How do you move Photos library to new account

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  1. vexorg, Jan 20, 2017

    vexorg macrumors 6502a

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    I need to set up a new account on my mac and want to move the old Photos library over. Can I simple copy the folder form one user to another? or must I import-export them?

    Or is there some other way of doing it to preserve the additional information like location that is displayed?
     
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  2. FreakinEurekan, Jan 20, 2017

    FreakinEurekan macrumors 68040

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    Just move the Photos Library package to the new user. To avoid permissions issues, if I'm moving a file from one user to another, I use the first user to move it to /Users/Shared/ and then collect it from there when logged in as the destination user.
     
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