John Coady
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Q: Transfer a Book from iPhoto to Photos

Just found out that you can't make a Book in iPhoto anymore - but I am in the process of making one right now (lot of work!).

 

So my question is:  How do I transfer the book from iPhoto to Photos to finish the job?

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 11:47 AM

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Q: Transfer a Book from iPhoto to Photos

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Sep 15, 2016 12:54 PM in response to John Coady
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    Sep 15, 2016 12:54 PM in response to John Coady

    You can open the iPhoto Library in Photos. It will create a migrated Photos library.

    But your book may only be migrated as an album, see this support page:

     

    How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

    Some photo books and calendars, made with themes that Photos no longer supports, migrate to Albums.

     

    You will probably have to recreate the book in Photos.

     

    Or alternately, finish the book in iPhoto and export it as a PDF file, then have it printed by a different service.

    Presto Photo can print PDF files of books created in IPhoto, one possible printing service.

     

    You could also use the Preview application on your new Mac to  split the PDF pages from your iPhoto book into separate JPEGs files, one for each book page. Then add these jpegs as full size photos to a new, empty Photo book in Photos for Mac and have it printed by Apple.

     

    for the best quality recreate the book in Photos for Mac, starting from  the migrated lPhoto Library.