From e854f062c1623d05a648fd055615c46b793fa247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rhet Turnbull Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:08:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Understanding the Photos database (markdown) --- Understanding-the-Photos-database.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Understanding-the-Photos-database.md b/Understanding-the-Photos-database.md index fd1466e..47fdff6 100644 --- a/Understanding-the-Photos-database.md +++ b/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` + +