Library of original Photo remains on Macs?

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• If I use iCloud photo library to share photos on my Mac, make the stay of the files full original size on my Mac or they stored in the cloud?

  If I use iCloud photo library to share photos on my Mac, make the stay of the files full original size on my Mac or they stored in the cloud?

  Thank you!

  The photos full size will always go to the cloud. They also remain on (or download) your Mac depends on if 'Download this Mac originals' or 'Optimize Mac storage' is ticked in Photos > Preferences > iCloud. If it is enabled, it also depends on how much storage is available on your Mac.

• Original photos and metadata - mac PSE10

  I simply copied .jpg files that were previously imported in PSE8 Organizer on my pc to my mac.  Previously, the photos in the Organizer have been marked in PSE8 on the pc.

  I imported the .jpg files on my mac for use within the PSE10.  During the import, a dialog box asks if I would like to import tags keyword as well as files.

  Key words are 'written' in the original files?  Are there hidden files or is the witten of metadata in the original file?  I was always under the impression that the PSE was non-destructive to the original .jpg files?

  Thanks in advance

  Theoretically the tags only exist in the catalog, not in the files, unless you do something to cause it to be added to the files. In this case, one of the activities which causes them to get written to the files sent a file to the Publisher.

• If I upload my photos to the iCloud library remain my original photos on my MacBook Pro?

  If I upload my photos to the iCloud library remain my original photos on my MacBook Pro?

  Yes, they do. See:iCloud photo library - Apple Support

  Note that if you open the Photos on your Mac and go to preferences and click on iCloud at the top of the preferences window, there are 2 options: 'Download the originals of this Mac' and 'Optimize Mac storage.' If you choose the option optimize and your Mac is low on storage space, then the originals can be replaced with smaller optimized versions.

• WARNING: iCloud library deletes the original photos on Mac

  Recently, I turned on the library to iCloud in the Photos app preferences. I chose the option "Download this Mac originals," not "optimize Mac memory" so all my original full quality photos will remain on my Mac and probably be safe. After uploading to the cloud ended (took a while), I made a backup of my Mac using Retrospect. I noticed that a lot (almost all by the number of GB) photos were being backed up, what happens if the file or its attributes modified. I was wondering why to send photos to the cloud would change my photo files. I decided to review individual cases to see if there were differences from the original versions. (Luckily, I had a clone of my HD last week, which had all my photos some before iCloud photo library has been activated.) So I could compare the originals on the clone for the pictures changed on my Mac's hard drive.)

  To find files modified more easy, I used sync Pro, which gives me a list of files that it thinks are different. I discovered that more than 150 of my 9500 photos have been deleted after turning on iCloud photo library! It was shocking, but it is good news.

  I have carefully reviewed the photos maybe a decade or two that had been deleted. If they had any duplicates which were not deleted. In other words, apparently Photos, trying to send photos to iCloud, reviewed my photos and remove duplicates from my hard drive. By comparing these duplicates, I have found not all were an exact replica, as follows.

  • Several photos appear to be identical files with the same size and file modification dates. Actually duplicates, thus eliminating one is without real loss, although I don't like deletions of software that Apple all of my original photos at first.
  • Some 'duplicates' had different size files. It's relative. In all these cases, examine photos of GraphicConverter revealed that Photos had deleted the photo of lower quality, depending on the quality of compression ratio or %. (The photo of lower quality is not always a smaller file size.)
  • Some "double" had same file sizes but different modification dates. I think that, in these cases, pictures kept the old file, which would probably be the original.
  • Some have had different file size and date to change different.  In these cases the Photos deleted the photo of lower quality.

  Based on examination of a small percentage of the total number of deleted duplicates, Photos seem to be taken of intelligent decisions on how to remove duplicate.

  What I don't know, is how or why most photo changed during the download process to iCloud, such files as revealed by Retrospect. But looking at my photos, I did not notice any obvious problems.

