Where are the sidecar files AAE located in Finder?

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I'd like to know where the sidecar files for Photos are located in the Mac (Finder).

Thank you.

asked Apr 6 at 22:02

Antonio23249

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In Terminal: find / -type f -iname *.aae 2>/dev/null – user3439894 Apr 6 at 22:24
Great, thank you. – Antonio23249 Apr 6 at 23:10
This doesn't seem to work. I've edited several pictures and this command just returned a hit I had seen before I edited them (result: /Users/MyUserName/Pictures/IMG_1337.AAE) I also tried find / -type f -iname ".aae" 2>/dev/null. Aren't these sidecars stored in a typical folder in Finder?. Thanks for your answer anyway, I know it's a bit frustrating not to be understood. – Antonio23249 Apr 7 at 14:47
isn't this the same as creating a smart folder to look for File Extension:AAE? would that locate AEE files wherever they are? – Antonio23249 Apr 7 at 17:16
If you want to check for directories and files just leave the -type f out of the command and find will look at all types. – user3439894 Apr 7 at 17:25

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