Backing up photos
I just bought another external hard drive and only want to save the 60,000 or so images and videos on my iMac. Can I back up just the photos and not everything else on this computer? Thank you
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
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You could simply drag the Photos Library from your Pictures folder to a folder on your new external volume.
Or, if you want to use Time Machine to make incremental backups of your Photos, use the exclude list in the System preferences > Time Machine to exclude all folders but your Pictures folder from the backup.
See: Back up your Mac with Time Machine
- "To exclude items from your backup, open Time Machine preferences, click Options, then click the add (+) button to add an item to be excluded. To stop excluding an item, such as an external hard drive, select the item and click the remove (–) button.
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