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I recently purchased a Mac Mini 2 to replace a late-2009 iMac 21. I kept all of my photos on an external drive connected to the iMac since the internal drive was near capacity. Now I want to copy those photos to Photos on the internal drive of the new Mac Mini 2. What would be the best way to do this? (BTW, I use Carbon Copy Cloner as my backup software).
Thank you so much for your help.
Kit
Mac mini (2018)
If they are in a previous Photos Library, then Importing the the Library from the external drive should maintain their original data base.
If they are just randomly stored on the external drive, then they should and will Import randomly by image date, name and/or number.
If they are in a previous Photos Library, then Importing the the Library from the external drive should maintain their original data base.
If they are just randomly stored on the external drive, then they should and will Import randomly by image date, name and/or number.
Thank you for the response. The photos were moved from the old iPhotos library on the internal drive on the old iMac to the external drive.
You’re welcome.
How to Copy Photos from External Drive
