You must manually back them up to safe storage locations. If photos are stored outside the library, they will not be automatically uploaded to iCloud Photos and available on all your devices. To leave imported items in their current location outside of the library, deselect the “Copy items to the Photos library” checkbox. If you have set Photos to show fewer of certain types of memories but want to create these types of memories again, click Reset Suggested Memories.īy default, Photos stores all imported photo and video files in the Photos library. To see a notification when a new memory is available, select the Show Memories Notification checkbox. To exclude holiday photos from your memories, deselect this checkbox. To include groups of holiday photos as memories, select the Show Holiday Events checkbox. If you don’t want videos and Live Photos to play automatically, deselect this checkbox. To have videos and Live Photos play automatically, select the Autoplay Videos and Live Photos checkbox. For information about how to switch libraries, see System Photo Library overview and Create additional photo libraries. To use the currently open library as your System Photo Library (which allows you to use it with iCloud Photos), click Use as System Photo Library. To view the location of your Photos library in the Finder, click Show in Finder.
