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Updated Understanding the Photos database (markdown)

Rhet Turnbull
2020-05-09 10:08:34 -05:00
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Understanding-the-Photos-database.md

@@ -9,5 +9,11 @@ osxphotos currently supports the following versions of the Photos database and a
In Photos 2.0 - 4.0, the database format is very similar between versions. Photos 5.0 appeared to be a complete rewrite with a completely different database structure.
In Photos 2.0 - 4.0, the sqlite3 database is located in:
`~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/database/photos.db`
In Photos 5.0, this file also exists but contains only metadata data about the library itself (e.g. which version of Photos created the library) and the actual photo metadata is located in:
`~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/database/Photos.sqlite`