I've found these commands really helpful when navigating an iCloud Photo library on a Mac.
The native Photos Application on MacOS prohibits a lot of bulk file activity. These commands should be run from Terminal.
Before starting, it's best to place yourself in the following directory
This command is best executed from the "Masters" directory
The native Photos Application on MacOS prohibits a lot of bulk file activity. These commands should be run from Terminal.
Before starting, it's best to place yourself in the following directory
"/Users/**your username**/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary"
This command is best executed from the "Masters" directory
find . -iname *.cr2 -exec ls -lh {} \;
It finds all CR2 files and reports the file sizes
You could change the ls to a copy, say to copy the image to another folder, like another cloud drive.
Find all file types outside a defined list, and filter those only in the Masters directory
find . -iname *.* | grep Masters | grep -v -i -E '\.jpg|\.jpeg|\.heic|\.png|\.cr2|\.gif|\.mp4'
Find all file types IN a defined list, and filter those only in the Masters directory
find . -iname *.* | grep Masters | grep -i -E '\.jpg|\.jpeg|\.heic'
Count all jpg files
find . -iname *.* | grep Masters | grep -i -E '\.jpg|\.jpeg' | wc -l
Note that counts could be one higher, best to check. wc -l may also count the first . line
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