Drag Photos from "Photos" on Mac, to a folder - is it safe?

[Rebani]

Hi

I have all my photos in "Photos" on my Mac, and on my Phone.
But I also have my photos stored in folders on my Mac, "the old" way from the pas 25 years.
Therefore I have folders on my Mac, named by year and events. Ex. "20212 -> "Christmas".

Every month I would like to get all my photos from the last month to my Mac, and then sort it in folders. And then I make backup on a external drive.

I know I can use a 3rd party software, like OneDrive or Dropbox, to automatically upload all new images from my phone. But I would like to avoid 3rd party software.

Can I open the Photos on my Mac, and drag the new pictures from Photos, to a folder? I know I can do that, but is it safe? I want to be sure that it creates 2 separate files, and not just a "dublate" so if one day I delete the picture in my Photos, or delete my whole photo library on my Mac, it's not going to also delete the file I have been dragging out of the "Photos".


Hope it makes sense

 

[Dave Braine]

Yes, it's perfectly safe. Deleting a photo from Photos will not delete it from a folder in Finder.

 

[Rebani]

Yes, it's perfectly safe. Deleting a photo from Photos will not delete it from a folder in Finder.

OK thanks After my post, I just learnt that when I do that, it will not transfer the data from the photos
A photo taken ex. Christmas evening, when I drag it today, it says the picture is taken today.

So I have decided that I will do the file import from my Camera Roll through Dropbox or OneDrive.

 

[TechSnoop]

OK thanks After my post, I just learnt that when I do that, it will not transfer the data from the photos
A photo taken ex. Christmas evening, when I drag it today, it says the picture is taken today.

So I have decided that I will do the file import from my Camera Roll through Dropbox or OneDrive.

That's because you are right-clicking the photo you dragged out and selecting Get Info. That'll show you the file system date i.e. when the file was written to its current location, e.g. Desktop. Instead, click open the photo in Preview, then click the Info ("i") button - the EXIF, IPTC metadata and dates will all be intact.