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How to Move Your Apple Photos Library to an External Drive 

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Need to know how to move Apple Photos Library to an external drive or SSD? I just got a brand new 2020 iMac 27" with a 512GB SSD and accidentally synced Apple Photos Library from iCloud to the drive and filled it rapidly. If you use iCloud Sync to protect your Photos or manage your images, it is easy to run out of space. Especially, since modern machines come with smaller faster drives. Here are simple to follow steps to move Apple Photos Library to an external SSD or Hard Drive. You can also follow these steps when setting up a new machine to be sure not to make the same mistake I did.
In this video, we'll show you how to move the Apple Photos library to an external drive. This will help you keep your photos safe and organized, and make it easier to access your photos when you need them.
If you're a Mac user and you're wondering how to move your photos to an external drive, then watch this video! We'll walk you through the quick and easy steps necessary to move your photos to an external drive. This will help you keep your photos safe and organized, and make it easier to access your photos when you need them!
0:00 - Introduction
0:52 - The Problem
2:56 - Step One Copy Library
5:26 - Step Two Assign New Location
6:33 - Alternative Method
6:52 - Double-Check
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Комментарии : 770   
@marcush951
@marcush951 3 года назад
Doc Rock, you did a phenomenal job walking us through this process! I was able to free up some valuable gigs on my new Mac M1. Keep up the great work!
@guoanwen1981
@guoanwen1981 3 года назад
Great video! very well scripted, direct straight to the point full of information at just the right pace. This is exactly what I was looking for. You Rock!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Thanks for watching.
@amyhahn831
@amyhahn831 3 года назад
I LOVE this guy! He's clear. And fun. Good on camera. Answers all the little "what ifs" before you even think of them.
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Mahalo and #Aloha
@paulettelong6040
@paulettelong6040 Год назад
I agree with your Backup philosophy. Backup, Backup, Backup! Stuff fails so one is not enough...you need a belt, suspenders, and Duct tape to keep your files from falling down! Thanks for all the info.
@shannonjoy06
@shannonjoy06 3 года назад
Love this guy. So helpful. I did do the bonehead thing and filled up my brand new MBP within a few days. This was perfect.
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Appreciate you. Trust you are not alone. Thanks for watching.
@dennisroland5654
@dennisroland5654 3 года назад
You do rock, Doc! I've worried about this for years. No more.
@creatingher
@creatingher 3 года назад
OMG THANK YOU I needed to learn this lol. I literally just used up all my storage on my new MacBook Air.
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Happy to help. Yes it happens.
@SheardTV1
@SheardTV1 3 года назад
Thanks so much for this excellent tutorial. It was very helpful having you talk through each process step by step. And it worked a treat! Otherwise I’d never have had the balls to empty that trash can! Cheers from York, UK.
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Appreciate that comment and the watch. #GGMU hahahahaha
@tmatheson54
@tmatheson54 Год назад
Hey Doc you do Rock. That was a great presentation. I’ve been in engineering hardware/software for over 40 years. I use a lot of different platforms. PC, Unix, Linux, Mac… I actually owned one of the original Macs back in the early 80s so I’ve been a long time user. Thanks for your video. Totally Awesome Dude!
@lonnieestrella1273
@lonnieestrella1273 2 года назад
Thank you so much! I had 1.2 terabytes of photos on my computer. Your video was awesome and very clear and precise. You really are "Doc Rock"!
@alexpeak1008
@alexpeak1008 3 года назад
You are absolutely the best. Literally everything I was searching for for AGES. Awesome work my man, you deserve more subs.
@katebeedot6964
@katebeedot6964 7 месяцев назад
Hi Doc Rock, you're a real rock. Now with no excuses I'll find the courage to get them back and move the photos, first from my phone back to the mac (where they had disappeared) then hopefully to my new SSD. In other words you've convinced me to try again. Thanks a lot. I will subscribe as you're so clear and to the point. Keep rocking 😊
@ggfati1999
@ggfati1999 Год назад
this was nothing short of amazing. exactly the content I was looking for. muchas gracias!!
