All Images in Finder

I am a new Mac user and total confused..
Just what is the purposed of All Images in the Finder...
When i open, stuff appears that i have never seen before..
Photos deleted from Iphoto are there....is this not using unnecessary hard drive space?
Some very weird stuff there??
TIA!!

waymar wrote:
Thx for your reply, but i hv to asked " Just where is it useful "?
Well, I sort of answered that... it's my opinion that it isn't. But I'm sure someone out there is using it somehow.
By turning off, do you mean just unclicking the check mark in preferences?
Yup... in the Finder, choose Finder -> Preferences, click the Sidebar icon and uncheck All Images.
By doing this are you not still using hard drive space?
No... Those files are all already on your machine, and just because you've never seen them before doesn't mean they're wasting space or that you should get rid of them. Click on one of the images and look at the path shown at the bottom of the window... it will tell you where that image is found. You'll start to get an idea of where these things are all coming from.
My concern is, something going on with my computer ( when online) that I dont know about??
No.

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