Photos Library: Can I Start Over & Consolidate?
hi, lonnnnnnnnng story short: have 3 iphotos/photos libraries on imac. older 2 back-up copies made due possible corruption , duplication fixes. i'd consolidate them , remove dupes in process. i've used de-dupe apps success still have ton in duplicate, triplicate, , more. there way extract photos these libraries new location/folder/destination , import? main concern many different photos have same file name (i've seen before), , possible loss of data. said, lonnnnnnnng story short. (there's history of why there's many copies of same photos; largely due 10.2.x-era hack using hd partition boost performance wasn't compatible os/iphoto upgrades around 10.4.x or so.) thanks. you should able left click (two finger click) on library, , select "show package contents". folder called masters original pictures. don't know if edits in there or not. ...