with the one library designated as the system library in the preferences

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Old Toad

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Apr 5, 2016 10:26 AM in response to dcshawhan

Yes.

That library must be on an external HD that is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with ownership set to be ignored.

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dcshawhan Author

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Apr 5, 2016 10:35 AM in response to Old Toad

I designated one of the libraries on my external drive as the system library for Photos, but PhotoStream is still not one of the albums. Also, how did you pull up the Info screen for the auxiliary drive? Also, I don't understand what you mean by 'managed' and 'referenced' library. I left the importing box checked, as in the case you show as 'managed' library. Could you please explain? Thanks.

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Old Toad

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Apr 5, 2016 10:51 AM in response to dcshawhan

With your Photos library open go to Photos' iCloud preference pane and check to see if you have the checkbox to copy photos to the library during import is checked or not.

Control (right) - click on the external hard drive's icon and select "Get Info" from the contextual menu:

That will bring up the Info pane for the drive.

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