Perhaps a future update to OS X Photos app will include a “Show Inįinder” option natively for all photo libraries, that would certainlyīe a welcome feature for many Mac users. Select an image in Photos app for OS X and pull down the “File” menuĬhoose “Show Referenced File in Finder” to open the original files location within the Mac file system You can also access the same option from the File menu of Photos app: the file is in there, in alphabetical order.įrom Photos app, right-click (two-finger click on trackpads) on any image you want to access in FinderĬhoose “Show Referenced File in Finder” from the option list to immediately jump to that image files finder location Here "num" is the first digit of the photo name, which is "4" for my example of 427E59A2-1DAB-4DBD-95AF-D538AE2D9E9A.
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Oh another note: if you don't want to use the terminal, you can just open "Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/originals/num" directory using the Finder (if you know how to look inside packages. Voila!Īpple has made this common and useful operation unnecessarily difficult.
You should get the file location as the answer. Don't forget the quotes, asterisks and other weird symbols there. Note: Replace the 427E59A2-1DAB-4DBD-95AF-D538AE2D9E9A with the name you got from step 3. The "427E59A2-1DAB-4DBD-95AF-D538AE2D9E9A" is the name of the original file in the Photos library on your disk! "IMG_1409.tiff" is its title, which you will ignore.Īssuming that your photos library is in your home directory as "Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary", launch the Terminal.app and type this:įind "~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/originals/" -name It will be something like "file:///Volumes/2%20TB%20SSD%20external/Pictures/Photos%20Library.photoslibrary/private//ExternalEditSessions/427E59A2-1DAB-4DBD-95AF-D538AE2D9E9A/IMG_1409.tiff" Right click on the photo you want to look at in Photos.Ĭhoose "Edit in Safari" (Yeah I know this doesn't make sense, but wait.)
In a non-referenced imported image library, note that Apple renames all images which it imports to names like "Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/originals/1/1A0CFDAF-E43B-49E1-AC88-CD8CC9146947.jpeg" so you cannot just search for the photo name. I might switch to a referenced library actually. I'm assuming you are not using a "referenced library" as noted elsewhere here, but are importing all images into the Photos library. It is hard (thanks Apple for ignoring us on this!) but it works. My guess is it was removed because if those files were within the iPhoto library bundle, moving or renaming it would cause problems with iPhoto displaying it.) (iPhoto had a "Show in Finder" option that showed you the original photo on disk - this option is not present in Photos. However, this means that "Show referenced file" will not be available, because there is no "referenced" file, just the file that Photos is managing.
This means that during an import, Photos copies all photos into it's own internal library bundle and manages where they are stored within that bundle. If it is: you have a regular (non-referenced) photo library. Each thumbnail is basically a pointer to the original file, wherever it was when you added it to Photos. Think of "reference" as a pointer in this context. Therefore, Show Referenced File in Finder is available. All that Photos does is make thumbnails and catalog the metadata so you can view your library. This means that all of your photos stay in their original locations when added to Photos. If it is not: you have a referenced photo library. Check Preferences > General > Importing and see if the "Copy files" checkbox is checked.
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