u/07Josie

I am really confused about the storage Photos is taking up on my hard drive. When I look in Storage, in the settings, I have the Photos app listed as taking up 155.29 GB, but I ALSO have the Photos Library listed in the Documents area of Storage as taking up 155.5 GB. Why is it apparently duplicated? I only have a 500 GB HD so this is a significant problem for me right now. I do have an external backup drive but I'd prefer not to have to keep my Photos library externally.
Is there something I am not understanding about Photos storage and Library settings? (I mean, obviously there is, ha) Can anyone help?

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