A couple of years ago I put my Photos library on an external disk. Now I would like to move my library to iCloud so that I can open my photos without having to connect to my external hard drive. How can I move my library from my external hard drive to iCloud? (Keep in mind that my Photos library is huge and there is not enough space on my MacBook Pro to hold the whole library.)
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
Quit and reopen Photos with the option/alt key held down and select the Library on the external Drive as the system Library. Go to Photos/Preferences/iCloud and set up syncing. Then go to System Preferences/iCloud, sign in, and check Photos syncing.
Quit and reopen Photos with the option/alt key held down and select the Library on the external Drive as the system Library. Go to Photos/Preferences/iCloud and set up syncing. Then go to System Preferences/iCloud, sign in, and check Photos syncing.
Am I posting this in the right place?
Yes. If it's a managed Library and if the drive it's on is directly connected (i.e. not over a network or wireless) and the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then it works just the same as a library on your internal drive.
Is there a way to connect my external hard drive's library for Photos to iCloud?
You can't "move" your Library to iCloud. it's a sharing service. You always need a local copy.
Move Photos from external hard drive to iCloud?
