why does Apple photo app taking up so much space? the whole library photo and video size is only 60GB, but on disk storage photo app taking up to 105GB. please don't advice to optimise photo library, thank you.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.5
Actually, there's more than the graphic-- there are actual numbers, and a number specific to Photos:
Mine shows storage that is less than my non-optimized small system library-- way less than the library I am doing most of my editing in. This is the opposite of Edmondsnoopy's experience.
I've used macs for over 30 years, and I've never found any of these numbers useful at all. I use the Finder for storage information. I think the best thing to do with this "information" is to ignore it.
As Yer_Man says, "not a very reliable measure of anything"
All storage used by Photos to store your photos and videos is contained in the Photos Library.
You may want to check the size of the Photos Library in your Pictures folder.
The library contains the image files you imported, plus additional working copies, like previews of the edited versions, faces thumbnails, thumbnails for browsing, plus database files describing your albums and metadata.
hmm, we can ignore the number if it is not taking up, iCloud storage and device storage. The problem is it is taking up space. The exactly same copy of the library only takes less than 100GB of photos in Google Photo with much better functions and flexibility.
but on disk storage photo app taking up to 105GB
Where are you seeing this 'disk storage' information?
About this Mac, Storage. it is shown on Mac, iPhone, and iPad that has my full library. Does this mean the app is taking up more storage than it should?
No. it means that graphic is not a very reliable measure of anything and it also refers to every graphic on your Mac, not just the contents of your Photos library,
even on the iPhone and iPad as well? apparently we are not on the same page.
Google Photos does not have non-destructive editing and versioning. But if it's more to your needs and liking by all means use it instead. Photos is not compulsory in any way.
Apple Photo app size
