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how to transfer .photos library from corrupt user profile to new user on same iMac

Background:

as part of a troubleshooting advice, had corrupt user profile, so set up new User and performance problems have disappeared... My large photos library is on my iMac ... not the cloud.

OS X 10.11.6

Task:

need to transfer .photos library from corrupt user profile to new user on same iMac.

Possible:

was thinking would copy 'old' photos library to external storage switch users and drag the file.photslibrary back into New User/Pictures folder.


Is there a way to point to a shared folder in Photos?


Eventually need to close the "corrupt' user account on my iMac

thanks for advice

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11), early 2009 iMac

Posted on Nov 20, 2018 4:54 PM

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Posted on Nov 21, 2018 1:40 PM

Just move the library to the Shared folder on your boot drive and from there to the Pictures folder in the new user account.

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