In the Finder, go to the external drive where you want to store your library. In another Finder window, find your Photos Library. By default it's stored in the Pictures folder located at /Users/ username/Pictures. Drag Photos Library to its new location on the external drive.

Prepare your external 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). However, you can't move your library to a disk that's used for Time Machine backups.

• Step 1: Select the photos. Browse your iPhoto library and select the photos or photo albums you wish to export. You can choose multiple photos or albums by holding down the Command key.
• The easiest way to perform a desktop transfer is to download/ export your entire icloud library to your google drive. This can be done by exporting all the selected files to your folder of choice. Then, go to google drive and import that folder. In photos.google.com, you will have the option to upload from 'Google Drive'.
• Click the “Create Export” once you’ve customized the export. Google will begin creating a copy of your Photos library. Depending on how many photos and videos you have in the albums you’ve selected, this can take hours or even days. You can cancel it with the “Cancel Export” button. When it’s done, Google will send you an email.
• Highlight the photo library file you just copied to an external drive and select Open to load it. 8) Photos will launch into your new library. One final step: select “Use as System Photo Library” in Preferences → General. After designating a new System Photo Library, turn on iCloud services you normally use under Photos → Preferences.

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 Photos Library. By default it's stored in the Pictures folder located at /Users/[username]/Pictures.
4. Drag Photos 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 the triangle , then make sure the 'Ignore ownership on this volume' checkbox is selected. If it's not selected, click the lock button to unlock it, enter an administrator name and password, then select the checkbox.*
   
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.

Make sure that the drive is turned on and available to your Mac before opening Photos. If Photos can't find your drive, it stops using the Photos Library stored there.

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.

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. Bluestacks 5 beta download mac. 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.

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

* If the volume isn't formatted as 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 it won't be selectable after unlocking. Erase the drive for this option to be available.

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