@mikaylajbmartin
@mikaylajbmartin 3 года назад
THANK YOU!!! years of struggling with being stingy with downloads hahaha!!! With only 1gig left, you are a LIFESAVER!
@scsc7244
@scsc7244 2 года назад
To the point, no fillers, top notch quality video!
@carolinealexander9645
@carolinealexander9645 3 года назад
Thank you. This was super helpful and easy to follow.
@annecox3512
@annecox3512 2 года назад
You have great content Doc, I came across your video by accident, I found you easy to listen to and instructions very clear - I wondered if you could do the same video for IPad users, I am struggling to transfer my iCloud photos to an external hard drive using my IPad Pro. Any help would be greatly appreciated
@artanddesign8561
@artanddesign8561 Год назад
Dude, you are the man! I’ve been trying to figure this out forever… You explained it perfectly!!!!!
@DrewTalksTech
@DrewTalksTech 2 года назад
Thanks for this! I'm new to the Apple ecosystem and have the M1 Mac Mini with 256GB storage, and didn't want to turn iCloud photos on until I figured out how to run it from my external drive. Concise and perfect tutorial!
@daygeckoarthawaii1360
@daygeckoarthawaii1360 10 месяцев назад
Did it transfer all your photos and videos from iCloud to the USB drive? Mine isn't doing that. The USB drive now only contains what was already on the boot drive!
@JoyceBusola
@JoyceBusola 3 года назад
Thank you so much for this tutorial I was able to move it successfully!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Thanks for watching
@JasonandRachelOlson
@JasonandRachelOlson 3 года назад
great tutorial, and very high quality video production...! animations and all that. Nice job! This is my first time seeing your videos. If others are like this, I will definitely subscribe!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Thanks Boss. Appreciate that. #Aloha 🤙🏽
@TheHotTubLady
@TheHotTubLady 2 года назад
Doc I found this video last year when I first got my Mac way before I knew you were going to be part of my every day life. Way before I knew what e-camm was way before everything. So I guess it is destiny I found you. Thanks for all of your teachings.
@om0rfia
@om0rfia 3 года назад
This was excellent. So, if I were to take a step back, what's the best way to sync all your iPhone photos to the photo app on the mac?
@ERICDIZZYASMR
@ERICDIZZYASMR 2 года назад
Dude... Why is your intro so dope? This video was clear and straight to the point!
@ChansuoTsukama2
@ChansuoTsukama2 Месяц назад
I can’t thank you enough! I just got a 5 TB “My Passport” the other day to finally have a backup for my Mac, which has been my backup for several years now. Along with backing up my Mac, I also got it to back up everything else (Dell laptop, modded 3DS, which I sadly already deleted most of my photos off of by accident, etc.), as my 3DS said the photos were “corrupted ”. Being clueless at that time, I deleted them. I lost about 6 years of photos and have learned how important it is to keep a backup. I had found my video album, but would have never found my photo library if it weren’t for this! Again, I thank you.
@foreward477
@foreward477 2 года назад
Thank you doc rock you really rock! You have save me tons and tons of time going on tutorial after tutorials to move my photos I recently upgraded to Mac book pro from windows and yeah I felt like information overloaded So thank you for helping me clear the cloud of confusion in my head! You gained a sub from me! Thank you again Gob bless you and aloha!
@TodaysTmrrw
@TodaysTmrrw 3 года назад
Thanks so much for sharing this - wish I saw this before I called apple and they gave me the run around just for me to find this out.. but now it all makes sense ! deleted everything on my brand new macbook pro, but you live and you learn! Thanks again!
@RoverSportHSE
@RoverSportHSE 2 года назад
Thanks for a clear concise video. Extremely helpfull
@ramiygr.3629
@ramiygr.3629 3 года назад
This was super informative and helpful, thank you. Once you've moved your photos library from your Mac to an external SSD (Samsung T7), and if I want to select few photos from the photos library (Stored in the Samsung T7) and transfer it to my iPhone - how do I do that?
