How to Sync iPhoto Library with OneDrive?

OneDrive is a good place to backup photos, videos and important documents online. It allows you to sync and backup your photos from iPhoto library to OneDrive. If you want to sync iPhoto library with OneDrive, then you need to download and install “OneDrive application” on your Mac. When you install the OneDrive app for Mac, it will create a folder (OneDrive folder) on your Mac to backup photos, videos and files. This OneDrive folder is kept in sync with OneDrive. If you add, change or delete anything like photo, video or file in this OneDrive folder, then the file is added, changed or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa.

Here are the steps to Sync iPhoto Library with OneDrive:

  1. Go to https://onedrive.live.com & sign in to your account. If you don’t have an account, then create one.
  2. Download “OneDrive Application” on your Mac from the Apple App store & launch it.
  3. Locate the file for the existing iPhoto library in your Picture folder.
  4. Go to iPhoto Library and choose “Quit iPhoto” to make sure that iPhoto is not running.
  5. Copy your “iPhoto Library” file into your OneDrive folder.
  6. Launch iPhoto. To launch iPhoto Library, simply double-click the iPhoto Library icon which you copied in OneDrive folder. It will automatically sync to your OneDrive folder.
  7. Open the file in iPhoto by holding down the Option key.
  8. Select the iPhoto Library option that’s not the default. Now, iPhoto Library stored inside your OneDrive folder by default.
  9. Now, when you add new photos to iPhoto Library, make any changes to existing photos or organize them, then it will automatically backed up to OneDrive.
  10. You have another option to sync iPhoto Library i.e “Drag-and-drop”. Here you can simply drag your iPhoto Library from the Picture folder directly from your Mac to OneDrive folder.

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