128GB is far too small in my experience, even with optimised storage on iCloud. Data does still need to be downloaded and stored on the Mac. 256GB is the absolute minimum I’d recommend unless if you’re a very light user.
iPhotoLibrary.migratedphotolibrary is taking up 100GB of space, but shares 70GB of its space with the new PhotosLibrary.photoslibrary file. The difference of 30GB is probably Hi-res originals which have been uploaded to iCloud then deleted from the Mac. Both files combined should only be taking up 100GB of actual space due to the hard-linking of files (one image can exist in both libraries despite only taking up space for one file). Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.co.uk <https://www.macambulance.co.uk/> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 3 Dec 2019, at 14:23, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, so I'm once bitten, so about to turn on iCloud Photo Storage as well as > my local backup. > > - I have found the file PhotosLibrary.photoslibrary. This is 70GB and we have > 200GB iCloud family shared storage. > - There is also the file iPhotoLibrary.migratedphotolibrary. This is 100GB, > but is this now redundant with all my photos stored in Photos App? > > I'm sorting out the replacement Mac after the MBPro theft. > I'm thinking of not keeping family photos on my work machine at all, and > suspect 128GB SSD will now therefore be plenty. What's the best way of > working out what I currently use - DaisyDisk, or is there a Finder view? > > Thanks > > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/3ece0293-e9eb-43a4-aba7-391ad9684d3f%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/3ece0293-e9eb-43a4-aba7-391ad9684d3f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/BE414FB9-C536-46E5-A2FD-0DB5F4ADD92D%40macambulance.co.uk.
