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Having all your photos in one place is great, but sometimes you need to get a little more organized. By creating multiple photo libraries, you can separate - for example - work and personal photos. It’s simple to setup and although you can’t have two libraries open at the same time, it’s easy to switch between them.

In order to choose a new library, we need to quit the application. The shortcut for this is 'command-Q'.

For information about considerations to keep in mind when choosing the System Photo Library, see System Photo Library overview. In the Photos app on your Mac, choose Photos Preferences, then click General. To make the current library the System Photo Library, click Use as System Photo Library. Added: After you delete the Photos Library from your Mac you can only access the photos in iCloud using the web interface and the Photos.app on the www.icloud.com page. You cannot access iCloud Photo Library using Photos on your Mac, unless you make a photos library on an external drive your System Photos Library. Head over to the Photos app on your Mac, open the Library tab and click any photo. Press ⌘A to select them all. Hit backspace, then hit Return when asked if you're sure you want to delete them all.

1. On your Mac, if the Photos app doesn’t open automatically, go ahead and open it. The Photos app will show you an Import screen that has all the photos and videos on your iPhone or camera. If you don’t see the Import screen, click on your iPhone or camera in the Photos sidebar under Devices.
2. Step 2 (if you use iCloud): Turn off iCloud sync on your old library. Before you open your copied Photos library on the external drive, you have to disassociate the library on your Mac from iCloud. (If you don't use iCloud Photo Library, you can skip these steps.) Open Photos on your Mac. Go to the Photos menu. Select Preferences.

Hold the option key on the keyboard (sometimes labeled as Alt) and click the Photos icon in the dock. This will launch a dialogue box that asks you to choose a library. You should see “Photos Library” (or whatever you might have named it when you set up Photos) as the only option.

Next to “Choose Library” you should see an option that reads “Create New…”. Click this and label your alternate library. For this example, I used “Work Photos”. The library will save in your Pictures folder by default, but if you put your regular Photos library in another location, you might want to put the alternate one in the same folder. Click OK to save and Photos opens with your new, empty library.

Now that you have multiple libraries set up, it’s easy to switch between them. There are two ways to do this:

1. Quit Photos and hold the option key while re-opening Photos to open the choose library dialogue (which now should display both your main photo library as well as your alternate one).
2. Double-click the Photos library directly from Finder, which launches photos with whichever library you selected. From here, you should be able to see the size of the library, indicating how much space it is taking up on your hard drive.

System Requirements:

• macOS Catalina or Big Sur
• An Intel or Apple Silicon Mac

PowerPhotos vs. iPhoto Library Manager
Registration FAQ
Documentation
Downloads for old macOS versions
(Mojave and earlier)

The ultimate toolbox for Photos on your Mac

PowerPhotos works with the built-in Photos app on your Mac, providing an array of tools to help you get your photo collection in order.

Create and manage multiple libraries

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Instead of being limited to putting all your photos in a single library, PowerPhotos can work with multiple Photos libraries, giving you many more options for how to organize your ever growing photo collection.

Splitting your photos between multiple libraries helps Photos open more quickly, lets you archive older photos, store some of your collection on an external hard drive, and reduce storage space used by iCloud Photo Library.

Copy photos and their metadata

You can split your library by copying albums and photos with a simple drag and drop. PowerPhotos will take care of copying the photos and retaining their metadata, including keywords, descriptions, titles, dates, and favorite status. Read more about what PowerPhotos can copy.

Merge Photos libraries

Got a whole bunch of libraries you want to consolidate into one? PowerPhotos lets you merge your libraries together while weeding out duplicate photos in the process. You will be shown a preview of what your merged library will look like before any modifications are done, to ensure your merged library looks how you want.

Find duplicate photos

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It's easy to have multiple copies of the same photo creep into your photo collection over time. Use PowerPhotos to find duplicate photos in one or more libraries, view them side by side, and separate them into albums where you can easily delete them from your library.

Browse and search

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Use PowerPhotos' image browser to quickly view your photos without having to open Photos itself. View detailed photo information using List View, and search for photos across all your libraries at once.

Migrate your iPhoto/Aperture libraries

If you have a lot of existing iPhoto or Aperture libraries that you want to migrate over to Photos, PowerPhotos will help automate your migrations so you don't have to spend time babysitting this lengthy process.

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Links and reviews

'PowerPhotos is an extremely useful addition as an enhancement for any Photos user trying to perform tasksthat fall outside of Photos restricted purview.' – Macworld

Video tutorial: Remove duplicate photos in Photos for Mac – Tech Talk America

'PowerPhotos was just what I needed… Two features make it a must-have: merging multiple Photos libraries into one, and finding duplicate photos' – Bob LeVitus, MacObserver