You can copy your iPhoto database to external hard drives and create a backup of your images. No additional software is required for this.
Copy iPhoto database to external hard drive: instructions
To copy an iPhoto database to an external hard drive, do the following:
- Close iPhoto and launch Finder from the Dock. Select the folder in the left bar Pictures.
- You can find yours here iPhoto library. Click on the icon with two fingers and select Duplicate.
- Slowly click twice on the name of the copied library to save it change. For example, the name suggests itself iPhoto library external an.
- Move the renamed file to your external hard drive. The file must really postponed and not just copied. Therefore, make sure that it disappears from the pictures folder.
- Then start the iPhoto program while holding down (Alt) key pressed. A menu will now appear where you can select the desired iPhoto library. Click on iPhoto library external.
- Her Image collection should then be displayed. Verify that all photos from your library were successfully exported.
- Tip: Alternatively, you can also use the original media library moveinstead of copying them. How to save space on your Mac's internal hard drive.
Move photos library to external hard drive: variant for newer operating systems
iPhoto has no longer been available for download since 2015 and is only preinstalled on older models. If you use the successor Apple Photos, the process is different a little different.
- Quit the Photos application and open it Pictures folder in Finder. You can find this in the user folder.
- Make sure that the external hard drive is compatible with your device tied together is. Then locate the Photos library in the Pictures folder.
- Pull Simply copy the media library to a folder on the external hard drive. Then double-click your mouse on the photos library that you just moved.
- After that you have access to the photos library on the external hard drive. You can also transfer the library back to Mac devices.