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Q: I hate this new Photos!

I had already spent hours multiple times to get all my photos sorted. I have traveled all over the world and have thousands of pics, also have Faces set up with those locations. Now, after this latest update, everything has totally changed and I am so angry I could scream or choke someone! What can I do to get the iPhoto back and get rid of this update?

 

Thanks for the help if there is any hope left.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 24, 2015 8:24 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 11, 2015 9:54 PM in response to TeeArt01
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    May 11, 2015 9:54 PM in response to TeeArt01
    It says to go to the app store but then it tells you it's not available. So not quite so simple as just finding it and using it.

    You can no longer buy iPhoto from the App Store anywhere, and also not update it from the "Updates" tab of the App Store. You can however reinstall it, if it is showing among your Purchases at the App Store and associated with your AppleID.

    Sign into the App Store and look at the Purchases tab.  If you do not see iPhoto there, try to unhide your Purchases as described on this page:   Hide and unhide purchases in the Mac App Store - Apple Support

     

    If iPhoto shows on your Purchases tab, reinstall as described in this User Tip:

     

    Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS... | Apple Support Communities

     

    The main idea is to move the incompatible iPhoto app to the Trash, so Spotlight does not see it as installed, reload the App Store by pressing ⌘R, and then to try to download again from the App Store - from your Purchases tab, not from the main page, since you can neither buy iPhoto nor update it, but you can reinstall, if your AppleID is associated with it.

    So move iPhoto to the Trash (don't empty the Trash), relaunch the App Store. The button to the right if iPhoto should change to Install on the "Purchases" tab.

  • by TeeArt01,

    TeeArt01 TeeArt01 May 11, 2015 11:10 PM in response to léonie
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    May 11, 2015 11:10 PM in response to léonie

    Yes but why would it even be a purchase in the app store if it came with the computer? Mine is a work computer so any extra apps that were added were added by the computer tech on his account not mine. I've spoken to Apple and they said if it's not in the purchases in his account (which they don't think it will be) then they can send me a disc with a version of iPhoto that I can use. They are being really helpful but they wouldn't have to go to all this trouble if it wasn't such a rubbish app.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 12, 2015 12:20 AM in response to TeeArt01
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    May 12, 2015 12:20 AM in response to TeeArt01
    Yes but why would it even be a purchase in the app store if it came with the computer? Mine is a work computer so any extra apps that were added were added by the computer tech on his account not mine

    Then the person who set up the computer and accepted iPhoto to her/his AppleID would have to do the update using the same AppleID. Usually you would associate apps that come preinstalled with your AppleID at the App store by accepting them to the AppleID, so they can be updated using the same AppleID. That hold for all preinstalled apps  with MacOS X 10.107 or later.

  • by 4Sooners,

    4Sooners 4Sooners May 19, 2015 12:23 PM in response to LarryHN
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    May 19, 2015 12:23 PM in response to LarryHN

    Thank you!  I did not know this and it makes my day. 

  • by Kkkdiy,

    Kkkdiy Kkkdiy Jun 1, 2015 1:30 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Jun 1, 2015 1:30 PM in response to LarryHN

    Thank you SOOOO much!!! I was so mad I thought I lost all my sorted albums!!!

    I just looked for iPhoto in my applications and it's there and all my albums and everything I sorted it's the same!!! I'm so happy!!!!

  • by LindsayBMurphy,

    LindsayBMurphy LindsayBMurphy Jun 7, 2015 11:22 PM in response to léonie
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    Jun 7, 2015 11:22 PM in response to léonie

    I did exactly as you send and I hit the install button in the Purchases tab.  However it says it is downloading to my Launchpad and even has a status bar below the rocket, but then hen it finishes the iPhoto app is nowhere.  If I go back to the purchases tab and refresh it to try and open it there it then says install again.

     

    Any ideas?

     

    Thanks.

  • by Davyth15,

    Davyth15 Davyth15 Jun 30, 2015 7:45 AM in response to dynasg2009
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    Jun 30, 2015 7:45 AM in response to dynasg2009

    OK - this may not be for everyone, but, after ******* around with various people's suggestions, I realized that:

     

    a) I still had iPhoto, and

    b) I still had Aperture.

     

    I wanted to go back to iPhoto, but I had a whole slew of stuff in Photos that wefren't on iPhoto and I needed in iPhoto. Imagine the tedious process of export/import. Yuck!!! I have to admit I started doing this - with messages that my drive was getting full!!!!

