burdell1
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Q: How can I add my iPhoto events to the Photos app again?

Is there a way to do this if I already have a Photos library app set up? is there a way to reset it so it prompts me to ask if i want to import my iPhotos events?

iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Dec 5, 2015 6:23 AM

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Q: How can I add my iPhoto events to the Photos app again?

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Dec 5, 2015 7:35 AM in response to burdell1
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    Dec 5, 2015 7:35 AM in response to burdell1

    Photos cannot merge libraries, but you can open as many libraries in Photos as you like.

     

    To open your iPhoto Library in Photos drag the iPhoto Library onto the Photos icon in the Dock.  This will create a new Photos library from it and open it in Photos.

    See this help page on how to work with more than one Photos Library:     https://help.apple.com/photos/mac/1.0/?lang=en#/pht6d60b524

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Dec 5, 2015 7:42 AM in response to burdell1
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    Dec 5, 2015 7:42 AM in response to burdell1

    no

     

    You can export photos from iPhoto and import into Photos

     

    YOu can start over migrating your current iPhoto library (this of course will con contain any thing you have added or modified using Photos since the original migration)

     

    YOu can have multiple Photos libraries adn move photos between them using the paid version of PowerPhotos

     

    Without more details we can lnly make guesses and suggestions

     

    LN

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 5, 2015 12:22 PM in response to burdell1
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    Dec 5, 2015 12:22 PM in response to burdell1

    is there a way to reset it so it prompts me to ask if i want to import my iPhotos events?

    Didn't Photos migrate your iPhoto albums and Events as albums when you first migrated your iPhoto Library to a Photos Library? 

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  • by burdell1,

    burdell1 burdell1 Dec 6, 2015 7:44 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Dec 6, 2015 7:44 AM in response to Old Toad

    If i combine it my iPhotos library will it increase the size of the my Photos library by the same amount of gigabytes my iPhoto library is?

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Dec 6, 2015 9:44 AM in response to burdell1
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    Dec 6, 2015 9:44 AM in response to burdell1

    What is "it" and what are you planning on doing and how does this relate to your original question? Neither Photos nor iPhoto supports "combining" libraries.

     

     

    Nothing you do in iPhoto has any effect on Photos - they are two separate programs with no connection

     

    When you do a migration from iPhoto to Photos very little extra space is used - Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support

     

     

    Please clarify your new question

     

    LN

  • by burdell1,

    burdell1 burdell1 Dec 7, 2015 5:33 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Dec 7, 2015 5:33 AM in response to LarryHN

    Sorry..the "it" was a mistake.

     

    I  could create a new Photos library by dragging my iPhoto library to the Photos icon in the dock and then combine those two Photos libraries with PowerPhotos but i'd rather not do that cause I'm afraid (on the off chance) some of the photos in my original Photos library might get deleted.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 7, 2015 8:54 AM in response to burdell1
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    Dec 7, 2015 8:54 AM in response to burdell1

    I'm afraid (on the off chance) some of the photos in my original Photos library might get deleted.

    That's what backups are for.

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  • by burdell1,

    burdell1 burdell1 Dec 11, 2015 5:52 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Dec 11, 2015 5:52 AM in response to Old Toad

    If anyone else is trying to do this, don't. After trying several times to have the iPhoto library be imported into this library, i finally gave up and reverted back to the backup. However, now i can't get all my devices photo libraries to sync. so if anyone out there who reads this is thinking about trying this, DON'T! it isn't worth it.

  • by burdell1,

    burdell1 burdell1 Jan 20, 2016 5:19 PM in response to burdell1
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    Jan 20, 2016 5:19 PM in response to burdell1

    Has anyone came up with an alternative way to do this?

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jan 20, 2016 6:05 PM in response to burdell1
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    Jan 20, 2016 6:05 PM in response to burdell1

    Sorry but what exactly do you want - you were given several alternatives

     

    You can export photos from iPhoto and import into Photos

     

    You can start over migrating your current iPhoto library (this of course will con contain any thing you have added or modified using Photos since the original migration)

     

    You can have multiple Photos libraries and move photos between them using the paid version of PowerPhotos

     

    Without more details we can only make guesses and suggestions

     

    Those are your options unless you provide more details

     

    LN