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Where Does Mac Store Photos Library

If you want your Mac's photos to wirelessly sync to all your other iOS devices and computers, you want to set up iCloud Photo Library: Apple's photo sync service lets you back up your images on all your devices, as well as access them — online or offline — on said devices. If you're willing to pay for the extra iCloud storage space, you can store an incredible amount of photos and videos, all accessible at the touch of a button or multi-touch screen.

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  • May 10, 2017  Flip the Switch — Once you’ve thought about these things and are ready to go, turn on iCloud Photo Library in Photos Preferences iCloud on the Mac, or in Settings Photos & Camera in iOS. Then reward yourself with a favorite beverage, particularly if you’ve done.
  • Jan 04, 2020 You don't need to use iCloud Photo Library to use Apple's Photos app on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad; the app works without any cloud service involvement. But if you pass on using iCloud, we highly recommend finding a different way to back up your photos, lest you lose them accidentally.
  • If you are a bit short of space on your Mac, here’s how to transfer your photo library to an external drive and store it there. How to copy the Photos library to a hard drive. If you have a.

Here's how to set it up on your Mac and get everything configured to your liking!

How to set up iCloud Photo Library on your Mac

Feb 23, 2017  How to Access Where Photos Files Are Stored in Mac OS. For example, I have photos from 2001 till present, if I decide to create a new Photos library for whatever reason, the new library will have the current year as the starting point, so all those photos from 2001 onward will be stored in 2017. Store photos outside of iPhoto's library. Grow without clogging up your Mac’s internal storage space. Plus, you then have the option of connecting this hard drive to other computers, too.

  1. Launch the Photos app on your Mac.
  2. Select the Photos menu in the upper left corner of your screen.
  3. Go to Preferences.

  4. Click on the iCloud tab.

    Source: iMore

  5. Check 'iCloud Photos.' This will begin uploading any and all images you have stored in the Photos app to iCloud.

    Source: iMore

How to optimize your photo and video storage

If you routinely shoot 4K video or high-quality images on your iPhone, iPad, or DSLR, you may run out of storage space fast. (I have a 1TB iMac, but also have almost a terabyte of 4K video stored in iCloud — it gets unwieldy, fast!) This is especially true if you have a Mac laptop with limited hard drive space: It's nice to look at your iPhone's gorgeous Portrait mode photos, but not necessarily always practical to store all of them locally.

Thankfully, Apple offers an Optimize Storage option, which lets you store full-resolution photos and videos of only your most recently shot and accessed imagery; all older photos and videos are available to download via iCloud and are stored as low-resolution previews on your device to save space. You can switch between optimizing your Mac's photos storage or storing your full library locally: Here's how!

Note: If you plan on using Optimize Storage, we suggest having at least one device that stores your entire library locally (usually a Mac with a large local or external hard drive), so you have multiple backups of your photographs and video.

  1. Launch the Photos app on your Mac.
  2. Click Photos in the App menu in the upper left corner of your screen.

  3. Select Preferences from the drop-down menu.

    Source: iMore

  4. Click the iCloud tab.

  5. Click Optimize Mac Storage.

    Source: iMore

Where Does Apple Store Photos

Full-resolution versions of your photos and videos will be uploaded to iCloud.

How to share photos with iCloud Photo Library

Apple's photo service doesn't just provide online backups and sync for your images and video: The company also offers a free sharing service that allows you to send shared albums to friends and family (or create a publicly-shared website). Here's how to turn it on for your Mac.

Questions?

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Updated January 2020: Updated for macOS Catalina. Serenity Caldwell worked on a previous version of this post

Jul 21, 2011  This is how to locate your library Folder on macOS & Mac OS X Code: /Library. How To Find Library Folder On Mac OS X - Mac Tutorial - Duration: 2:20. Dusty Porter 92,868 views. Jul 04, 2015  I'm running in Mac OS 10.6.8 on a Mac Pro 1.1. I just installed Microsoft Office 2011 (yeah, I know). I imported my Excel 2004 personal macro workbook into Excel 2011. When I try to run a macro that uses Solver, the VBA editor opens and I get 'Cannot find project or library.' Sep 07, 2014  Excuse me, Neil and ds store, if it doesn't show up in a finder window, and typing a plain 'Library' in the Go To Window doesn't bring it up, then it is hidden on 10.6.8. It did not used to be hiudden on my computer, and I never personally changed it, so I assume Apple did on one of the system updates. Find library on mac 10.6.8. Jul 22, 2011  Fortunately, this is easy to reverse and if you wish you can switch the behavior and instead show Library all the time with a quick terminal command. This tutorial will detail four different ways to access the User Library folder in Mac OS X from Mt Lion and beyond.

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