The Photos app in OSX El Capitan can import Live Photos from my iPhone. But when I look in the folder where photos are stored, ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Masters, I don't see any videos there. (Under iPhoto, Live Photos were imported as separate video and audio files.) So where is the video piece stored?
Where does Photos store Live Photo videos
photosphotos.app
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I figured out the answer by going to Terminal and doing find ./ -name *.MOV -print.
The Photos Library is different from the iPhoto Library. If you've upgraded from iPhoto to the new Photos app, then for any video files you've imported, you can find the originals at:
~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Masters
This way, you don't need to export your video files; you can just copy them.
- In Finder, go to Go > Go to Folder
- Enter
~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Masters - Navigate to whatever video files you want and copy them to your destination.
- Install the web-based app in Google Play.
- Go to web.airmore.com
- Scan the QR code or click the device to build the connection.
- Choose "Pictures" or "Videos".
- Press "Export"
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Best Answer
On OSX 10.12.4 with Photos version 2.0 (3150.4.120) they appear to be stored in
~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/media/master/$NUM/00/jpegvideocomplement_$HEX.mov. These don't appear to be indexed by Spotlight.