Q: iPhoto download for osx Lion?

My current iPhoto Library exhibits no problems.

I have iPhoto version 9.6.1 on El Capitan, which I have not used yet.

I forget which version I upgraded to for iPhoto '11 on Lion, because it is currently compressed while I use iPhoto '09.  I will run it once my Time Machine backup is complete and let you know.

My primary partition of choice continues to be Lion,

I have iPhoto version 9.6.1 on El Capitan.

If you are already on El Capitan with the latest version of iPhoto, then does nothing remain to be done. 

My current iPhoto Library exhibits no problems.

It is just a precaution to repair.  Problems may remain hidden until an update or upgrade of the library needs to rebuild the library in a new format and accesses each and every photo.

But you are on the safe side, since you are creating a backup before you upgrade. 

It is just safer to do a repair on the original system than having to run a repair on a new system after a failed upgrade.

Two responses:

1)  I have not yet opened my iPhoto Library with version 9.6.1.  This version will  not run in Lion.

I want to maintain one set of iPhoto Libraries for use in each of these versions of OS X.

When I do so, will the Library created by this version of iPhoto '11 continue to operate with iPhoto '11 for Lion?  If not, then I will probably only use iPhoto '11 in Lion and not upgrade it for version 9.6.1 in El Capitan until I am forced to do so.

2)  I still do not understand what you mean by "repair."  I have opened my iPhoto '09 version 8.1.2 in Lion and I do not see any menu item labelled Repair.

Sorry for being so slow with these concepts!  Thank you again!

I also seem to be running into a Time Machine problem that is preventing me from completing the first full backup, so until I can fix that problem, I will continue to use iPhoto '09.

Michael,

2)  I still do not understand what you mean by "repair."  I have opened my iPhoto '09 version 8.1.2 in Lion and I do not see any menu item labelled Repair.

iPhoto has built-in  library First Aid Tools. They are are nit visible in the menus, but you launch them by holding down the key combination option-command while launching iPhoto.  They look a bit different for each version, see:  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201769

There are several repair options. As a precaution I'd use the ones with "repair" in the name, not the rebel ones.

1)  I have not yet opened my iPhoto Library with version 9.6.1.  This version will  not run in Lion.

 

I want to maintain one set of iPhoto Libraries for use in each of these versions of OS X.

When I do so, will the Library created by this version of iPhoto '11 continue to operate with iPhoto '11 for Lion?  If not, then I will probably only use iPhoto '11 in Lion and not upgrade it for version 9.6.1 in El Capitan until I am forced to do so.

Generally, any version of iPhoto '11 can open libraries created by earlier versions of iPhoto '11 and iPhoto '09. So you can open your iPhoto 8.1.2 library in any version of iPhoto '11. But as soon as you open it in a newer version, it will be modified, so the older version of iPhoto can no longer read it. You will have to take care to copy the libraries before opening them in a newer version. Always start iPhoto while holding down the options key, so you are presented with the library chooser panel.

If you are working on photo books, finish them in the version that you created the projects in. The templates keep changing between versions, so it is a lot of work to finish a book in a different version.  And get your iPhoto Books printed before March 31., Some forum members have posted here, that Apple employees at the the Apple Stores told them that printing books from iPhoto will no longer be possible after March 31.  iPhoto 9.6.1 is working on El Capitan, but the support for iPhoto is no longer guaranteed.

Great, thanks for all this helpful information!

Now I hope to get some helpful replies to my Time Machine problem posted in Mac OS X Lion...

lordi wrote:

 

It is also claimed that iLife comes as part of the Snow Leopard installation media...

That is not correct: the official Mac OS X Snow Leopard Install DVD does not include iLife.  It used to come with certain Macs, but separate from the operating system.

I am still having Time Machine problems.

Where, in Lion, do I find my iPhoto data files, so that I can manually back them up before I attempt these iPhoto changes?

You backup the iPhoto library - not parts of it

LN

I am not sure where you got the idea that I wanted to backup "parts" of the iPhoto Library; but the question is: where would I find the iPhoto Library in OS X Lion?

The location of your iPhoto Library is independent of the system version, it will be where you created it.  If you did not pick a different location, when the Library has been created, it will be in the folder Pictures in your Home folder.  The folder Pictures may have a different name on your system, if the system language is not English, but the folder will show a camera icon.