Why is - app Photos asking storage optimize?

I get a message saying "your photos high resolution and videos stored in iCloud will not be indicated on the Mac" (a look of MacBook 13 inch mid-2013, El Capitan) and asking me to each 'ignore' this or 'optimize storage '. I don't understand why I get this message.

True, my photo library (full resolution stored) currently takes 44GB, but I have stored on a disk external drive 2 TB which has about 1 TB free, so there's plenty of room here. My main 250 GB drive has 17 GB of free, which is not a huge amount, but I don't know what is the role that plays since my lib Photos is stored offline.

Any thoughts?

Howard

You try to activate iCloud photo library for the first time on your mac?

If you want to use iCloud photo library, the gall of your external hard drive system can be incompatible.  iCloud library cannot be enabled for the library system and the library must be on a disk with Mac OS extended (journaled) file system. If your external drive has a different file system, default Photos uses a system of Photo library on your system drive in the pictures folder and your system drive may not have enough free storage for your iCloud photo library.

If the file system of your external hard drive is Mac OS extended (journaled), make sure that this library has been enabled in your system photo library.  "Use as Photo Viewer system" option should be greyed out ot, when you are in this library on the external hard drive.

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