Apr 19, 2016 Mac Photos to Dropbox: a reader asks Hi Chris, I recently switched from Windows to a Mac. I’m having trouble working with photos. On the PC when I plugged in my camera, all my photos got put into My Pictures. When I do the same on the Mac, I don’t see the photos in the Finder window under Pictures, I can only see them in the Photos app. So here’s my problem. I want to put some photos. If you want to backup iPhoto library to Dropbox, then 1st check out the size of your iPhoto library. Your Dropbox account has to be bigger than your iPhoto Library. Dropbox stores all photo & video files on Amazon's Storage Service (S3), so it is very safe and secure to store your photos & videos. Mar 22, 2013 How to move Apple Photos Library into Dropbox or to an external hard drive - Duration. Photos for Mac 2015 - Full Tutorial - Duration. Dropbox backup of iPhoto events - the steps to get it.
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Photos User Guide
Even if you use iCloud Photos, it’s important that you always back up your library locally using one of the following methods:
If you have more than one photo library, be sure to back them all up.
Important: If any of your image files are stored outside your photo library, those files (known as referenced files) aren’t backed up when you back up your library. Be sure to back up those files separately. To make it easier to back up all your image files at once, you can consolidate referenced files into your library. See Change where Photos stores your files.
See alsoCreate additional photo libraries in Photos on MacRepair your library in Photos on Mac
Your Photos library holds all your photos, albums, slideshows and print projects. If your library is large, and you want to free up storage space on your Mac, turn on iCloud Photo Library and use Optimise Mac Storage, or move your library to an external drive.
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Before you start, be sure to back up your library.
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You can store your library on an external storage device, such as a USB or Thunderbolt drive formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled).1 Find out how to check the format of your external storage device.
To prevent data loss, Apple doesn't recommend storing photo libraries on external storage devices such as SD cards and USB flash drives, or drives that are shared on a network.
Move your Photos library to an external storage device
Delete original library to save space
After you open your library from its new location and make sure that it works as expected, you can delete the library from its original location.
In a Finder window, go back to your Pictures folder (or whichever folder you copied your library from) and move Photos Library to the trash. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash to delete the library and reclaim disc space.
Open another Photos libraryHow To Backup Mac Photos Library To Dropbox Free
If you have multiple libraries, here's how to open a different one:
Photos uses this library until you open a different one.
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If you have a permissions issue with your library, you might be able to resolve the issue by using the Photos library repair tool.
1. You can't move your library to a disk that's used for Time Machine backups.
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2. If the volume isn't formatted APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), or has been used for Time Machine backups but hasn't been erased, this checkbox will either not be present, or won't be selectable after unlocking. Erase and reformat the drive for this option to be available.
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