External Drive

[berry_addict]

I recently got a retina MacBook Pro and got a 1To external drive with it. My main storage capacity on the MBP is 128 gb.

So far I have access to my photos stored on the external drive. But when it comes to viewing them, it's not Photos that opens it it's the viewer. Is there a way to set it up so that Photos and IMovies open from the external drive ?

And if I use photos to view a picture, it downloads the pics on the MBP hard drive.

 

[robertk328]

Hi there -

You'll need to tell Photos to open the files from the external drive. Here's a tutorial on how to move the library:

How to use external and referenced libraries with Photos for OS X | iMore

Good luck!

 

[berry_addict]

Thanks it worked. My understanding is that now, whenever I want to use Photos or IMovie, it will work from my external drive.

 

[robertk328]

Thanks it worked. My understanding is that now, whenever I want to use Photos or IMovie, it will work from my external drive.

That's how I do mine -- works well!

 

[berry_addict]

I'm new to the Retina MBP, so sometimes, it's not easy to find my references in order to fix minor issues with the MB.

Will I be able to save my imovie project on the external drive as well ? Or will I have to do the same type of change to make sure that the bigger projects go directly on the external Drive ?

 

[robertk328]

Pretty much the same thing:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203049

 

[fatfury]

So, this sounds like it would work with any library file like iTunes, etc? The only thing to remember is for any cloud syncing, the external drive would have to be connected to the mac, right?

 

[robertk328]

So, this sounds like it would work with any library file like iTunes, etc? The only thing to remember is for any cloud syncing, the external drive would have to be connected to the mac, right?

I use an external drive for both iTunes and Photos and libraries are completely on the external drive.