Mar 27, 2016 Question: Q: Can I delete my iPhoto Library after migrating to Photos? After a reboot my Mac started complaining that I have no disk space left (I have a 1 TB drive in my MacBook Pro). It appears that the Photos migration process duplicated my iPhoto Library and I now have two photo libraries, each measuring 450 GB, based on looking at the. Jun 07, 2015 Because the migrated library takes little additional space, you don't need to delete the original library. So don't do it, even if you're tempted to. You can still use your original photo library with iPhoto (version 9.6.1, as of this writing) and Aperture (version 3.6) after you've migrated it to Photos. With the upgrade to Photos, many Mac users have been left with a duplicate iPhoto library on their Macs. Here’s how to delete iPhoto library and clear out some clutter. IPhoto used to be the standard photo editor and photo management system on Macs, at least for the average computer user.
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Great tips thanks! I've always wondered if this was possible.
Oh man! Thank you for this. It's been driving me nuts lately. Between the album, the thumbnails and the actual original image, I knew there had to be some way of purging the files.
This keystroke is listed in 'Help -> Keyboard Shortcuts' as Command-Option-Delete.
Next time something is 'driving you nuts', RTFM.
Peace and happiness will invariably return.
Or just wait 6 months plus for someone to 'discover' it here.
Unfortunately, this hint doesn't seem to work anymore under iPhoto 5!!!
Yes, this seems to be gone in iPhoto 5. The iLife designers seem to have decided that no one wants to permanently delete photos or music. However, you can permanently delete from the library from within a Smart Album, just not from within a regular album.
After searching the Apple forums I have two suggestions for how to delete from both an album and library. Which one you choose depends on how many photos need to be deleted and how they're organized. If you have just a handful these techniques may still be more effort than they're worth.
1- You can permanently delete all photos in an album by creating a Smart Album where Album is the album you want to delete. Select all the photos in that Smart Album and delete. Then delete both the Smart Album and the original album.
2- Create a keyword such as 'To Trash' (or use an existing one that doesn't have any photos assigned to it). Assign that keyword to the photos you wish to delete. (An easy way to do this is to open the keyword pane and drag the photos onto the keyword.) Switch to the library and display all photos with that keyword (by clicking the keyword in the keyword pane). Select All and delete.
Don't forget to empty the trash so you can recover the disk space (it's now in the iPhoto menu).
The Keyboard Shortcuts option under the Help menu lists this and many other useful keystrokes.
-Mark
Very nice :) It always bugged me that I had to search out the photo in the full library view just to delete it.
It is not true that this action causes the photo to be 'gone for good.' The photo is moved from the library to the Trash (the iPhoto Trash album, not the Finder Trash). It remains in the trash until you empty it (under the File menu).
-Mark
I delete photos from inside an album while also removing them from the library by selecting them and using 'option + delete'
Why do you have to press 'command' as well? it deletes from the album as well as the library without 'command'
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I own IPhoto since the early versions and have deleted pix from the library by just hitting 'delete'. So they still exist in the database, taking space. How could I rebuild the library and delete for good those pix. Or does anybody know a convenient way of deleting those pictures from the database without having to research them one by one?
Create smart-folder showing pics that are not in any library.
above post should read ... not in any 'album.'
That's brilliantly simple ;-)
Thanks a lot!
I don't seem to have this option at all :( Is this feature only available in iPhoto 4?? I'm using iPhoto 2.01
Delete Iphoto Library Completely
How do you create a smart folder in iphoto with pictures that are not in any album?