JaxPhillip

Q: Former iPhoto & Aperture User in Mourning

Before converting to El Capitan (ver 10.11.6) I enjoyed using iPhoto and Aperture.  Although Photos effectively replaces iPhoto, there are situations when I liked having the deep features of Aperture.  After not reading all the fine print I learned the hard way that those apps would no longer function when running El Capitan.  iPhoto is not so much an issue, but losing Aperture is a bitter pill to swallow especially considering what I paid for the application.

 

The App store keeps sending updates for iPhoto and Aperture, but the OS will not allow me to apply them.  Is it recommended that I delete these apps from my system (iMac), moving forward with Photos?  At a minimum, what is the solution to stop getting the updates?  Ideally, is there an option to somehow continue using Aperture?

 

Your expertise and interest is really appreciated.

 

Sincerely,

 

Phillip McDowell

iPhoto '11

Posted on Aug 19, 2016 7:57 AM

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  • by babowa,Solvedanswer

    babowa babowa Aug 19, 2016 10:33 AM in response to JaxPhillip
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    Aug 19, 2016 10:33 AM in response to JaxPhillip

    You will need to be a bit more specific as I am running El Capitan and I still use Aperture. True, it is no longer supported, but it certainly still works with El Capitan (I do not know if it will still work with the new OS coming out this fall though). For that matter, so does iPhoto. Photos is installed by default, but it does not delete iPhoto - when you want to open a photo, you can simply bring up the get info window by highlighting the photo icon and pressing Command + I. Then change the application you want to use with this photo - or all of them - to iPhoto.

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    JaxPhillip JaxPhillip Aug 19, 2016 10:50 AM in response to babowa
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    Aug 19, 2016 10:50 AM in response to babowa

    That is a helpful tip to use with specific photos on an ad hoc basis.  I will try it.

     

    Not sure what else I can offer in way of clarification.  Our machine is an older iMac from 2008 that uses the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 6 GB memory (seemed like plenty then).  As OS upgrades came along I have tried to stay in sync and installed El Capitan not long after it was released.  From the very first, the icons for iPhoto and Aperture became "X-ed" out and attempts to apply app updates are not successful.  The following error message is returned:  "This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled."

     

    Thank you.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Aug 19, 2016 1:27 PM in response to JaxPhillip
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    Aug 19, 2016 1:27 PM in response to JaxPhillip

    Ahh, I see. This is what happened when Apple decided to no longer support Aperture and I'll use my situation as an example: I had purchased it as retail DVD w/upgrades to Aperture 3. It was updated subsequently via the app store; when Apple decided to ditch it, there was a notice that one would need to "register" it at the app store in order for it to be available in the future. I did that and it does show up under my purchases:

     

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    It is no longer being updated, but is available for me.

     

    If you did not "register" it at the time (in 2015), I believe you cannot get it at the app store. If you have the original install media, you could try to install it, but I don't know if El Capitan will allow an outdated app to be installed. Mine has been installed for many years with upgrades to various new OS versions, but I didn't have to worry as it was already installed. The only way around this (that I can think of) would be if you had a Mac with an earlier OS version and either had Aperture installed there or used the DVD to install it. Then you could clone your entire system (just in case), update it to El Capitan, and - once at the current version -  then clone it to your current Mac.