     

    So, Photos will let me export whatever I want to Aperture. Neat. I selected the missing photos from iPhotos in Photos and sent them to Aperture. Aperture shares the iPhoto library, so any changes to Aperture shows up in iPhoto! Easy-peasy!

     

    Now, why didn't "Photos" think of that! I think it's Apple trying to make us do what they want (or think we want) and not what we want! It really is a **** trait of Apple that makes you do what they want you to do and makes as sure as possible you can't get around it easily - if at all!!!

     

    Hope this helps someone - and maybe alerts Apple to its failed mission to provide user-friendly software and apps that are not Windozed!

     

     

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 30, 2015 7:48 AM in response to Davyth15
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    Jun 30, 2015 7:48 AM in response to Davyth15

    Very first answer explained this (for iPhoto since that was the OP's question)

     

    Nothing to "get back" - iPhoto is in your applications folder - launch and use it - no reason in the world to use a program you hate

    That was all you had to read - if you wanted more information like how to =do the same for Aperture (same answer of course) or how to move photos form Photos to either iPhoto or Photos then all you had to do is start a new thread and ask

     

    No need to swear and RANT - just calming follow the instructions and if there is not enough there then ask you own question (threadJacking other's questions is Rude and confusing)

     

    LN

  • by lola7cs,

    lola7cs lola7cs Jun 30, 2015 11:04 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Jun 30, 2015 11:04 AM in response to LarryHN

    Hi, I tried that but the app under "Purchases" won't open, and when I did the spotlight search and found it, I clicked on it but when it said I had to update the program, the response was the update is not available.  I am at a loss.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 30, 2015 11:12 AM in response to lola7cs
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    Jun 30, 2015 11:12 AM in response to lola7cs

    lola7cs wrote:

     

    Hi, I tried that but the app under "Purchases" won't open, and when I did the spotlight search and found it, I clicked on it but when it said I had to update the program, the response was the update is not available.  I am at a loss.

    Have you read the User Tip?  Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS... | Apple Support Communities

     

    Only iPhoto 9.6.1 will run on MacOS X 10.10.3.  Move the incompatible version to the Trash. Spotlight must not see it as installed.  On't empty the trash. Then open the Purchases tab of the App Store again. It should now show "Install" instead of run.  Install the iPhoto again. It will install the current, new version.

  • by lola7cs,

    lola7cs lola7cs Jun 30, 2015 11:36 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 30, 2015 11:36 AM in response to léonie

    Thanks, I did that and iPhoto is now installing.  What do I do with the version in the trash?  Do I need that to retrieve photos?

    And I guess I am piggybacking on someone else's original post; sorry, didn't realize that was a no-no.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 30, 2015 11:39 AM in response to lola7cs
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    Jun 30, 2015 11:39 AM in response to lola7cs

    You will only need the version i the Trash if you want to revert to an earlier version of your system.  But you will have a Time Machine backup of your Mac anyway, if you just updated to a new system.

  • by rmr55,

    rmr55 rmr55 Jun 30, 2015 11:51 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 30, 2015 11:51 AM in response to léonie

    "Usually you would associate apps that come preinstalled with your AppleID at the App store by accepting them to the AppleID, so they can be updated using the same AppleID. That hold for all preinstalled apps  with MacOS X 10.107 or later."

    How do I do this?

    thank you

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 30, 2015 1:26 PM in response to rmr55
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    Jun 30, 2015 1:26 PM in response to rmr55

    rmr55 wrote:

     

    "Usually you would associate apps that come preinstalled with your AppleID at the App store by accepting them to the AppleID, so they can be updated using the same AppleID. That hold for all preinstalled apps  with MacOS X 10.107 or later."

    How do I do this?

    thank you

    You do that when you set up a new Mac.  When you first open the AppStore and look at the Purchases tab of the Appstore, the preinstalled iLIfe applications (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand) will be waiting on the Purchases tab with an "Accept" button beside them.  If you click that button, it will associate the apps with your Apple ID, and you can update  them using that ID.

     

    When MacOS 10.9. came out, you could also associate the earlier iPhoto '11 versions, bought on iLIfe '11 installer disks with your AppleID by updating them to iPhoto 9.4.5, the first App Store only version.

  • by gregally,

    gregally gregally Jul 1, 2015 5:05 AM in response to BarryVivie
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    Jul 1, 2015 5:05 AM in response to BarryVivie

    Yes I agree....if it ain't broke don't fix it!   iPhoto was so much easier to use.  I hate the new Photo's.  I purchased the AppleMac for the iMovie and iPhoto now will look at moving away from Apple, because it's just too hard to use.

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