08-23-2017, 12:19 PM
jdc-
i ended up dragging BOTH the photos library AND the iphotos library to the external hard drive.
i then dragged this "new" picture folder on the imac.
i rebooted and then launched photos on the imac.
it then asked me to direct it to either the photo library or an aperture library.
(actually, i never had aperture installed so there must be an embedded folder named aperture library in either photos or iphoto)
i picked the photo library and it has been working nicely ever since.
i very much toyed with the notion of keeping the photos library on the external drive and not fill the imac with 500gb worth of data but decided that ease of access was worth the space.
i am now in the process of running both carbon copy cloner and then time machine to backup the imac internal drive which i can now happily report contains my entire photo library.
be well.
rob
i ended up dragging BOTH the photos library AND the iphotos library to the external hard drive.
i then dragged this "new" picture folder on the imac.
i rebooted and then launched photos on the imac.
it then asked me to direct it to either the photo library or an aperture library.
(actually, i never had aperture installed so there must be an embedded folder named aperture library in either photos or iphoto)
i picked the photo library and it has been working nicely ever since.
i very much toyed with the notion of keeping the photos library on the external drive and not fill the imac with 500gb worth of data but decided that ease of access was worth the space.
i am now in the process of running both carbon copy cloner and then time machine to backup the imac internal drive which i can now happily report contains my entire photo library.
be well.
rob