iCloud How does iCloud deals with Documents and Photos?

[Wando64]

I am considering moving my cloud storage to iCloud and preparing myself accordingly.

One thing I am not entirely sure.
If I keep my documents on the main Macintosh HD, but I move my Photos libraries to an external or internal secondary disk, will iCloud synchronise them both normally?
Has anybody tried this configuration and/or know of an Apple document discussing it?

Thanks

 

[Wotcher]

You can have your Photos Library on an external disk and have iCloud sync normally.

I'm set up this way on my mini (512GB, but Photos Library is > 200GB).

There may be better/easier ways, but this is what I did:

1. Move the Photos Library.photslibrary file to your desired location
2. Open the Photos Library file at the new location
3. In Preferences-->General, you'll see a button that says Use as System Photo Library. Click on it.
Now when you open Photos.app, it will open the library from the new location instead of /Users/<name>/Pictures, and more importantly, iCloud will sync with the new location.

Edit: Apple Support article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201517