Open Library For Other User Mac
You may need to access content in the user Library folder to troubleshoot problems with your Adobe applications. The user Library folder is hidden by default in macOS X 10.7 and later releases. Use one of the following methods to make the user Library content visible.
- Mac Show Library
- Mac Library Application Support
- View Users Library Directory Mac
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Hold down the Alt (Option) key when using the Go menu. The user Library folder is listed below the current user's home directory.
Oct 01, 2017 This had been working for many years for me, I got it to work using ACL (Access Control List) permissions settings. One user could use the Photos library even if the other user was not logged out (using Fast User Switching), as long as that other user didn't have the Photos app open. Mar 29, 2019 How to Find the Library Folder on a Mac. This wikiHow teaches you how to force your Mac's user 'Library' folder to show up in the Finder window. While the 'Library' folder is hidden by default, you can prompt it to appear both temporarily. Sep 14, 2011 If you open your wife's Library Folder once by using the Finder-Go menu as Thomas A Reed suggested, or open it from the Terminal by typing. Open /Users/yourwifesusername/Library. And then drag the icon from the Library Finder Window to your sidebar, then it will always be easily accessable to you. Apr 22, 2015 How to use multiple photo libraries with Photos for Mac. Photos for Mac lets you work with multiple libraries. Learn how to choose a default library, open another library, and merge multiple. May 30, 2019 How to find the Library folder on Mac (macOS Sierra, Mojave or Catalina) Get the Library folder – Way 1. Open Finder window. Click Go in a Menu Bar → select Go to Folder. Or use the Cmd+Shift+G key shortcut.
Nov 29, 2017 First you go to settings, user and groups, click lock to make changes, type password, click login options, click join, click Open Directory Utility, go to Directory Editor but first click the lock. Jun 07, 2011 After that give the Mac your information to create a new user, this user will then delete the 'Other.' User and all you have to do is user the new user for a few seconds, log off, sign in to your old user, go to settings, user and groups, press the lock to make changes and then remove the new user you created, close the lock.
Note: After you open the Library folder, you can drag the Library icon from the top of that window to the Dock, sidebar, or toolbar to make it readily accessible.
For more information, explanations, and ideas, see 18 ways to view the ~/Library folder in Lion and Mountain Lion.
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To combine Photos libraries, open the source library and export the photos and videos that you want to keep. Then open the destination library (the one that you want to use as your main library) and import the photos and videos.
Choose a photo library
Here's how to open one of the multiple photo libraries that you might have on your Mac or on a connected external drive:
- Press and hold the Option key as you open the Photos app.
- Select the library that you want to open, then click Choose Library.
Photos uses this library until you open a different one using the same steps.
Follow the steps below to Restore Photos Library in Mac from Time Machine backup: If 'Photos' is open, you need to close it. Go to 'Photos Quit Photos'. Click the 'Time Machine' icon in the Menu Bar and select 'Enter Time Machine'. Time Machine opens and shows all your available Backups. Select the date of your last Backup and go to the Backup of your Photo Library and click to select it. Hit 'Restore'. If the Time Machine process is starting or appears to be lagging, open the Time Machine preference pane in System Preferences. Look for the text underneath the Time Machine progress bar. If the backup is progressing properly, it should show the number of items remaining to be processed. That number should be steadily, if slowly, increasing. Use Time Machine: After you set up Time Machine, it automatically backs up the files on your Mac. If you ever lose the files in your Photos library, you can restore them from the Time Machine backup. For more information about setting up Time Machine, see Back up your files with Time Machine. Restore a library from Time Machine in Photos on Mac. If the Photos app on your Mac is open, choose Photos Quit Photos. Click the Time Machine icon in the menu bar and choose Enter Time Machine, or choose the Apple menu System Preferences, then click Time Machine. Click the date of your last.
Export photos and videos from the source library
Open the source library, then decide whether you want to export your files as unmodified originals or edited versions:
Edited versions retain their edits when you import them. The advantage is that you don't have to recreate any edits; however, these files become the destination library's originals. This means that you can't revert to their earliest pre-import version.
Unmodified originals don't show any edits that you made when they were in the source library. This gives you flexibility for later editing, but recreating your edits might take substantial work.
How to export edited versions
- In the Photos app, select the photos and videos that you want to export. To select multiple items, press and hold the Command key while you click. To select a group of items in order, click the first one, then press and hold the Shift key while you click the last one. This selects all of the items between the two that you clicked.
- Choose File > Export > Export [number].
- An export dialog appears.
- In the Photos section, set Photo Kind to JPEG, TIFF, or PNG. JPEG recompresses your photos, which may result in smaller file sizes. TIFF and PNG files are higher fidelity and may result in larger file sizes.
- In the Videos section, choose a Movie Quality setting. This section appears only if your selected items include videos.
- In the Info section, select the checkboxes if you want to preserve metadata and location data in the exported files.
- In the File Naming section, set File Name to Use File Name and set Subfolder Format to either Moment Name or None. Moment Name creates a subfolder for each Moment that's represented in your selected items. This is useful if you'd like to create an Album in the destination library for each Moment. The None option exports all of the files directly into the destination folder.
- Click Export. A Finder dialog appears.
- Navigate to the location where you want to save the files, such as the Desktop or an external drive. Click New Folder if you create a new folder for your exported items.
- Click Export.
How to export unmodified originals
- In the Photos app, then select the photos and videos that you want to export. To select multiple items, press and hold the Command key while you click. To select a group of items in order, click the first one, then press and hold the Shift key while you click the last one. This selects all of the items between the two that you clicked.
- Choose File > Export > Export Unmodified Original.
- An export dialog appears.
- If your photos include IPTC metadata (such as titles or keywords) that you want to keep, select the Export IPTC as XMP checkbox.
- Leave the File Name setting on Use File Name.
- Next to Subfolder Format, choose Moment Name or None. Moment Name creates a subfolder for each Moment that's represented in your selected items. This is useful if you'd like to create an Album in the destination library for each Moment. The None option exports all of the files directly into the destination folder.
- Click Export. A Finder dialog appears.
- Navigate to the location where you want to save the files, such as the Desktop or an external drive. Click New Folder if you create a new folder for your exported items.
- Click Export Originals.
How to import photos and videos into the destination library
Open the destination library, then drag the folder that contains your exported items into the main area that shows your other photos and videos. When a green plus sign appears on your pointer, you can release the folder.
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The photos in the folder are sorted into Moments based on their creation dates and locations. The videos are sorted based on the date you exported them from the source library.
If you created subfolders when you exported the items and you want to create an Album for each subfolder, follow these steps:
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- In the Finder, open a subfolder.
- Select all of the photos and videos within the subfolder.
- Drag the items onto My Albums in the Photos sidebar.
- Name the Album in the highlighted text box that appears in the sidebar.
- Repeat for each subfolder.
Save space by deleting the source library
If you're sure that you've exported all of the photos and videos that you want to keep from the source library, you can delete it to save disk space on your Mac.
First, open the Finder and find the source library that you want to delete. By default, photo libraries are stored in your Pictures folder. If you can't find the library, follow the steps to choose a library; the path to the selected library's location appears in the Choose Library window.
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Next, move the source library to the Trash. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash to permanently delete the files.