  Implementation of Apple to iCloud library caused similar problems when I tried first. He changed most of my files of songs (according to retrospective). When this happened, I have restored the original files of the song from a backup and off the musical library to iCloud. I gave Apple several months for bugs and the week last tried railway. This time, it seems to go smoothly and none of my songs files have been changed. Now I'm enjoyimg music Apple and the possibility to add streaming music to my playlists.

  I like to be able to view my pictures on all my Apple devices, and when the next tvOS comes out soon, I'll be able to view my library on my Apple TV iCloud too. So I won't restore all my photos from a backup, then off iCloud photo library. Here's hoping that I find out later that one of my favorite photos are definitely missing or altered.

  El Capitan 10.11.3

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  iMac (24 inch, early 2009)

  Based on examination of a small percentage of the total number of deleted duplicates, Photos seem to be taken of intelligent decisions on how to remove duplicate.

  I noticed similar symptoms.  When I import a picture that is a duplicate of one already in my library of Photos, both copies will share the same original image file in the folder of masters. Photos allows you to import duplicates, but will store only one version. This makes it almost impossible to replace JPEG corrupted by the restored versions of a backup.

  You can watch iCloud checking for duplicates while you download new photos. Launch the Console.app and look for the process 'photomodell '. You will see many entries like this:

  

• If I turn on iCloud local library, my library on my iMac remain intact and still receive new photos and videos as well?

  I was using iCloud library until I received a message that my storage was almost full on my iPhone and I could take is more new photos or video.  I wanted to delete the pictures and videos from my phone to free up storage space, but it is difficult or not delete my files on my phone would also result in their be removed from the library thus iCloud.  So I decided to disable iCloud photo library and uploaded to my iMac (as I was given 20 days to do so).

  I was under the impression that my local library of Photos on my iMac would always remain in tact and updated independently of the library to iCloud.  Isn't this true?

  All help on this subject never mention 'Download' and 'Download' to and from iCloud, but there is nothing that confirms my library local photos remain in tact and current.  Someone can it confirm please?

  I was under the impression that my local library of Photos on my iMac would always remain in tact and updated independently of the library to iCloud.  Isn't this true?

  It is provided that you activate the photo stream instead.

  but it is become difficult or not delete my files on my phone would also cause their be removed from the library thus iCloud.

  With iCloud library enabled, you cannot delete a photo on a device (or iCloud.com) without deleting each device which uses iCloud photo library (iCloud.com). In order to save space on your mobile devices (and indeed your Mac if you want to) turn on the optimization of the pictures on these devices (settings > photos & camera > optimize storage on your mobile device and Photo preferences > optimize storage on your Mac)

  Dynamic optimization, it reduces the resolution of your photos, if necessary, so that you don't notice it occurring initially. However, when necessary, it is very effective, and users have reported libraries being optimized for much less than 10% of their original size in some cases. My own library is about 9% of its original on my phone size.

• Which photos stay permanently in my library of Photos on my Mac, not only in the photo stream?

  I just upgraded to El Capitan 10.11.6 and now tries to use the new Photos app, version 1.5. I have not activated icloud photo library on the computer or the iPhone or iPad and do not want. I would like to know what pictures, cases, will actually stay in the library of Photos on the hard drive of my computer and only be in photo stream and how to make sure than I think I am importing actually stayed there.  I took some pictures with my camera and imported using an SD card, so I guess they will stay there. I also a few iPhoto events that have been converted into pictures when I first opened my latest iPhoto photo library, so I guess they will stay there. But when I receive an email with a picture and try to save it in the mail for the pictures, it seems that in my photos and not constantly flow in the Photos. Same thing happens when I drag a photo in the Photos of the office - it doesn't seem to be there permanently, in the photo stream. I really miss the Camera Roll function that I have on my iPhone and iPad running OS 9.3.2. Anything in my film I know is permanently on the device. I fear that eventually some of the pictures I think that are permanently in the pictures library on the Mac will disappear just when my Photostream deletes. The only way I seem to be able to tell which photos are really, that he must pretend to remove one in the folder "Photos" at the top of the list in the sidebar (the one that displays the photos in Moments, etc.) and then a window pops up asking you if I want to delete the photo or if I want to delete the picture from my photo stream. To summarize, my questions are once again: How can I know which photos will stay permanently in my library of Photos on my Mac and not just be in the photo stream? And how do I get the photos that I drag or that you import pictures to remain permanently in the library of Photos on my Mac? Thanks for any help you can give.

  But when I receive an email with a picture and try to save it in the mail for the pictures, it seems that in my photos and not constantly flow in the Photos.

  How you save for the email to Photos?

  If you ctrl - click the attachment of email and use "of exporting Photos", the photo will be imported to the Photos.

  Saving Photos from other applications is a little annoying, because the pictures do not appear in the album "last import. But you will see them in moments.  Only, you nned to scroll the way back, if the date of the photo capture is old. The photos will appear in the moment for the correct capture date.  If you see the pictures in my workflow so hoto, select them, ctrl-click and use ' Show in time.

  . I really miss the Camera Roll function that I have on my iPhone and iPad running OS 9.3.2. Anything in my film I know is permanently on the device.

  On Photos for Mac was added permanently to your library of Photos that you see in Photos with time display, Collections, the years.

  And how do I get the photos that I drag or that you import pictures to remain permanently in the library of Photos on my Mac? Thanks for any help you can give.

  The pictures that you have imported this way must have been added to your photo library, or you would not see them in my photo stream.  The photo stream shows all the photos that you have recently added to the library, to transfer them to other devices.

  You will find all the photos in your photo stream in Moments?  If this is not the case, there is a corruption in your library of Photos, then post back.

• Photo library on iCloud and on my Mac?

  Now that I use iCloud for my Photo library, I can access of course from other devices, including another Mac. But not from the original Mac where I had the library on an external drive. Whenever I want to open Photo on the Mac, it will search the library on this external drive... so, what's the point of having the library on an iCloud? The reason why I wanted to iCloud had to move more freely and do not have to connect to each time the drive.

  Looking for answers on this topic, I can not find. Everyone out there can throw me a light? Thank you.

  iCloud library is mirrored on your Mac. So the behavior you see is expected.

• How to delete a picture library "referenced" without deleting the original photos in the application which is used to compensate for my projects?

  I made the mistake of setting up Apple Photos on my Mac Pro using the library option "referenced" (which is where my computer file are not copied in the Photos). However, throughout the year, I started to do the 'projects' in pictures by which I copied some files of original photos in the Photos app. My library is now made up of a mixture of many referenced files and some originals copied into the app.

  Now I did some heavy reorganization and clean up the photos in my computer folder, but obviously none of these changes can be found in the photos referenced in the Photo app.

  My goal now is to started using iCloud Photos but I want to do with a clean slate (i.e. without using one of the current referenced library that I have pictures).

  I have two questions:

  (1) is there a way to Photos to delete ONLY the pictures that are files referenced and not the originals that are copied into the app?

  (2) if the above is not possible, then what happens to my projects if I simply delete all the photos I have in the app? I'll always be able to see the photos of the calendar, that I did for example?

  I'm afraid that if I delete my entire library I will not be able to access my projects more in the future. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can manage this?

  Thank you very much.

  A

  You can consolidate all of the photos that are referenced. If you have used photos referenced in the projects (calendars, books), select the photo in your photo library and use the command "file > consolidate."  This will copy the original referenced in your photo library.

  

  To find all the files referenced requiring consolidation of create a smart album:

  File > new Smart Album

  Set the constraint for the album 'Photo is referenced.

  Now you have all the photo referenced in an album. You can select the photos in this album and either use ' file > consolidate "to copy in the library or press the ⌘⌫ key combination to delete the picture from the library.

  Before you consolidate or remove a photo referenced, using ' file > reveal in Finder ' to view the original file.  This way you can remove the copy on your disk after you have removed the photo from your photo library.  If the referenced file is left behind, pictures will not remove.

