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Organize your photos

YOU’LL FIND IMAGES imported into your Mac’s Photos app are stored inside the Photos Library.photolibrary file. This self-contained file is not designed to let you browse for images by looking at its collection of sub folders. (But if you Ctrl–click on the file you can choose to Show Package Contents and take a peak in the Originals folder.) However, we’d strongly advise that you explore the contents of the Photos Library by using the Photos app itself, as it provides powerful tools for getting your images and video clips organized.

Since the Photos Library hides its folders, some photographers prefer to store their shots in labelled folders — especially if they use third–party

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