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Q: Extra iPhoto Library?

I found an iPhoto Library on my Mac, but its not my new Photos library, can I just delete it?

 

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iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jul 26, 2016 8:20 PM

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Q: Extra iPhoto Library?

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jul 26, 2016 8:22 PM in response to silvertechfilms
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    Jul 26, 2016 8:22 PM in response to silvertechfilms

    The iPhoto library is your old one that was migrated into Photos. It doesn't hurt to keep it, but you can delete it if you wish.

  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Jul 26, 2016 8:23 PM in response to silvertechfilms
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    Jul 26, 2016 8:23 PM in response to silvertechfilms

    If you’re certain you won’t be opening your library in iPhoto again, yes, but it won’t free up anywhere near as much disk space as it looks like it will; the media files are hardlinked and only count once towards the space used.

     

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jul 26, 2016 8:33 PM in response to silvertechfilms
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    Jul 26, 2016 8:33 PM in response to silvertechfilms

    You can as there is no connection between them

     

    If you have not used it for a long time as it looks go ahead - and if you have deleted a lot of photos from Photos then it will save a lot of space

     

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 27, 2016 1:45 AM in response to silvertechfilms
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    Jul 27, 2016 1:45 AM in response to silvertechfilms

    I found an iPhoto Library on my Mac, but its not my new Photos library, can I just delete it?

    At least keep a backup copy, before you delete it, just in case.  You may need it until you are sure, all items from your iPhoto library migrated correctly.  Sometimes it is necessary to repeat the migration, if your original library had a corruption. Then it helps to rebuild the iPhoto Library in iPhoto before repeating the migration to Photos.

     

    Have you been using projects in iPhoto that you want to keep?Books, cards, calendars, slideshows, or certain smart albums?  These items may have migrated to Photos only incompletely, and if you have to recreate them, it helps to be able to view the originals in iPhoto while you recreate them.

    See this link:  How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support