#Clear up mac space how to#

As you can see in the screens above, my old iPhoto library was over 30GB, which was definitely a healthy chunk of hard drive space that I now have back. Give this tip a try and see how much storage space you were able to clear up. Until that happens, you’ll have to delete your old library manually. I’m not sure why Apple doesn’t create a process to delete old versions of libraries after migrating to Photos, but they should. If you are on a shared Mac and have multiple user logins, everyone using the new version of Photos on that Mac should make sure they don’t also have duplicate libraries.

Move your iPhoto Library to your trash can and empty it.Ĭheck the storage space on your Mac, you should notice that you have more storage space available.

You should see two libraries, one is your old iPhoto Library and one is your new Photos library.

If it isn’t there, just search for your pictures folder using Spotlight.

Click on Pictures in the left hand navigation.

Once you’ve backed up your old iPhoto library (if you chose to do so), you can proceed with deleting it: Regardless of how you do it, I’d highly recommend saving a copy before deleting it. You can of course use any service of your choice, or just drop it onto an external hard disk you have laying around.

I saved my old iPhoto library to my Dropbox account. If you have a copy of your old iPhoto library still handy, you can pull it form there as a last resort. Perhaps you’ll delete an old photo by accident at some point and want it back later. While the Photos app should have imported all your photos and videos just fine, I always recommend having backups handy.

#Clear up mac space how to#

Here’s how to check for multiple libraries and how to delete them… Before deleting your old library: Make a backup For a lot of people, that could mean gigs and gigs of wasted storage space, especially on shared Macs with multiple migrated libraries. If you’re using the new Photos app on your Mac instead of the older iPhoto app, you most likely have a duplicate photo library floating around on your hard drive.