See Change where Photos stores your files. If you want, you can set Photos to leave the files you import in their original locations (for example, on a storage device) and not place them in the library. If you create any other libraries, make sure they are backed up using Time Machine.īy default, all the files you import into Photos are stored in the current photo library. If you switch to a library other than the System Photo Library, the changes you make are not reflected in iCloud Photos, because iCloud Photos only syncs changes from your System Photo Library. To work with photos in another library, you must switch between photo libraries. You can work with the photos in only one library at a time. If you want, you can create additional photo libraries and store them in any location on your Mac or on an external storage device. The permissions for your Photos library may conflict with those for the Time Machine backup. WARNING: If a Photos library is located on an external drive, don’t use Time Machine to store a backup on that external drive. Aside from using the three methods above to show hidden files on Mac Mojave/Catalina/High Sierra, you can also use a Mac data recovery. Click Library in the drop-down list, and you can see the hidden contents of /Library.

Change where photos and videos are stored You can open Finder, hold on Alt (Option) key and click Go icon at the toolbar.Export photos, videos, slideshows, and memories.Share photos using other apps and websites.

Add, remove, and edit photos in a shared album.

Change the lighting of a Portrait mode photo.

Adjust a photo’s light, exposure, and more.

View photos others have shared with you.

Use Visual Look Up to learn about a photo.

Interact with text in a photo using Live Text.

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