Photos: 0 images, Photos library: 3.98 GB

Hello, I have a terrible time understand why [pictures > photo library] says that its size is 3.98 GB but there are 0 photos in the Photos app.

I am trying to clear up some space on my laptop. How does less in order to find these "ghost" images and remove free space?

MacBook Pro (retina, 13 inches, end 2012)

OS X Version of El Capitan 10.11.2

The photo library can contain remnants of files from iPhoto or Aperture, if you used publishers external pictures that could not be moved to the trash, or similar. There may also be an iPod Photo Cache, which can be very important, if synchronize you with iTunes library.

When you check the number of pictures in photo?  The 'Photos' view will show the number of photos that are not hidden, the "all Photos" view will display all photos, including the hidden pictures. The recently deleted album will show also pictures, waiting to be finally deleted.

Have you checked, if the "Recently deleted" album is empty?

If so, check which photo library you are currently browsing in Photos.  Photos > general Preferences tab has a button "show in Finder". It takes you to the library in your folder from another library of Photos or images?

If your library is empty and contains no photos that you want to save it, you can simply delete the photo library you see in the Finder and try again with a new library.

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