Decarl
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Q: does OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 still support iPhoto?

Before I upgrade to Yosemite 10.10.3 I want to make sure it still supports iPhoto.  I made that mistake on my iPad and lost access to my iPhoto app.  I have looked at all the verbiage on 10.10.3 and while it praises the new Photo App, it does not say anything about support for iPhoto.  So if anyone knows please help.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Apr 23, 2015 3:32 PM

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Q: does OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 still support iPhoto?

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Apr 23, 2015 3:37 PM in response to Decarl
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    Apr 23, 2015 3:37 PM in response to Decarl

    Yes. But if you plan to upgrade to 10.10.3 then you need to be sure you get iPhoto 9.6.1 first.

  • by Decarl,

    Decarl Decarl Apr 23, 2015 3:47 PM in response to Decarl
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    Apr 23, 2015 3:47 PM in response to Decarl

    I may have found the answer - check out:  Get started with Photos for OS X - Apple Support

     

    This Webpage states that:

    Using iPhoto and Aperture after you migrate to Photos

    iPhoto — and Aperture, if you downloaded it — remains on your system in the Applications folder, and you can continue to use it. If you open iPhoto or Aperture after you upgrade to Photos, you’ll be asked if you want to open your library there or in Photos.

    Any changes or edits you make in iPhoto or Aperture aren't reflected in Photos. And any changes or edits you make in Photos will not be reflected in iPhoto or Aperture.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Apr 23, 2015 3:50 PM in response to Decarl
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    Apr 23, 2015 3:50 PM in response to Decarl

    Yes but as Kappy said, if you are not up to date with iPhoto 9.6.1 then that will not help.

     

    Pete

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Apr 23, 2015 4:00 PM in response to petermac87
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    Apr 23, 2015 4:00 PM in response to petermac87

    So, in a second scenario, a Mavericks user upgrading to Yosemite, may not have a chance to update

    their iPhoto since there isn't an update to accommodate the situation; since Mavericks has iPhoto 9.5

    as part of former iLife applications. Before Photos, there had been an upgrade available, if one was

    already at Yosemite 10.10.x for iPhoto. Of course that 'unsupported upgrade' is no longer at App Store.

     

    Pity the fool who follows the shining path without significant alternative to GPS, auto-pilot, & w/o backups.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Apr 23, 2015 4:11 PM in response to K Shaffer
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    Apr 23, 2015 4:11 PM in response to K Shaffer

    K Shaffer wrote:

     

     

     

    Pity the fool who follows the shining path without significant alternative to GPS, auto-pilot, & w/o backups.

    Yes.

     

    Pete

  • by Decarl,

    Decarl Decarl Apr 23, 2015 4:25 PM in response to petermac87
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    Apr 23, 2015 4:25 PM in response to petermac87

    Lucky me I have iPhoto 9.6.1 on my Mac.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Apr 23, 2015 4:34 PM in response to Decarl
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    Apr 23, 2015 4:34 PM in response to Decarl

    Then why are you asking about support for iPhotos? Just click on it as always and use it.

     

    Pete

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Apr 23, 2015 5:08 PM in response to K Shaffer
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    Apr 23, 2015 5:08 PM in response to K Shaffer

    K Shaffer wrote:

     

    So, in a second scenario, a Mavericks user upgrading to Yosemite, may not have a chance to update

    their iPhoto since there isn't an update to accommodate the situation;

    See here: Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS X 10.10.3

    I don't have any direct feedback that this will work in the scenario you propose, but I assume it will.

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Apr 24, 2015 12:24 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Apr 24, 2015 12:24 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Thank you for this information; I saved the link to your user tip and hope

    the upgrade to Yosemite (which I hope to accomplish on a second HDD

    internal to the Late 2012 Mini server model, which has two) while the

    original Mavericks remains in the first hard drive. It included applications

    that were to have free upgrade, in Yosemite. This is part is where it gets

    rather dubious, since the new upgrade may seek to overwrite original

    location and not go to the new location in a different internal HDD.

     

    And will look to see if an update to iPhoto that was done in Mavericks

    (after launching the Mini in January this year, new) appears in App Store.

    Yosemite version iPhoto vaporized, of course, with Photos availability; this

    from short list of "incompatible updates" in App Store, that are for Yosemite.

     

    Plodding on the upgrade path while waiting for the Sun