Can you move part of your photo library to external drive?

I don't want to move my whole library, just select photos or collections. Is this possible?


Posted on Jul 25, 2022 12:31 PM

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Posted on Jul 25, 2022 12:34 PM

No, but you can have as many libraries as you like.


For example you could split your library into an old/archive library, and a new library, and store the archive library on an external drive. (This is what I do)


However, you can only sync one library with iCloud.

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