By selecting "Optimizing Mac storage" on the Photos

If I choose optimize Mac storage on my Mac, should not all the photo files physically stored on my Mac I have sufficient storage space on the hard drive of my Mac?

The photo library is saved in your internal storage on the default Mac, the default location is the folder under your user name. However, if you have a large library, it is a simple to move the library to an external hard drive. It's a simple copy and paste process. The advantage of doing that is keeps storage in memory space internal. What takes the most space on most of the computers are photos, music and movies.

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