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Remove Photos from one device, keep in Cloud and other devices

I want to remove all photos from my MacBook Air but keep them on my iMac, iPhone, iPad, and in the Cloud. I have the MacBook Air Photos unchecked for the Cloud, but they are still there. 19.56 GB of them. How can I safely get them off the one device without losing them forever? The MacBook Air is only used for writing. I access photos in the iMac and iPhone, etc.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 5, 2021 7:21 AM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2021 7:31 AM

Once you have disabled iCloud Photos on your MacBook Air, you can delete the Photos Library. Open the Pictures folder in the Finder ( or wherever you are storing the Photos library), then move it to the Trash. This will delete all photos from the device. You may want to make a copy of the library on an external volume, just in case you do not have a backup of the photos in the library.

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Jun 5, 2021 7:31 AM in response to Carolcxe

Once you have disabled iCloud Photos on your MacBook Air, you can delete the Photos Library. Open the Pictures folder in the Finder ( or wherever you are storing the Photos library), then move it to the Trash. This will delete all photos from the device. You may want to make a copy of the library on an external volume, just in case you do not have a backup of the photos in the library.

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