How do i backup Photos so that my pictures stay in albums?
MacBook Air, iOS 10
Your pictures will stay in albums
and backing up is the same as it always have been - do it regularly - TimeMachine is a good option for one backup hourly
LN
Sorry. That was poorly worded. I want to back up Photos, have them stay in albums, then delete those pictures to free up some HD space on my MacBook Air. Last time I was advised, none of the albums were saved, just all of the photos.
I want to back up to a Photos exclusive external HD
I'm still not clear what you want
If you have an external hard drive that is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled), is not used as a TimeMachine backup volume, is connected with a fast wired connection and is always available prior to Photos being launch then you can move your library to it and run it there - quit Photos and drag the library to the EHD and double click on it to open it there - this is not a backup and you have to have a backup just like you alwys do
If you want Photos in folders matching the Photos albums on an EHD then you open each album, select all and export to a folder on the EHD naming it the same as the album - the is a backup of the photos with their selected metadata - it is not a bakcup of yoru Photos library
If you want something else you need to clearly state wha you want to accomplish
LN
Use this AppleScript to export those albums to folders on the hard drive with the same name as the album: Export Albums to Folders - Jacques Rioux's Script. You can download a compiled version of the script as an application from this tutorial site: P01 - Applescripts from Photos’ User Tips Compiled as Applications.
Then copy the folders to a external HD for backup. When the copying has been completed and confirmed was a good copy, you can delete the folders from your internal HD.
Thank you. This was helpful.
You are welcome - I think
Post back if you need more
LN
If I set a destination folder my local HD it's working but when i set directly to external HD reports some kind of permission error.
Is it possible to run this script as an admin?
Thank you
Make sure the EHD is formatted as shown in this screenshot:
Thank you! It worked!🙂
I've another question.
The albums list is not ordered, is it possible to order it by name?
Thank you
with he sidebar shown ((view menu ==> show sidebar) right click on the word "album" in the album area on the sidebar and select sort by yoru desired sort
LN
Hello,
thank you for your answer but i'm not talking about Apple "Photos" album sorting, so I'm talking about Choose list that appears when running AlbumExport script.
how do i back up photo albums
