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Q: Where can you see what version your library is?

Where can you see what version your library is?

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Posted on Jun 24, 2016 6:15 AM

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Q: Where can you see what version your library is?

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 24, 2016 6:23 AM in response to sigetty
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    Jun 24, 2016 6:23 AM in response to sigetty

    By looking at what version of iPhoto you have.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 24, 2016 6:28 AM in response to sigetty
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    Jun 24, 2016 6:28 AM in response to sigetty

    The iPhoto Library upgrader will check the version of the library anyway.  You need only to run the upgrader of your library has been created by iPhoto 7.1.2 or an older version. 

     

     

    Did you open the iPhoto Library in your current version if iPhoto?

    Then look for the iPhoto version number below the iPhoto icon in the Finder:

    Screen Shot 2016-06-24 at 15.18.44GMT.png

     

    Otherwise, the version of the library is encoded in the database files in the iPhoto Library.

     

    Select your iPhoto Library in the Finder, then ctrl-click it, use the command "Show Package Contents".

     

    Look for a file "Info.plist".

    If you open this file in a Text Editor or Xcode, you will see code like this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

    <plist version="1.0">

    <dict>

      <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>

      <string>iPhoto Library 9.6.1</string>

      <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>

      <string>9.6.1</string>

    </dict>

    </plist>

    The last string, highlighted here in red is the version number.

     

    Be careful when you open the package. Don't modify or delete anything.