@philipp_kay
@philipp_kay Год назад
Brilliant. Thanks for your help and the easy explanation!
@christianwitt30
@christianwitt30 2 года назад
Great video my man! This was very easy to follow!
@richardkilmer2661
@richardkilmer2661 3 года назад
Just what I was looking for - thank you!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Glad I could help!
@2doorduude
@2doorduude 3 года назад
I don't know you but I feel like I've known you for years. That's such a powerful trait. Thanks for the video Doc Rock, it was very well done!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
I appreciate that! #Aloha Let's grab a drink soon :P hahahaha
@RaisingTheRyants
@RaisingTheRyants 3 года назад
This has been the BEST video to help with my issue!! Thank you so much!!
@kelly_browning
@kelly_browning Год назад
INSANELY helpful!! Thank you so much.
@Fadhz5.0
@Fadhz5.0 2 года назад
Nice video bro , greetings from Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 💪🙏
@motorcycle4fun
@motorcycle4fun 2 года назад
I cannot thank you enough for this! I moved my file to an external drive and did not know to bring it back. Thanh you, thank you, thank you!
@pwood5733
@pwood5733 9 месяцев назад
I realised this would happen before i did it. I need to move the content of my photos app to a drive not the app itself
@gergemall
@gergemall 9 месяцев назад
Agreed ❤
@mirlajackson
@mirlajackson 2 года назад
Finally ! Video answered all questions clearly ! Thanks so much
@AOL805
@AOL805 Год назад
Thank you sir!! The ease & clarity of it all.
@maggiessweettooth3022
@maggiessweettooth3022 3 года назад
Woah I love this!! That intro! You killed it.
@user-fh9bs6nt2q
@user-fh9bs6nt2q 11 месяцев назад
Thank you for the clarity of your instructions!
@abchappell01
@abchappell01 Год назад
That was absolutely awesome! Thank you so much 😊👍🏾
@2147jarhead
@2147jarhead 3 года назад
New subscriber, thank you for the help on this. recently bought the MacBook Pro M1. Great info
@hendrik8587
@hendrik8587 3 года назад
Perfect video! This worked out perfectly for me :) Thanks
@waltkuiland9341
@waltkuiland9341 Год назад
Thank you! Just what I was looking for.
@juliajelkes1230
@juliajelkes1230 3 года назад
Wow, new subscriber and I needed this video. Thank you 😊
@jacquelinewilliams6587
@jacquelinewilliams6587 3 года назад
Thank you so much for this video! Simple, easy to follow and said with lots of smiles. Perfect! What a lovely Guy (Smiley face Smiley face... don't know how to do that)
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Hahahahaha greatly appreciated
@ez4u2cthomaspolk
@ez4u2cthomaspolk 3 года назад
This video is so timely thank you so much
@JasleenAulakh
@JasleenAulakh 2 года назад
Thank you so very much. Your video has been a huge help to me 🙏.God bless you 🙏🎶😊. I just ended up freeing almost 300 GB of space on my laptop thanks to your very clear instructions. I have 2 questions : 1) The 'consolidate' option is clickable . Once I click it, it says 'No referenced files to consolidate. The selected items are already stored in the library' .... Is this how it's supposed to be or have I done something wrong ? 2) Do I just repeat this process every time I move new photos from my iPhone to the laptop and then to the same external hard disk as I just moved what I have so far to ?
@BarneyEdwards
@BarneyEdwards 3 года назад
Very helpful indeed. Thank you!
@simdib
@simdib 3 года назад
thank you so much! this really helped me out super quick
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Glad it helped!
@AB-sy9tf
@AB-sy9tf 2 года назад
Very informative and to the point. Thanks :-)
@andromedagalaxy5950
@andromedagalaxy5950 3 года назад
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFO!!!! I'm paranoid about losing my photos. Doing God's work! thanks!
