Should I split Photos library to create space on system drive?
Hello, I am using Photos 2.0 on MacOSx 10.12.6 on a MacBook Pro (Late 2013), Processor 2 GHz Intel Core i7 Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3. I have 500GB storage. My Photos file is 365GB large and will continue to increase and affect the performance of the system drive, so I'd like to reduce the library size. I was planning to create a new library on an external drive and move 2000 videos there, that I can access through Photos on the MBP when the drive is mounted. I briefly considered moving them within the library to the external drive and using reference files, until I read :Disadvantages of a Referenced Library in Photos
and decided not to do that. Then I read Notes on Merging Photos Libraries
which made me think that maybe I should not split my library in two?
My question is: should I just work on trying to delete photos and videos I know I will no longer use and reduce the size of my System Photo Library that way (time consuming), or should I create a new library on the 6TB external drive and move my videos there? I read all the "Thematic Index to Photos for Mac Related User Tips:
and was not able to find an answer to this question. If it is the latter, how do I do move them safely into the new library? Do I export them to the external drive and then import them to a new library?
A second question is: is there a way to sort my photos by file size to see which are the largest files? This was easy on Aperture but I can't figure it out in Photos.
I mainly use this laptop for photo management and I want to have the convenience of the laptop when I work on the photos, not have to use an external drive for my (non-video) photos, so I'd like to keep my system Photo Library on the MBP.
Thank you so much for your time.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)