HT204887: Find your pictures or albums after you migrate a library to Photos

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KaceyBrian
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Mac OS X

Q: Lost images downloaded to Photos pre-iPhoto merge

I downloaded images into Photos prior to merging my iPhoto library into the program. Now I cannot find the images I had previously downloaded. Is there a way to recover them?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 4, 2016 12:01 AM

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KaceyBrian

Q: Lost images downloaded to Photos pre-iPhoto merge

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 6, 2016 5:17 AM in response to KaceyBrian
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    Photos for Mac
    Sep 6, 2016 5:17 AM in response to KaceyBrian

    We can not help unless you provide details

     

    what other program did you use to "merge" your iPhoto library into Photos? (That is not possible so what ever you did is likely the cause and the only likely answer will be to restore your backup fro before you did this)

     

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Sep 6, 2016 7:46 AM in response to KaceyBrian
    Level 10 (105,217 points)
    iLife
    Sep 6, 2016 7:46 AM in response to KaceyBrian

    Now I cannot find the images I had previously downloaded. Is there a way to recover them?

    Did you open your iPhoto Library in Photos for Mac?  Then Photos will have created a new library since it cannot merge libraries. Check, if your old library is still there:

    • Quit Photos , if it is running.
    • Hold down the options key while you launch Photos again. Keep holding down the options key, until you are seeing the library chooser panel. 

    Does Photos show a second Photos Library? Then open the other library. Are your older photos in the other library?