I saved all my Photos on an external hard drive and also a flash drive. If I delete all photos in my Photo app, can the saved photos still work?

I saved all my Photos on an external hard drive and also a flash drive. If I delete all photos in my Photo app, can the saved photos still work?

Posted on May 29, 2023 09:00 AM

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Feb 6, 2024 09:45 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Hi Lawrence, I just backed up 20,000 odd photos and videos in my photo library on my MacBook to an external backup drive. I thought the photos would move over individually but during the back up it has created a tonne of dated folders and within those folders are all the photos taken on that date. The images are named with .heic at the end. It also tells me that it’s a “HEIF Image” plus the photo MB size. Am I safe to delete all of these photos and videos on my MacBook? Will they be retained in the drive?

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