Q: move external hard disk photo library to iCloud
hello
I just bought the 1tb option, for my 300gb library. With my MBP, I use an external hard disk drive, but I don't want to use it anymore... So I sent the 300gb, but if I start Photo, it still needs the Library on external HDD... isn't it possible to use iCloud as the main Library?
Thanks a lot.
Fred from France
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Sep 8, 2016 1:06 PM
You need the original database on the external drive once to upload the library to iCloud. And when ever you want to edit your photos. To browse your photos you could use the web interface to iCloud and simply launch Safari and open the Photos.app at www.icloud.com. That will work without your external drive attached. But you cannot edit the photos using the web interface, only browse them and download them.
Posted on Sep 8, 2016 1:39 PM