Q: Number of photos in Photos Library vs files in Masters

In Photos (the app) it shows I have 24K photos.

If I expand my library (Show package contents) the masters folder only contains about 9K files.

Where are the other files?

I'm moving to Lightroom and want all of my photos. Most of the instructions online suggest pulling everything from the "Masters" folder, but basic math tells me that many of my photos would be missing from there.

Anyone else see this?

Posted on Oct 8, 2016 1:27 PM

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by LarryHN,

LarryHN Oct 8, 2016 4:48 PM in response to cwwalker
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Oct 8, 2016 4:48 PM in response to cwwalker

In Photos select all and export (file menu ==> export) unmodified originals

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cwwalker Oct 8, 2016 6:23 PM in response to LarryHN
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Oct 8, 2016 6:23 PM in response to LarryHN

I see that as a better export option, but where are the photos stored if they are not in "masters"?
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cwwalker Oct 14, 2016 2:40 PM in response to cwwalker
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Oct 14, 2016 2:40 PM in response to cwwalker

Any hint why the numbers don't add up?
Anybody?
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LarryHN Oct 14, 2016 2:52 PM in response to cwwalker
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Oct 14, 2016 2:52 PM in response to cwwalker

No idea - I never go into the Photos library using the finder and I recommend that no one do it - there are no user serviceable parts in the library - pretty much nothing good can come form mucking around in there

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cwwalker Oct 14, 2016 2:54 PM in response to LarryHN
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Oct 14, 2016 2:54 PM in response to LarryHN

So my library shows 22K photos. When I export (Select All - File - Export) it only exports about 17K with lots of errors. I'm trying to abandon Photos and move to Lightroom, but it won't give me all of my photos!
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LarryHN Oct 14, 2016 3:01 PM in response to cwwalker
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Oct 14, 2016 3:01 PM in response to cwwalker

It sounds like somehow you have missing originals - have you run any clean up software or cleaned up your disk using the finder?

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cwwalker Oct 14, 2016 3:03 PM in response to LarryHN
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Oct 14, 2016 3:03 PM in response to LarryHN

Nope - I don't know of any "clean up software". I've never touched anything within the structure of the "Photo Library".
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