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Q: IOS 8 Photos is missing info from iPhoto

Anyone else having this issue? Can I go back to iPhoto library and retrieve the information? It is not on everything, just some items didn't convert cleanly.

iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on May 20, 2015 6:52 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 20, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Faithfulone
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    May 20, 2015 6:56 AM in response to Faithfulone

    IiPhoto should still be in your Applications folder. Drag it back to the Dock and launch it.  You will see an alert, that the iPhoto library has been migrated to photos. Press tee button "open iPhoto".

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN May 20, 2015 7:06 AM in response to Faithfulone
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    May 20, 2015 7:06 AM in response to Faithfulone

    You need to explain more clearly and give details

     

    you state that you have OS X 10.7.5 - obviously that is incorrect - I assume you have upgraded to OS X 10.10.3

     

    You ask about iPhoto for IOS - that does not exist as IOS is only on mobile devices - I assume that you mean iPhoto '11 on OS X 10.7.5?  If so then iPhoto is on your system in the applications folder - if you are running OS X 10.10.3 then you need version 9.6.1 - update - if you did not prior tup the OS upgrade see Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the App Store

     

    You ask about Photos for IOS - again that is only on Moblie devices - on the Mac when you install OS X 10.10.3 you add a new photos for Mac program

     

    and you give us no clue of that the problem is - remember we can not see you

     

    what exactly does this mean?

    an I go back to iPhoto library and retrieve the information? It is not on everything, just some items didn't convert cleanly.

     

    As stated above,  on your Mac you can run iphoto 9.6.1 or you can run Photos - you can not "get information out of the iPhoto library" and out it into the Photos library

     

    What exactly is the issue and what exactly do you want to do?

     

    LN

  • by Faithfulone,

    Faithfulone Faithfulone May 21, 2015 6:59 AM in response to LarryHN
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    May 21, 2015 6:59 AM in response to LarryHN

    I am asking for a little grace here; if I seem confused it is because I am!

     

    I am running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 (BTW, I did not say I was running 10.7.5 -- it is a default in the chat community pick list that I couldn't figure out how to change). My iPhone 5 is running IOS 8.3. Please forgive my mix up on the nomenclature.

     

    My iPhoto version is 9.6.1.

     

    The problem I experienced when I migrated all my iPhoto library into Photos is that some of the titles and descriptions associated with the photos did not migrate. The problem doesn't appear to be consistent across the board as some data did migrate. But with over 13,000 images in the library, it will be a long and tedious task for me to re-enter all the titles and descriptions, or for that matter to even remember what they were! Many of my photos in the library were scanned images from very old family photos and it has literally taken me years to get them identified and captioned.

     

    So my question is, how best do I get all the missing data? I have archived versions of my iPhoto library I could restore. Would there be a way in the migration process to assure that all the data stays "attached" to the photos? I am not opposed to using Photos but could go back to just iPhoto for a time until perhaps more bugs got worked out of Photos for Mac.

     

    To make matters more complicated, I now have added probably 300 photos to the Photos for Mac/iCloud library since the migration 3 weeks ago. Those will not be in my archived iPhoto library, of course.

     

    So I am in a quandary about what to do. Please advise.

  • by Boyd Porter,Helpful

    Boyd Porter Boyd Porter May 21, 2015 8:06 AM in response to Faithfulone
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    May 21, 2015 8:06 AM in response to Faithfulone

    To change the product information, click on your avatar/name next to any of your messages in this thread.  You edit/add/delete products under the Bio tab.

     

    Have a nice day.

  • by Faithfulone,Helpful

    Faithfulone Faithfulone May 21, 2015 8:16 AM in response to Faithfulone
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    May 21, 2015 8:16 AM in response to Faithfulone

    Thank you Boyd Porter. I have updated my info now.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 21, 2015 10:08 AM in response to Faithfulone
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    May 21, 2015 10:08 AM in response to Faithfulone

    My iPhoto version is 9.6.1.

     

    The problem I experienced when I migrated all my iPhoto library into Photos is that some of the titles and descriptions associated with the photos did not migrate. The problem doesn't appear to be consistent across the board as some data did migrate.

    The titles you are seeing in iPhoto have two sources - titles you entered manually, and the filenames.

    • if you manually entered a title, it will be saved in the IPTC data and show in Photos below the thumbnails.
    • If you did not enter a title, iPhoto will show the filename as the default title. But Photos does show the filename only in the Info panel for a photo. To see it below the thumbnail, copy and paste it from the Info panel into the title text field - the first line of the Info panel.

     

    If a photo has no manually entered title, you'll only see "Untitled" below the thumbnail, and only if you hover the pointer there.

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