Back up photos only leaving half on computer

[joepatr]

Hi all,

Apologies if this is the wrong forum.

In summary - my MacBook is full and almost the majority is my collection of photos which are stored in Apple Photos and I want to delete some pictures (from 2005 - 2010) from the Photos Library stored on the computer, but not from the Photos Library on the External Hard Drive.

Every year or so I back up my Photos Library onto an External Hard Drive by dragging and dropping the 'Photos Library' from Pictures, onto the hard drive.

My MacBook being at full capacity means I need to clear out some space so I was thinking of deleting all photos I took prior to 2010.

What is the best way of going about this, and how, at the same time, can I ensure that when I back up the photos library next year, it retains the pre-2010 photos which I deleted from the computer hard drive, but not the external hard drive?

Thanks

 

[Fishrrman]

This doesn't solve your problem, but...
... are you backing up your external hard drive, as well as the internal drive?

 

[joepatr]

My main priority at the moment is making my computer usable. I cant even check emails at the moment because no space left!