How do I open my iPhoto library from an external hard drive?

How do I open my iPhoto library from an external hard drive?

Open iPhoto while pressing the “Option” key. A dialogue box will open asking you to choose an iPhoto library. Select the library from the external hard drive and click “Open Selected Library.”

How do I view photos from my external hard drive on a Mac?

Step 1: Copy over your Photos library

1. Connect an external drive to your Mac via USB, USB-C, or Thunderbolt.
2. Open a new Finder window.
3. Open your external drive in that window.
4. Open a new Finder window.
5. Click the Go menu and navigate to your Home folder.
6. Select the Pictures folder.
7. Select your old library.

How do I view pictures on my Seagate External Hard Drive Mac?

When you plug in your Seagate external hard drive into your Mac you’ll see a drive icon on your Mac’s desktop.

1. Seagate Backup Plus Drive Icon.
2. Right Click Get Info.
3. Get Info Drive Format.
4. Seagate Backup Plus Drive Icon.
5. Finder Preferences pick to Show External Drive.
6. Seagate External Hard Drive Empty Finder Window.

Can you access an iPhoto library from a hard drive?

I can’t access my Iphoto libraries from my hard drive. Every time I go to open the IPhoto file in the hard drive the error pops up as follows: and when I try to open Iphoto with the Hard Drive plugged in the following error pops up: “The iPhoto Library is a Time Machine backup, and so cannot be used as the main library.

Where do I store my Apple Photo Library?

To prevent data loss, Apple doesn’t recommend storing photo libraries on external storage devices like SD cards and USB flash drives, or drives that are shared on a network. Quit Photos. In the Finder, go to the external drive where you want to store your library.

How to move Photos library to external storage?

1 Prepare your drive. You can store your library on an external storage device, such as a USB or Thunderbolt drive formatted as APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled). 2 Move your Photos library to an external storage device. Quit Photos. 3 Delete original library to save space. 4 Open another Photos library. 5 Learn more.

How to open another photo library on Mac?

Open another Photos library. If you have multiple libraries, here’s how to open a different one: Quit Photos. Press and hold the Option key while you open Photos. Select the library that you want to open, then click Choose Library.