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Step 5: Set Your Photo Library Preferences Step 4: Open Your Copy of Photos Libraryīrowse to the created copy of your Photos Library and double click the file icon to open it. Renaming the copy of the library each time is an excellent way to know which backup is which. Repeat steps 1-3 whenever you want to backup. Just wanting to backup your Photos library to an External Storage Device? Stop here! Under Sharing & Permissions: check the box that says then try again. If you encounter an error popup, select your external drive in the finder window, then choose File > Get Info (command + I).

This will copy, not move your Photos Library. Make sure you have quit Photos, then click and drag the Photos Library icon to your external drive, either in the sidebar or on the desktop. Step 3: Drag Photos Library to the External Drive Click on Finder > Preferences from the menu bar, select the Sidebar tab and check the folders you want to be displayed whenever you open a new Finder window. If your Pictures folder is not listed in your Finder window, you can use Finder Preferences to select what you see in your sidebar. Any APFS or Mac OS Extended format drive will work, but you cannot copy to a drive used for Time Machine Backup. A USBC port will give you the fastest data transfer. A few Gigabyte can transfer in a matter of minutes, but if your library is nearer 1TB (1,000GB), be prepared to leave it going overnight! How to Copy Your Photos Library Files Step 1: Connect Your External Storage DeviceĬonnect your external drive to your machine.

If you are transferring an extensive Photos library, it can take some time.

Available in sizes up to 4TB, these drives are super-fast, reliable, rugged and portable – perfect for your camera bag. I use and would recommend an external Solid State Drive (SSD) such as the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD. It is considered good practice to keep large media type files on something other than your system drive. Mac OS creates the library the first time you open Photos on your machine. Photos Library is the folder where the Photos App stores the images you import, either directly from a camera or device or your iCloud photo library.