@melvinlaycock8851
@melvinlaycock8851 3 года назад
That was a great tutorial I am now subscribed thank you
@alejandromontague1388
@alejandromontague1388 3 года назад
Your videos are good! You've got a new subscriber, thanks for the help.
@armando.visuals
@armando.visuals 2 года назад
Man finally found the best video for it! this was very helpful thank you
@Edmond0919RED
@Edmond0919RED 3 года назад
great video!! kind of sort out change the iCould Drive location issue.
@1hughmann
@1hughmann 11 месяцев назад
Mahalo! Your video has solved the problem I've had with my Mac Mini ever since I first got it. 🤙
@danielsaldana8861
@danielsaldana8861 3 года назад
You are very well speaking person easily of understanding everything I learn a lot from you’re Mac stuff
@teflons
@teflons 5 месяцев назад
Im 3 years late but I just wanted to say that your positivity and just overall energy is incredibly positive and uplifting.
@DocRock
@DocRock 5 месяцев назад
Mahalo
@beanbagnanny
@beanbagnanny 2 года назад
Loved this! Thanks so much!!!
@davidboulton5793
@davidboulton5793 3 года назад
Great thanks for this. Much appreciated.
@Micaela1527
@Micaela1527 Год назад
Thank you so much! This made it so easy to do
@giuseppe841
@giuseppe841 3 года назад
Dr Rock, You ROCK. Thank You Giuseppe👍🏻
@ShelitaRN
@ShelitaRN 3 года назад
This was an awesome tutorial, thank you so much!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@MrMikePer
@MrMikePer 3 года назад
Wow! I’m so glad I stumbled on you ! Excellent tips! 👍🏾😎
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Mahalo For the watch.
@timsummers870
@timsummers870 3 года назад
Thanks dude, you saved me a lot of time.
@reyrey561
@reyrey561 3 года назад
Yo man thanks alot . I was stressing about this but you came through.
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Happy to help
@garetprior5058
@garetprior5058 3 года назад
This was extremely helpful! One question...I have been working from photos on an external hard drive (Apple Airport), and I am finding it impossible to use MOTIF or other apps to create photo books for export. I keep running into an error with their software, in that they say their program is inoperable from an external drive. Have you seen this?
@iAmDrigoSteel
@iAmDrigoSteel 3 года назад
Very Helpful. Now question, with this method. Since now were uploading photos to the photos library in the External Hard Drive, when doing backups - should we just drag and drop the new file to another hard drive or does this not save the new imported photos to the selected drive?
@therealsarahandliz
@therealsarahandliz 3 года назад
Thank you! This was very helpful
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Thanks for watching
@EricsonHerbas
@EricsonHerbas 3 года назад
My dad’s MacBook Pro is running out of space and I found out Apple Photos is taking up 90% of the storage. I was so shocked!! I was trying to figure out how to move the Photos lib to an external and I found you. Excellent video. Mahalo.
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Happy to help
@gabriellareno8418
@gabriellareno8418 2 года назад
Bless you, this is so helpful.
@jakebaker9332
@jakebaker9332 9 месяцев назад
finallllly found a vidoe that helped. took me an hour of clicking through videos. saving the channel!
@georgenation5305
@georgenation5305 3 года назад
Hey thanks for this saved so much space on my Mac. However whenever I try and eject the hard drive it says it is being used even though all programmes are close?
@samielias4141
@samielias4141 3 года назад
you are just great, you solved a big problem for me, I have same problem for creating backups to my IPAD as well, can we do same i always get like 12-15 GB of space on my 250 gb MAC Pro
@NickEPmusic
@NickEPmusic 2 года назад
Very helpful - Thank you!
@aysr6
@aysr6 2 года назад
Awesome video my man! So well made :)
@francejoli7
@francejoli7 3 года назад
Wow thank you so much you made it so easy!!!!!!
