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m021478

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Nov 23, 2007
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I recently bought a new Mac and I need to configure Photos.app to use my massive 1.1TB Photos.app Library that I have stored on an external drive.

Thing is, I also have iCloud Photo Library enabled and when I initially tried linking the fresh install of Photos.app to the 1.1TB Library by holding the 'Option' key when first launching the app, I was given a warning that said:

You May Run Out Of iCloud Storage By Uploading This Library
This Mac is storing 1.1 TB (1,125.32 GB) of photos and videos. You currently have 334.67 GB of iCloud storage available. If you run out of storage, this Mac will not backup to iCloud and photos, videos, documents and data will no longer update.​

Do I click 'Continue' or 'Cancel' when I get this message?

The 1.1TB Library that I am linking is already uploaded to iCloud, so it shouldn't take up any more space than has already been used. I just don't want to accidentally screw anything up and wind up with duplicates or have to reupload all 1.1TB of photos. How should I proceed? Thanks!
 
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