Photos Library is blowing up in size on my 128 GB MacBook Air

[saintforlife]

The Photos Library folder on my MacBook Air is blowing up in size as my wife and I have been taking a lot of pictures of our infant son. My MBA only has a 128 GB SSD. All my pictures are also backed up on Google Photos so I don't need them to be on my Mac anymore.

Question: What is the best way to bulk delete all my photos from the Photos Library. I am not sure about this since I haven't done this before. Is it as simple as going to Edit--> Select all and then Image --> Delete selected items?

 

[organic bond]

Why don't you buy an SD card, it's great to expand your storage, then just move your library there. I have a Transcend 128 GB and works perfectly. You can even have 256 GB if you want: https://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding...&url=search-alias=aps&linkId=2GC6JD6EO7PLJKQR

 

[Weaselboy]

Is it as simple as going to Edit--> Select all and then Image --> Delete selected items?

Yes, then go to the "Recently Deleted" section in Photos and click at the top right to permanently remove them.

Or you can go to your ~/Pictures folder and just delete the entire Photos library.

Just to be clear though, this will permanently delete all your photos.

 

[aristobrat]

If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled on both your phone and your Mac, anything you delete on your Mac will also delete on your phone.

If iCloud Photo Library is enabled on your Mac, you may want to disable it there before you delete anything.

Also you might check the Preferences of Photos on your Mac and make sure the option to sync full resolution copies is disabled. This might let you keep lower-res versions on your Mac to flip-thru, and then it'll download the full resolution one (on the fly) when needed.