@kuuguy1
@kuuguy1 3 года назад
great video, easy to follow, thanks a lot!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
You’re welcome, Thanks for watching.
@toma1610
@toma1610 3 года назад
Have you tried Adobe Lightroom Catalogues? Why do you prefer Photos over LR. Or can you make a video about advantages and disadvantages of both?
@akhilk6799
@akhilk6799 8 месяцев назад
thank you so much for the video - It worked seamlessly
@astrocat2008
@astrocat2008 3 года назад
Hey, nice tip ! Worked like a charm ! 🙂👍✨ Thanks !
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Glad it helped!
@angusking2141
@angusking2141 3 года назад
So helpful thank you 🙏
@ozzyoscar22
@ozzyoscar22 Год назад
The Best Video Out There! Answered all the questions I had. Thank you =)
@imaatmajaya9645
@imaatmajaya9645 Год назад
Thank you so much xx great video 👍🏼🌺
@nilok64
@nilok64 3 года назад
Awesome video man! Much appreciated!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Glad it helped! #Aloha
@greenwellington
@greenwellington 10 месяцев назад
Hi Doc, Great presentation on a subject that a lot of peole will be apprehensive to tackle. Thank you very much. One question from me: Does this in any way affect the way in which iCloud works with Photos?
@bboycharmin
@bboycharmin 3 года назад
Aloha Doc Rock, new to your channel, great tips my man. So i work for a certain fruit company doing tech support for this specific app, that being said, your instructions are spot on with moving the library. as a side note, if you do not have an external drive and go to photos > preferences > icloud tab > click on optimize mac storage. This will keep the full res images in your library in icloud and keep optimized versions on the internal mac HD, so in theory saving space on the internal drive. Keep up these awesome videos yo
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Great tip. I really miss the Farm (I was a Geni). It was great but I missed content creation more 🤣
@bboycharmin
@bboycharmin 3 года назад
@@DocRock haha this creating content job is probably way more fun...gotta go and watch some dude on macbreak weekly now
@goongoon9290
@goongoon9290 Год назад
Thank u Doc Rock, this was very helpful!
@angiek9338
@angiek9338 3 года назад
This is so helpful! Thank you!
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Thanks for watching
@herohour6496
@herohour6496 3 года назад
I learned a lot. Thank you. Can you make a video on how to retrieve or look at the photos that is saved on your external drive? I can't seem to do it. I followed all your steps to Copy Photos Library to an EXTERNAL drive, but now I'm kinda having a hard time "looking" at those photos...
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Hero Hour just double click the library 📚 file you copied over
@explorer8888
@explorer8888 3 года назад
Great video! Thanks! I’m new to Mac OS. Once I’m done, how do I prevent the system from downloading the photos again from iCloud? I like having them there and sync to my iPhone and iPad, but I don’t want them in my MBP.
@rosienichols1383
@rosienichols1383 Год назад
Thank you! I got confused with the last step because you were not selecting the same external hard drive to link to photos.
@AjiaJ
@AjiaJ 3 года назад
love it thank you!! I have the. same and I should've done research before getting it because it runs out of space so much and I just started my RU-vid 😫so thank you because it was not working lol
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
You’re smart, the thunderbolt 3 external drive is way cheaper than Apple’s upgrades. Check out My kit page. I have come drive recommendations there. docrock.live/kit
@analytics8055
@analytics8055 3 года назад
Great talk,, solved all my questions. Mahalo
@F350Ford1
@F350Ford1 Год назад
This really helped thank you!
@Thechemistpk
@Thechemistpk Год назад
Thanks bro, you make it very easy
@TheHipporobot
@TheHipporobot 2 года назад
Thankyou sir you are life saver I Hope that everyone watch this
@smoothmoment6189
@smoothmoment6189 3 года назад
Absolutely excellent video! Thanks for sharing and now I’m a new subbie
@DocRock
@DocRock 3 года назад
Thanks for the sub! #Aloha
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