Yes, I had done that exactly but I get this message "Photos does not have the necessary permissions to create a Photos library in the folder that contains your library." I am not using iCloud Photo Library.
Cheers Rosemary Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 8 May 2015 at 12:02, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hello Rosemary, > > You don't mention if you are using *iCloud Photo Library*? > > You can still use Photos for OS X, and keep local copies of all your > original pictures and videos, with an external hard drive. > > *How to use Photos for OS X with an external hard drive:* > > Like iPhoto, your Photos for OS X library can run off an external hard > drive. > Here's what you need to do. > > > 1. Make sure you've *quit Photos for OS X.* > 2. *Move your existing Photos library* from your user folder's > Pictures section to an external drive. > 3. *Option-click Photos to launch it*, and select your Photos library > from the external drive. > > > If you're syncing to iCloud Photo Library > <http://www.imore.com/icloud-photo-library>, it's worth noting that > you'll have to have your drive plugged in to sync or view your library; you > can't create a second Photos Library that has iCloud Photo Library enabled > on your Mac. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > *13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)* > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 > > On 8 May 2015, at 11:27 am, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My photo libraries are on an external drive. When I attempted to open with > the new Photos app (using Option key) it starts then comes up with a > message > "Photos was unable to make a copy of your library before preparing it. > Photos does not have the necessary permissions..." > > The Apple support article https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204484 > <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204484>only mentions (twice!) how to > fix this via Terminal commands if your library is in the Pictures folder on > your hard drive. > > Anybody any ideas? > > Macbook Pro Retina 15-inch, Early 2013 > Yosemite 10.10.3 > > Rosemary Spark > PO Box 781 > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia > Phone: + 61 8 94336609 > Mobile: 0414268043 > arkaysp...@gmail.com > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >
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