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Jun 14, 2016 1:32 PM in response to gregovby léonie,How do I get rid of iPhoto and its connected library (supposedly Photos has all my iPhoto library and more?)?
There is no need to be in a hurry to get rid of iPhoto and the iPhoto Library. The image files in the iPhoto Library are stored in the same place as the image files in your Photos Library, so both libraries together are sharing the storage, see this link: Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support
You can take your time to check, if all photos from your iPhoto Library migrated well and if you need to copy any captions or titles from your iPhoto events over to Photos.
Also your smart albums and books or calendars may not have been migrated completely, see this link: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support
If you have iPhoto 9.6.1 you can still launch it and compare the libraries.
When you are done, make a backup copy of both the iPhoto library and the iPhoto application and then simply delete them using the Finder. Then empty the Trash. It will not free much storage however.
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Jun 14, 2016 3:01 PM in response to léonieby gregov,But I have 35.44GB file for Photos (Pictures/Photos) AND 28.26GB file for iPhoto (Pictures/iPhoto). If I deleted iPhotos files, it would free up a lot of space!
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Jun 16, 2016 3:23 PM in response to gregovby LarryHN,★HelpfulAs Léonie posred
When you are done, make a backup copy of both the iPhoto library and the iPhoto application and then simply delete them using the Finder. Then empty the Trash.
If you have deleted lots of photos since you migrated to Photos you will some some space - and in any case with a good archive of the iPhoto library thee is no risk of deleting it
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Jun 16, 2016 3:26 PM in response to LarryHNby gregov,Why would I back up my iPhotos when Photos already has the same info and more. Why not just delete it. Also look at my reply before which shows I have two huge files.
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Jun 16, 2016 3:39 PM in response to gregovby Terence Devlin,★HelpfulYou can delete it but some folks are a bit more cautious - and you might not discover a problem with your Photos library for a few weeks, for instance.
As for disk space: the two libraries use Unix Hard Links to the actual files, so while they both claim to manage 25 gigs of space, for instance, it's the same 25 gigs more or less. Delete the iPhoto Library and you won't get 28 gigs of HD space back, more likely 2 or 3 only.
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Jun 16, 2016 3:50 PM in response to gregovby Terence Devlin,Correct, it won't. Like I say somewhere in the region of 2 or 3 gigs
