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i can't frees up space on my Mac

Hello everyone,

I moved some video out of my Mac Laptop to an external USB drive then delete them from inside my "photos" but my C:drive is still full.

where is the real data stored by default in a Mac? all the video that I had stored under my Photos- Videos where do you actually reside so I can go and delete them? because deleting them form videos didn't really do much.

Thank you

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strung

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Italiabella

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Hello Strung, yes I did. but I was reading that the photo library is a holding place and not where they are stored. where is the default location in a Mac where the videos are stored ? so I can go and delete them once forever....please.

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Justin Bradshaw

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strung

If you are using iPhoto or Photos, you should delete or move items from the iPhoto or Photos app, not from the Finder.

Select the photos you want to delete in iPhoto, delete them and then empty the iPhoto trash by pulling down the iPhoto menu to Empty Trash.

In Photos, I believe deleted items go into a "Recently Deleted" album and you can permanently delete them from there.

If you are using Photos, see: http://www.imore.com/how-delete-images-and-videos-photos-os-x

After doing this, you may still have to empty the regular Mac trash.

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