Tips for merging an old photo backup with your current Photos library<article>
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<p>Many of us have been snapping digital photos so long—or even scanning physical ones—that we have the equivalent of multiple giant shoeboxes of photos. With aging computers or external drives, we may be at risk of losing some older sets and want to consolidate them for access and backup.</p><p>One Macworld reader recently had her older Mac die and take years of photos with it, but she fortunately had a Time Machine backup. She wants to merge those old photos with a current set that starts where the old photos end. The solution is tricky, and will be tricky no matter what you do.</p><h2>Restore or copy your media</h2>
<p>The first order of business: restore or copy your older media if it’s not on the same drive or a drive connected to the same Mac at which you want to consolidate everything.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3546232/tips-for-merging-an-old-photo-backup-with-your-current-photos-library.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Tips for merging an old photo backup with your current Photos library
