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External Disc Drive iPhotos library migration to External Drive Photos library

I have my iPhotos library on an external drive and would like to know how to migrate the iphotos library into an external drive Photos library before updating to Catalina OS.

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Nov 6, 2019 3:26 PM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2019 9:26 PM

If you open the iPhoto library on the external volume with the Photos application, it will migrate the contents into a new Photos library on the same external volume. This would require that the external volume be formatted in a modern Mac format (not a Windows-compatible format like FAT or ExFAT).

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Nov 8, 2019 9:26 PM in response to Gus22

If you open the iPhoto library on the external volume with the Photos application, it will migrate the contents into a new Photos library on the same external volume. This would require that the external volume be formatted in a modern Mac format (not a Windows-compatible format like FAT or ExFAT).

External Disc Drive iPhotos library migration to External Drive Photos library

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