Q: iPhoto migration to Photos problem

Hi, I upgraded from iPhoto to Photos and in iPhoto I have lots of albums, with carefully selected images. In Photos some of the albums have included over 1000 other images that were not in the albums in iPhoto. This seems to have happened in many albums. I would love to use Photos but can't seem to make it work with the arrangement of the images I have in iPhoto. Anyone have a suggestion as to what might be happening? Why does Photos change the number of images within albums and add new or old images to an album?

Thanks for any thoughts

Derek

Posted on Nov 23, 2015 8:26 AM

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LarryHN Nov 23, 2015 11:00 AM in response to Derek Burrows
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Nov 23, 2015 11:00 AM in response to Derek Burrows

Are these smart albums or regular albums?

In general albums transfer as is - smart albums may not since Photos has different smart criteria

How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

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Derek Burrows Nov 23, 2015 12:21 PM in response to LarryHN
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Nov 23, 2015 12:21 PM in response to LarryHN

These are regular albums. I don't have any smart albums in my iPhoto library.

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LarryHN Nov 23, 2015 12:57 PM in response to Derek Burrows
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Nov 23, 2015 12:57 PM in response to Derek Burrows

Have these photos ever been in these albums and the deleted prior to migrating?

I fou have iPhoto 9.6.1 backup your iPhoto library and try launching iPhoto 9.6.1 while holding down the option and command keys - repair permissions and rebuid the database, empty the iPHoto trash and the system trash and then drag the rebuilt library to the Photos Icon in the dock to migrate again

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Derek Burrows Nov 23, 2015 1:16 PM in response to LarryHN
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Nov 23, 2015 1:16 PM in response to LarryHN

Thanks Larry, I'll give that a try and see what happens. I appreciate the suggestions

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