How to Move Your Apple Photos Library to an External Drive
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Published 2020-09-05
In this video, we'll show you how to move the Apple Photos library to an external drive. This will help you keep your photos safe and organized, and make it easier to access your photos when you need them.
If you're a Mac user and you're wondering how to move your photos to an external drive, then watch this video! We'll walk you through the quick and easy steps necessary to move your photos to an external drive. This will help you keep your photos safe and organized, and make it easier to access your photos when you need them!
0:00 - Introduction
0:52 - The Problem
2:56 - Step One Copy Library
5:26 - Step Two Assign New Location
6:33 - Alternative Method
6:52 - Double-Check
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All Comments (21)
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I LOVE this guy! He's clear. And fun. Good on camera. Answers all the little "what ifs" before you even think of them.
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I agree with your Backup philosophy. Backup, Backup, Backup! Stuff fails so one is not enough...you need a belt, suspenders, and Duct tape to keep your files from falling down! Thanks for all the info.
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Doc Rock, you did a phenomenal job walking us through this process! I was able to free up some valuable gigs on my new Mac M1. Keep up the great work!
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Great video! very well scripted, direct straight to the point full of information at just the right pace. This is exactly what I was looking for. You Rock!
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You do rock, Doc! I've worried about this for years. No more.
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Love this guy. So helpful. I did do the bonehead thing and filled up my brand new MBP within a few days. This was perfect.
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To the point, no fillers, top notch quality video!
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OMG THANK YOU I needed to learn this lol. I literally just used up all my storage on my new MacBook Air.
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THANK YOU!!! years of struggling with being stingy with downloads hahaha!!! With only 1gig left, you are a LIFESAVER!
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Thanks so much for this excellent tutorial. It was very helpful having you talk through each process step by step. And it worked a treat! Otherwise I’d never have had the balls to empty that trash can! Cheers from York, UK.
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Thank you so much! I had 1.2 terabytes of photos on my computer. Your video was awesome and very clear and precise. You really are "Doc Rock"!
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Thanks for this! I'm new to the Apple ecosystem and have the M1 Mac Mini with 256GB storage, and didn't want to turn iCloud photos on until I figured out how to run it from my external drive. Concise and perfect tutorial!
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this was nothing short of amazing. exactly the content I was looking for. muchas gracias!!
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Hey Doc you do Rock. That was a great presentation. I’ve been in engineering hardware/software for over 40 years. I use a lot of different platforms. PC, Unix, Linux, Mac… I actually owned one of the original Macs back in the early 80s so I’ve been a long time user. Thanks for your video. Totally Awesome Dude!
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Thank you. This was super helpful and easy to follow.
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Dude, you are the man! I’ve been trying to figure this out forever… You explained it perfectly!!!!!
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Thank you so much for this tutorial I was able to move it successfully!
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Doc I found this video last year when I first got my Mac way before I knew you were going to be part of my every day life. Way before I knew what e-camm was way before everything. So I guess it is destiny I found you. Thanks for all of your teachings.
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Thanks for a clear concise video. Extremely helpfull
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Hi Doc Rock, you're a real rock. Now with no excuses I'll find the courage to get them back and move the photos, first from my phone back to the mac (where they had disappeared) then hopefully to my new SSD. In other words you've convinced me to try again. Thanks a lot. I will subscribe as you're so clear and to the point. Keep rocking 😊
