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• Does Iphoto Library Take Up Space On The Mac Computer

Aug 24, 2015  To test this theory, I deleted my iPhoto library on my other Mac to see how much storage was freed up. For those wondering, my iPhoto library was 35.99 GB and my Photos library was 41.16 GB. You can see the before and after results on my hard disk space below. I was able to. Apr 17, 2019  Here, we are going to show you where iPhoto stores photos in detail. Also, you will get to learn on how to find photos on Mac computer. Part 1: Where Does iPhoto Store Photos. So, let’s begin: iPhoto stores your pictures copies in a special folder known as “iPhoto Library”. You can locate in your Mac Home folder and then, Pictures folder.

I take all my photos in the RAW format. As some of these pictures can be 30MB each, space disappears quickly. Along with this helpful hint, here's another space-saving idea: 90% of my raw images don't need to be raw. Select the raw images and drag them to a temporary folder on the desktop. This creates JPG versions of them. Delete the raw files and empty trash, then drag the JPGs back in. You will have to redo faces and albums and keywords, but the space save is enormous.

to free up disk space... empty the trash.
So smart!
OK iPhoto has its own trash, but really does this deserve a hint?

It's even showing up in my sidebar, how can you miss that?

Honestly I think it does merit a hint, just because it's not really standard behavior for an app to have its own trash. iTunes will ask if you want to delete files, but iPhoto doesn't do that. So I'm sure there are plenty of people out there (newbies perhaps) who thought they were freeing up disk space when they actually weren't. Good hint.

The iPhoto trash is not only not the same as the finder trash, but most people don't know it's even there.
And on top of that, it doesn't work like every other 'Trash' out there, in that when you run out of space, it doesn't automatically empty itself. And if you quit iPhoto, the trash is still there, but you can't even see it or access it.
I filed a bug report on this stupid mis-feature in iPhoto about 4 years ago.

I have *never* seen my Mac OS empty my Trash for me - what I have seen when getting low on free disk space though is a warning popping up alerting me to my problem.
I would consider it rude for an OS to empty my trash behind my back (maybe Winblow$ does it like that I have never examined it but have noticed a setting for how large many % are reserved for the trash or something like that…

I used a third party application to try and clean up space...and it somehow deleted iPhoto entirely. Now I can't get the application back. Advice?

My advise would be don't use 3rd party disk cleaners unless you're sure about what they are deleting! lol
I'm guessing you don't have a TM (or other) backup... Is the problem that you can't get your photos back, or the program (or both?) If it's the photos, I'm sorry but I think they might be lost if you don't have backups (though you could try some sort of file recovery/undelete program - I've used them with some degree of success-about 50% I'd say- I forget which program(s) I ended up using, but one name I remember is FileSalvage.)
If it's the program that you can't get back, is the problem that it won't let you reinstall? Or do you not have the reinstallation media? If it's he latter, I'm sorry but I think you are out of luck and will have to obtain another copy. I might suggest the new Mac App Store (especially since you can always redownload from there once you make a purchase. I've never tried Aperture, but I hear it's much better than iPhoto and is on sale in the App Store.) If it just won't let you reinstall, what error are you getting? Maybe search your system for any remaining iPhoto stuff, and delete it first?
My final advise would be to start making back ups of your system. You can get a 1TB external drive for under $100, and it's so easy to set up backups in Time Machine and once it's set up you don't need to think about it!

I think this deserves to win this monthly hint contest. It's really dumb that iPhoto has its own trash. It never even occured to me that it would have one, although now that I checked I saw it in the sidebar of iPhoto.
It helped me clear a good gig of old useless data (don't use iPhoto much).
As for the missing iPhoto app... try to recover it using your Snow Leopard install DVD, there should be an extra disc with iLife stuff on it, including iPhoto.

Does anyone know what exactly this removes? Is it just clearing the undo history for edits, or what?

No, there is a trash within iPhoto (it believe you can see it on the sidebar) and when you 'delete' a photo, it is just sent to iPhoto's trash and not actually deleted. So this 'hint' is actually quite obvious, but I agree it is still a hint since most people don't realize the trash is there (including myself for a long time.) I'm not sure why iPhoto doesn't use the Trash in the Finder - isn't that what iTunes does?

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Your Photos library holds all your photos, albums, slideshows, and print projects. If your library is large, and you want to free up storage space on your Mac, turn on iCloud Photo Library and use Optimize Mac Storage, or move your library to an external drive.

Before you start, be sure to back up your library.

Prepare your drive

You can store your library on an external storage device, such as a USB or Thunderbolt drive formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled).¹ Find out how to check the format of your external storage device.

To prevent data loss, Apple doesn't recommend storing photo libraries on external storage devices like SD cards and USB flash drives, or drives that are shared on a network.

Move your Photos library to an external storage device

1. Quit Photos.
2. In the Finder, go to the external drive where you want to store your library.
3. In another Finder window, find your library. The default location is Users > [username] > Pictures, and it's named Photos Library.
4. Drag your library to its new location on the external drive. If you see an error, select your external drive's icon in the Finder, then choose File > Get Info. If the information under Sharing & Permissions isn't visible, click , then make sure the 'Ignore ownership on this volume' checkbox is selected. If it's not selected, click to unlock it, enter an administrator name and password, then select the checkbox.²
   
   
5. After the move is finished, double-click Photos Library in its new location to open it.
6. If you use iCloud Photo Library, designate this library as the System Photo Library.

Delete original library to save space

After you open your library from its new location and make sure that it works as expected, you can delete the library from its original location.

Does Iphoto Library Take Up Space On The Mac Computer

In a Finder window, go back to your Pictures folder (or whichever folder you copied your library from) and move Photos Library to the trash. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash to delete the library and reclaim disk space.

Open another Photos library

If you have multiple libraries, here's how to open a different one:

1. Quit Photos.
2. Press and hold the Option key while you open Photos.
3. Select the library that you want to open, then click Choose Library.

Photos uses this library until you open a different one.

Learn more

If you have a permissions issue with your library, you might be able to resolve the issue by using the Photos library repair tool.

1. You can't move your library to a disk that's used for Time Machine backups.

2. If the volume isn't formatted APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), or has been used for Time Machine backups but hasn't been erased, this checkbox will either not be present, or won't be selectable after unlocking. Erase and reformat the drive for this option to be available.