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Why does my Finder indicate that my "iphoto library" is 13gb and "photo library" is 15gb if they are supposed to 1 library used by both?

kenamac1 wrote:
Thanks Larry, but sorry if I'm being dense, but are you saying that the space being used is not 13gb (Iphoto) + 15 gb (Photo) = 28gb? And that if I toss the iPhoto Lib I won't save 13gb? That's what I not getting about this 'shared' library.
Yes that is exactly what I said - and what the article I liked said with a somewhat detailed description
Basically both libraries use Linux HardLinks to the original photos - the finder sees each has containing the compete set of photos although the photos are only on disk once
And deleting one library only deletes the links and a few overhead items - so again as I said would save very little space
LN

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