Backup Mac Photos Library
Feb 07, 2018 Most backup software lets you schedule scans of your hard drive for new and changed files daily, weekly, or monthly, but my preferred option is to have the software. Nov 12, 2019 The best way to back up your iCloud Photo Library is to download all its content to your Mac. Your entire digital library is probably huge, so you may need a Mac with a massive drive to handle the volume. Otherwise, back up your iCloud Photo Library to an external drive attached to your Mac.
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Even if you use iCloud Photos, it’s important that you always back up your library locally using one of the following methods:
Use Time Machine: After you set up Time Machine, it automatically backs up the files on your Mac. If you ever lose the files in your Photos library, you can restore them from the Time Machine backup. For more information about setting up Time Machine, see Back up your files with Time Machine.
WARNING: If a Photos library is located on an external drive, don’t use Time Machine to store a backup on that external drive. The permissions for your Photos library may conflict with those for the Time Machine backup.
Manually copy your library to an external storage device: Drag the Photos library (by default in the Pictures folder on your Mac) to your storage device to create a copy.
If you have more than one photo library, be sure to back them all up.
Important: If any of your image files are stored outside your photo library, those files (known as referenced files) aren’t backed up when you back up your library. Be sure to back up those files separately. To make it easier to back up all your image files at once, you can consolidate referenced files into your library. See Change where Photos stores your files.
- Storage Devices Supported
- File Types Supported
- File Systems Supported
- System Requirements
Best Photo Backup Software For Mac
- Mac Computer Hard Drive
- Digital Camera
- SD/Memory Card
- USB Stick
- Removable Drive
- Pictures & Graphics
JPG, PNG, PSD, DWG, CDR, PSP, PCX, GIF, WMF, EMF, SWF, BMP, CRW, CR2, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RDC, etc.
- Video & Audio
MP4, AVI, MTS, MKV, MOV, 3GP, FLV, WMV, ASF, RM, MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, OGG, AIF, MID, MMF, etc.
Best Photo Backup Software For Mac
- CPU: Intel Pentium Class
- Memory: 2 GB RAM (4 GB Recommended)
- Hard Disk: 250 MB of Free Space
- Supported Mac OSs: Mac OS X 10.7 and above
- Supported Languages: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish