How to Get Access to Photos Master Image Files in Mac OS Quickly with an Alias

How to Get Access to Photos Master Image Files in Mac OS Quickly with an Alias

Photos app for the Mac imports images and manages pictures by automatically moving the files into organized folders within the apps dedicated package file. While this file container is not intended to be user facing, many advanced Mac OS users like to have access to the original master files rather than solely relying on the Photos app for image management. One easy method to access those files is by to jump to the Finder location of the master file of a particular image, but if you find yourself using that often, or frequently needing access to the master image files from Photos app in Mac OS, well show a quick and easy way to instantly access those master images from anywhere in the file system in Mac OS. You can now click on the Masters item in the sidebar to instantly jump to the master image files found within Photos app, these are the original full resolution files , wherever they have been imported into the application. from the file system or another location will move them into the Masters folder as well (unless you specifically for certain use-cases) If you decide you no longer want Masters in the Finder sidebar, simply drag and drop it out of the sidebar to remove it. The video embedded below walks through how to access this Masters image folder and all of the original images contained at the ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Masters/ directory, if youre having any difficulty in accessing the directory it may be helpful to refer to: This trick works the same in all versions of Photos for Mac, whether youre running a modern macOS release or a prior Mac OS X version of system software. Know of another handy trick to access your originals and raw image files from Photos app on the Mac? Share it with us in the comments.