  If you want to use your photo library with iCloud photo library, it is essential to consolidate the pictures referenced, because referenced photos cannot download on iCloud photo library.

• Delete the contents of the 'library of Photos' on the Mac won't do photos in iCloud?

  Delete the contents of the 'library of Photos' on the Mac won't do photos in iCloud? My pictures stopped downloading to iCloud because my Mac ran out of storage. 'Library of photos' on the Mac takes all of the storage. I'm pass photos to an external hard drive to the Mac App Photos then upload to iCloud.

  Delete the contents of the library of Photo on your Mac will also remove the contents of the Photo library in iCloud, because they are the same thing

• Library of mobile Photos with iCloud library enabled

  TL; DR: Library of Photos while using iCloud does not merge, but adds the entire library to iCloud, once again, in my case upgrade my plan of storage while plenty of space for this merger

  All,

  I have been using iCloud photo library for a long time now to synchronize photos between devices, and.

  I'm running out of space in the drive of my Mac, and I wanted to move the library to the SD card, so I followed the steps to copy the folder and then selecting the alt-click on the Photos icon library.

  It works, all (or most) of the exhibition of photos very well.

  When I go into Preferences > iCloud he says "iCloud for Photos features are available in the library of the system", so I go to Preferences > general and click 'Use as library system' which I think is the correct step since I don't want to spend the entire hard drive and SD card is always connected (it's a Transcend JetDrive Lite 330 enough to store things I don't usually work) (such as photos, music, files ISO and VMs). ICloud options are available click on, so I check 'iCloud photo library' and then it starts to redownload my entire library

  

  Since the library is the same, I wasn't expecting to download and let me upgrade my iCloud-storage plan. I did, for fear of deleting something, but I have always received a lot of space in my 50 GB plan that I can see in system preferences > iCloud (using the ~ 37 GB).

  

  This is the expected behavior and what I need to download again, all my photos? They're all here already!

  

  Are there additional steps to follow when moving the library AND iCloud is activated? I sure miss what is obvious, but I followed all the steps described in official documents and other internet resources, nothing helps, that is: no way to avoid the double space in iCloud so spend my iCloud storage plan.

  Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch - Apple Support

  iCloud photo library - Apple Support

  Get help with your photo library - Apple Support iCloud

  If I turn on iCloud local library, my library on my iMac remain intact and still receive new phot...

  Designate a system library in pictures - Apple Support , where you can read "If you designate a new library as the library of the system and then turn on the iCloud photo library, photos and videos in the new library will merge with those already in your library of photos to iCloud. If you want to separate the contents of your photo libraries, don't turn on iCloud photo library for a library of pictures. more", merge what I expected, not the complete library again.»

  Thank you!

  Since the library is the same, I wasn't expecting to download and let me upgrade my iCloud-storage plan. I did, for fear of deleting something, but I have always received a lot of space in my 50 GB plan that I can see in system preferences > iCloud (using the ~ 37 GB).

  This is the expected behavior and what I need to download again, all my photos? They're all here already!

  Yes.

  Photos will download the library once again, because it cannot be sure that the library has moved is completely identical.  It is downloaded again and check for duplicates. Once the download is complete, you use more storage than before iCloud, but it will take a lot of time.

  But it shouldn't be necessary to upgrade the storage plan. You should be able to demote him again as soon as the download is complete.

  What I do, when I want to move the library to a new location is to create a new empty library on the new drive and then turn on the library empty as the iCloud photo library. The library will be downloaded icloud in the empty library instead of download. It's faster and avoid the prompt to upgrade storage iCloud. But the drawback is that I need to name all the faces again, given that the faces does not synchronize to iCloud. And the projects will be missing.  I'm keeping a copy of the original library in the new location, so I can use old projects and can find faces in the event of doubt about a name.

• Storage of original photos of full resolution in iCloud and IMac

  Hi all.

