Once I have all my originals downloaded somewhere, then I can have a Time Machine backup that includes those images and set up a Backblaze account that can duplicate those files remotely. Totally agreed - what I didn’t say in my original post is that my main goal with all of this is to be able to actually create a backup. It does give you the opportunity to back up the entire Photos library to a cloud service, another HD, etc. I’m not opposed to that option, but I’d ideally like to find a fairly robust way to backup my photos without needing to buy a whole new Mac…Īlso, synching your Photos library (downloading all originals to external HD) is not backing up. It’s clear to me that the easiest (and most expensive) approach would be to have a Mac mini or other desktop Mac, attach external storage to that Mac, and have the originals stored there. If I only connect the laptop to the external drive every few weeks, is that going to create issues with syncing?.As long as I don’t open the Photos app on the laptop when the drive isn’t connected, are there any issues with storing the Photo library on an external drive?.Some people on the MPU Forums have said that iCloud Photo Library only works on a local drive, does that include an external drive physically attached to the computer?.So the next idea was to attach an external drive to my laptop, move my photo library to an external drive, set that library to be the “System Library,” and turn on “Download Originals” to that drive. My first idea was to get a Synology and move my photo library to the Synology, but Apple’s KB on the topic seems to discourage that idea. But there are some conflicting pieces of advice, so I wanted to follow up. I’ve read a lot of the other posts on the forums here (for example here). My MacBook Pro SSD is unfortunately too small to hold all my originals, and because it is a laptop it is neither always on nor always plugged in. Hi All - I’d love some advice on backing up my photo library that is currently on iCloud Photo Library.
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