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Exclude thumbnail images folder inside apple photo library for Backup and Sync for Google Photos
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gistfile1.txt
Workaround thumbnail images, metadata junk photos from apple photo library.
Tested on mac os mojave
You cannot move Masters out of the library using symlinks, BUT you can have symlinks INSIDE the .photolibrary?
What's the idea? We will have .photolibrary INSIDE .photolibrary
The folder structure
main.photolibrary
---Masters SYMLINKS to the child.photolibrary Masters folder
---resources
---child.photolibrary
------Masters
go to main.photolibrary and open terminal
cd main.photolibrary
rm child.photolibrary/Masters
mv main.photolibrary child.photolibrary/Masters
ln -s child.photolibrary/Masters Masters
Please be careful and always have a backup files.
DONE. Enjoy!
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