  I have what I think, it is a very simple question, but for the life of me cannot find a definitive answer.

  I have a librurary of photo on my iMac. (don't have not yet updated for sierra)

  I would like to support this thesis / store the originals in ICloud AND keep them on my mac.

  SO I think that the obvious thing to do is select "optimize storage" in the settings of cloud photo which clearly says that they will be in the cloud and the computer. But here's the question...

  If my IMac is low on space will start serving the original photos so that they are FAIR to Icloud?

  If so, what is the threshold of how much space it starts to do this?

  and if I recover my space again once on the iMac will be the original re download back to my iMac?

  Thanks in advance people.

  SO I think that the obvious thing to do is select "optimize storage" in the settings of cloud photo which clearly says that they will be in the cloud and the computer. But here's the question...

  If my IMac is low on space will start serving the original photos so that they are FAIR to Icloud?

  You may not use the setting 'Optimize storage' - select ' download originals for the Mac ", if you want than the originals, to be stored locally on the Mac and on iCloud.

  So that 'download originals to the Mac' is activated, all of the original will be kept on your Mac as well.

  It will not start original purge, as long as you keep "Optimize storage disabled".

  Optimization of the storage with the storage management is automatic.  Photos will download the originals if you need and remove, if more storage is needed. You cannot control this.

  I would like to support this thesis / store the originals in ICloud AND keep them on my mac.

  iCloud library is no backup. It is a synchronization service to keep all your libraries on different devices synchronized and updated. If you accidentally delete photo from your library, it is not possible to restore from iCloud. Deletion can be synchronized to all devices and iCloud, so the photo has disappeared everywhere.  You need a backup separate from your library on an external drive, even if you use iCloud photo library.

• Where is actually stored images of photo on my Mac

  Where is actually stored images of photo on my Mac.

  Using Mac Pro Tower and OS 10.11.4

  If you use pictures, this will depend on your preferences - managed library or library referenced. Managed photos are stored in the folder of the mastery of your photo library and referenced images where you imported in provenance, see Photos page help:

  https://help.Apple.com/photos/Mac/1.0/?lang=en#/pht1ed9b966d

  Everything will be more difficult if you are complicating things using iCloud photo library or external editors.

  • With iCloud, photo library and "Optimize Mac storage", you will have no control over the photos that will be stored locally. Photos will automatically decide which photos will be stored on-site, and they could be in the folder

  .../Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/modelresources/

  You will also find new original files temporarily in model resources, if you pass photos to Photo editing Extensions. I see sometimes huge TIFF files in this folder, if I use an extension for reshaping Haze or similar.

• Can I remove original Photos libraries?

  With the help of Mac Book Pro retina with El Capitan and the iPad and iPhone with iOS 9. I opened pictures before you mix my old iPhoto with Picture Manager libraries. I have now two libraries in Photos: original pictures and the library recently merged. Can I delete the photo library Photos system original and keeping all the iCloud and sharing features? Traces of the original photo library will always be in iCloud?

  Only the library system can be activated in the library to iCloud.  If you want another library to be your iCloud photo library, you can enable this library as the photo library of the system and then activate it in your library to iCloud.  The pictures will download and merged with the photos that are already in iCloud.  Photos search for duplicates while merging libraries, so that the same photo will download twice, if we can recognize the duplicate.

  You can then remove the first library.  But I have a current backup before doing so.

• Can I delete photos from my Mac WITHOUT removing them from shared albums?

  I only use photo program to create shared to my AppleTV photo albums and display on my iPhone. I keep all my original photos in Lightroom database. I also add photos to my albums shared from two separate Macs connected to the same account iCloud. I'm about to re - format one of my Mac and wonder if I can simply delete all the pictures I imported into the Photos on one of my Macs locally without affecting what is stored in albums shared in the iCloud photo library?

  Thank you.

  As long as you do not remove the shared Albums are under the shared section in the sidebar, that images can be removed from the library and stay in line in the shared album: