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Title: How to use iCloud to help manage Photos libraries too large for an internal Mac drive Post by: HCK on April 16, 2019, 04:05:11 pm How to use iCloud to help manage Photos libraries too large for an internal Mac drive
<article> <section class="page"> <p>In a recent column, “How to cope with a Photos library too big to fit on an internal Mac drive (https://www.macworld.com/article/3385041/how-to-cope-with-a-photos-library-too-big-to-fit-on-an-internal-mac-drive.html),” I explained that there aren’t any methods supported by Apple that let you have a Photos library at full resolution on a Mac if the library can’t fit on your internal drive with the spare room you need—or exceeds the drive entirely.</p><p>Macworld reader Matt wrote in with a terrific workaround that offers an approach much closer to what other readers were looking for: one copy of a Photos library set up with iCloud Photos that’s only thumbnails and stored on your internal drive, and a second iCloud Photos-linked copy that’s linked to an external drive.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3386997/how-to-use-icloud-to-help-manage-photos-libraries-too-large-for-an-internal-mac-drive.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How to use iCloud to help manage Photos libraries too large for an internal Mac drive (https://www.macworld.com/article/3386997/how-to-use-icloud-to-help-manage-photos-libraries-too-large-for-an-internal-mac-drive.html#tk.rss_all) |