Maximum Number of Photos

Is there a maximum number of photos supported in the Photos app?


I have around 600,000 photos I have collected and currently use Picasa, which is being sunset.


Are there any other photo management apps that might be more appropriate for large numbers of photos?

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Oct 12, 2016 2:53 PM

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Oct 12, 2016 3:09 PM in response to Sean McD

There is no published max that anyone has seen but Photos can migrate iPhoto and Aperture libraries which would handle 1,000,0000 photos


I personally would expect that performance especially on launching would be slow with 600,000 photos - my large library has 80,000 and takes a while (25 seconds or so) to launch


As to other programs probably a more general Photo site would be better to ask - the people here use Photos which is why they are experienced Photos users and of course you need to consider what other requirements you have when considering software -


LN

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