Learn how to move your photos and videos from iPhoto to the new Photos app, the details about iCloud Photo Library, how to optimize storage, and what you can do with your old iPhoto library.
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To transfer your photos library from an Apple Mac to an external drive, you first need to locate the photos or a folder you wish to move. You can right-click and copy, then paste in the new location. Dragging and dropping will also copy the images or folder. To move our Photos Library, we drag it to its new location, double-click it, and the Photos app will now point to it. So, that was pretty easy. We’ll next show you how to create a completely new System Photo Library. Creating a New System Photo Library. There are any number of reasons you might want to create a new system library in Photos. Follow the steps below to Restore Photos Library in Mac from Time Machine backup: If ‘Photos’ is open, you need to close it. Go to ‘Photos Quit Photos’. Click the ‘Time Machine’ icon in the Menu Bar and select ‘Enter Time Machine’. Time Machine opens and shows all your available Backups. In the Terminal app on your Mac, use the mvcommand to move files or folders from one location to another on the same computer. The mvcommand moves the file or folder from its old location and puts it in the new location. For example, to move a file from your Downloads folder to a Work folder in your Documents folder.
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