turbosi92
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Q: Mavericks to El Capitan iPhoto concern

Anyone go from Mavericks to El Capitan? I'm on the older 9.5.1 iPhoto and thus never went to 9.6.1 which was for Yosemite. I've got a pretty large iPhoto library i'd rather not lose but i'm assuming this transfers to the new photos app? iPhoto will cease to work once i upgrade?

 

27" imac

i7

SSD

2 TB drive instead of DVD drive

8gb ram

 

Thanks!

iMac i7

Posted on Sep 30, 2015 5:45 PM

by léonie,Solvedanswer
léonie léonie
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A:

Does iPhoto show at the App Store in your Purchases history?  Then you should be able to update to iPhoto 9.6.1 after you upgrade to El Capitan by reinstalling iPhoto as described in Barney's User Tip.

 

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

 

Basically, move the incompatible iPhoto version from the Applications folder  to the Trash (the application, not your iPhoto Library). Then sign into the App Store and open the Purchases tab. It should now show "Install" to the right of iPhoto.

 

iPhoto 9.6.1 is working well on Ell Capitan.

 

But if you want to migrate your iPhoto library to Photos, you can do that by opening the iPhoto Library in Photos. An iPhoto 9.5.1 library is compatible with Photos.

Posted on Sep 30, 2015 5:56 PM

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  • by léonie,Solvedanswer

    léonie léonie Sep 30, 2015 5:56 PM in response to turbosi92
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    Sep 30, 2015 5:56 PM in response to turbosi92

    Does iPhoto show at the App Store in your Purchases history?  Then you should be able to update to iPhoto 9.6.1 after you upgrade to El Capitan by reinstalling iPhoto as described in Barney's User Tip.

     

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

     

    Basically, move the incompatible iPhoto version from the Applications folder  to the Trash (the application, not your iPhoto Library). Then sign into the App Store and open the Purchases tab. It should now show "Install" to the right of iPhoto.

     

    iPhoto 9.6.1 is working well on Ell Capitan.

     

    But if you want to migrate your iPhoto library to Photos, you can do that by opening the iPhoto Library in Photos. An iPhoto 9.5.1 library is compatible with Photos.

  • by turbosi92,

    turbosi92 turbosi92 Sep 30, 2015 6:18 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 30, 2015 6:18 PM in response to léonie

    It doesn't show in my purchases.  I've upgraded it over the years from a disc copy i bought probably in 2010 or 2011. 

     

    It shows in my "Incompatiable updates"

  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Sep 30, 2015 6:35 PM in response to turbosi92
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    Sep 30, 2015 6:35 PM in response to turbosi92

    The update is showing as incompatible, because iPhoto 9.6.1 does not run on Mavericks, but it is compatible with El Capitan.

     

    And if you should not be able to install this update, the Photos.app will be able to open your iPhoto Library.

    See this document on how the library will migrate:  How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

     

    And you may want to have a look at these User Tips:

  • by turbosi92,

    turbosi92 turbosi92 Sep 30, 2015 6:35 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 30, 2015 6:35 PM in response to léonie

    Thank you very much for the information.  So once I upgrade, i should be able to install 9.6.1 if i needed too?

     

    I'm actually doing all the backups now (Time machines, carbon copy and SuperDuper) and once done i'll start install.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 30, 2015 6:40 PM in response to turbosi92
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    Sep 30, 2015 6:40 PM in response to turbosi92

    Yes, you should be able to.

    But some forum members had problems to download the update. apple had temporarily removed it from the appStore.

     

    I would create a bootable clone of your Mac on a external disk as a backup the system you are now having. You can use it to start your Mac from this backup or to restore it to the current state, just in case.

  • by stevejobsfan0123,

    stevejobsfan0123 stevejobsfan0123 Sep 30, 2015 6:42 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 30, 2015 6:42 PM in response to léonie

    léonie wrote:

     

    iPhoto 9.6.1 is working well on El Capitan.

    Hi léonie,

     

    Have you noticed that if you go to the iCloud tab in the sidebar, it asks you to sign in every time you restart your Mac (and then it redownloads all of the photo Stream photos)? Maybe that's just me.

  • by turbosi92,

    turbosi92 turbosi92 Sep 30, 2015 8:12 PM in response to léonie
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    Sep 30, 2015 8:12 PM in response to léonie

    I just finished the upgrade.  All is fine except i can't upgrade to th elatest version of iPhoto via update process.  It shows but won't update.

     

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 30, 2015 10:46 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123
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    Sep 30, 2015 10:46 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123
    it asks you to sign in every time you restart your Mac (and then it redownloads all of the photo Stream photos)?

    Occasionally, but only if I had been using My Photo Stream for a different Photo Library, in Photos or Aperture.That is to expected, because only one library can be used with iCloud. So switching between two libraries that are using iCloud will result in downloading My Photo Stream again.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 30, 2015 10:50 PM in response to turbosi92
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    Sep 30, 2015 10:50 PM in response to turbosi92

    Check again, if iPhoto is now showing on the Purchases tab. And check again the hidden Purchases as described here:  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202320

  • by mijägo,Helpful

    mijägo mijägo Oct 1, 2015 6:26 PM in response to turbosi92
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    Oct 1, 2015 6:26 PM in response to turbosi92

    I had the same problem: the old iPhoto doesn’t work and you cannot load the update from the Apple Store.

    Not only this it is annoying that Apple wants to to update the iPhoto app but fails to do that.

     

    The solution to fix this was:

    1) I deleted all iPhoto apps (incl. from iLife '11) via AppCleaner (a free program)

    2) I went to the purchased tab on App Store and downloaded the iPhoto version there.

  • by turbosi92,

    turbosi92 turbosi92 Oct 1, 2015 6:26 PM in response to mijägo
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    Oct 1, 2015 6:26 PM in response to mijägo

    FINALLY got it to work.  I really didn't do anything different but it worked.  Thanks everyone!!

  • by jencello,

    jencello jencello Nov 29, 2015 1:13 AM in response to turbosi92
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    Nov 29, 2015 1:13 AM in response to turbosi92

    I basically have the same Mac that you do... I tried the iPhoto fix (putting app in the trash and Installing a new one), but I ended up with another copy of 9.5.1.  I'm also still on Maverick and never upgraded to Yosemite.  What did you do to get 9.6.1?  And does it really matter if I just want to upgrade to Photos in El Capitan?  Thanks!

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 29, 2015 1:19 AM in response to jencello
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    Nov 29, 2015 1:19 AM in response to jencello

    To be able to install iPhoto 9.6.1 you need to be running MacOS X 10.10.3 or later. iPhoto 9.6.1 is not compatible with Mvericks.

     

    The problem is, that iPhoto 9.5.1 will not run on El Capitan. So you have first to upgrade the system and keep your thumbs crossed that you will be able to update iPhoto after the system upgrade.  But it is encouraging, that you could reinstall iPhoto from the AppStore. So it will probably work after the El Capitan upgrade and then reinstalling will install iPhoto 9.6.1 after you trash iPhoto 9.5.1,