Table of Contents
- 1 Can I exclude Photos from iPhone backup?
- 2 Can you delete iPhoto library without losing Photos?
- 3 How can I split my iPhoto library?
- 4 Can you exclude photos from iCloud backup?
- 5 What is the difference between Photos and iPhoto on my Mac?
- 6 Do I still need iPhoto on my Mac?
- 7 How do I reduce the size of a photo library on my Mac?
- 8 Can two Macs share the same photos library?
- 9 How do I backup my iPhoto library to an external hard drive?
- 10 Where are my photos stored in iPhoto?
- 11 Why does aperture frequently mangle iPhoto libraries?
Can I exclude Photos from iPhone backup?
Rick’s answer: Yes Taylor, you can easily change your iCloud backup settings to exclude your photos. Here’s how: 1 – Turn on your iPhone and tap the Settings icon. 6 – Tap the green button to the right of the Photo Library setting to exclude the Photo Library from the backup process.
Can you delete iPhoto library without losing Photos?
You may delete the iPhoto Library. This will not damage the Photos library. But it won’t recover as much disk space as you think.
Why is my Mac photo library so large?
In Photos > Preferences > iCloud, you can enable Optimize Mac Storage, which swaps the full-resolution images for smaller versions, saving a boatload of space. In other words, this allows the thumbnail of your photo to display, but keeps the larger full-sized image in the cloud.
How can I split my iPhoto library?
To create a second iPhoto library, quit iPhoto and then hold down the Option key while you launch iPhoto. This will open a window that displays a list of your various libraries. Hit the Create New button, give the library a name, and choose a location (including an external hard drive, if you have one connected).
Can you exclude photos from iCloud backup?
Exclude photos from iCloud Backup To do this, go to Settings> Apple ID> iCloud> Manage Storage> Photos> Disable and Delete. Keep in mind that you won’t be able to restore your pictures from the iCloud backup later.
How do you not backup photos?
How to turn off auto backup in Google Photos:
- Open the Google Photos app on your smartphone.
- Select your account profile (located in the top-right corner).
- Select Google Photo settings.
- Select Back up & sync.
- Toggle the slider off for Back up & sync.
What is the difference between Photos and iPhoto on my Mac?
iPhoto is an older (now obsolete) image management app, Photos is its replacement. Apple stopped the development of iPhoto. It is no longer sold and updated. Apple is now developing and supporting Photos as the successor.
Do I still need iPhoto on my Mac?
Since Apple is no longer developing iPhoto (or Aperture, for that matter), I don’t see a need to keep the iPhoto app after you are up and running and satisfied with Photos. But you don’t need to delete your iPhoto library. Photos creates its own library file container of all of your photos, just as you had with iPhoto.
How do I move iPhoto library to external hard drive?
Open iTunes and connect your iPod touch to your computer. Click on the iPod Touch along the top pane in iTunes and then click on the “Photo” tab. Choose “Sync photos from” and select “iPhoto.” iTunes and iPhoto communicate and all of your iPhoto library, as stored on your external hard drive, is listed in iTunes.
How do I reduce the size of a photo library on my Mac?
Select the photos and videos that you want to delete. Choose Image, then click Delete Photos….To check how much storage it’s using in iCloud Backup, follow these steps.
- Go to Settings > [your name], then tap iCloud.
- Tap Manage Storage.
- Tap Backups.
- Tap the name of the device you’re using, then look at Photos.
Unfortunately, Apple currently offers no good way for two or more people to keep their photo libraries in sync with each other, whether they’re using the same Mac (with different user accounts) or different Macs.
Can I have multiple photos libraries on Mac?
You can create additional photo libraries to organize your photos, albums, and projects, and then switch between the libraries. For example, you could keep separate libraries for personal photos and work photos.
How do I backup my iPhoto library to an external hard drive?
Search on MacUpdate or the App Store Simply drag the iPhoto Library package from your Pictures folder onto the external HD. Be sure that drive is formatted OS X Extended (journaled). If you plan of backing up frequently to that drive you might consider a backup application that can do incremental backups.
Where are my photos stored in iPhoto?
You will find a sub-folder called either Originals or Masters (depending on which version of iPhoto was used to create the iPhoto library). Your photos will be in sub-folders under the Originals folder or the Masters folder.
Can I create sub-folders for my iPhoto library?
People who say you cannot do it are wrong. On a Windows computer the iPhoto library will appear in Windows Explorer as a Folder with the same name as the iPhoto library. When you open that Folder you will find many sub-folders.
Why does aperture frequently mangle iPhoto libraries?
Exactly why: they frequently mangle iPhoto Libraries. That’s why. An iPhoto Library (which is also an Aperture Library) and indeed Libraries from some third party apps like DevonThink, is not a simple collection of files and folders. It’s a ecosystem of files managed via a series of interlinked databases.