my 32 bit iPhoto is not working. Did I loose all my photos? How do I get my photos back in the newer version of iPhoto (64 bit)?
Mac mini, macOS 10.15
Photos replaced iPhotos several years ago. Launch Photos with the option key held down. From the resulting dialog, choose your iPhoto Library. Photos will use your iPhoto media to create a new library. Your iPhoto Library will not be changed.
Photos replaced iPhotos several years ago. Launch Photos with the option key held down. From the resulting dialog, choose your iPhoto Library. Photos will use your iPhoto media to create a new library. Your iPhoto Library will not be changed.
You need powerphotos: https://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos/
to merge libraries.
However, if your Photos Library is really sparse - a few hundred images - and you don't edit much, you can just export the unmodified originals and import them into the library derived from your iPhoto Library.
It does migrate all the photos and videos from the iPhoto Library to the Photos Library. I say "media" so I don't have to type "Photos and videos". 8^)
Or are you saying that you already have a Photos Library?
Here are some user tips from Photos for Mac User Tips that will help you in your transition from iPhoto to Photos:
How to prepare the Photo Libraries before upgrading to Catalina - Apple Community ➙ read first if you haven't already upgraded to Catalina
Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac
External Editors in Photos Are Here
Photo Editing Extensions for Photos for Mac
Post 9/30/2018 Printing Options for Photos - Apple Community
Ordering Books and Calendars on a Mac that cannot be updated past El Capitan
Use Project Extensions to order print products in Photos after September 30, 2018 - Apple Support
Create and order print products in Photos with Project Extensions - Apple Support
Since you're already upgraded to Catalina the first line is rather superfluous.
Thank you, that helped a great deal. Do you know if it is possible to migrate all photos that are in the old iPhoto Library permanently into the new 64-bit Photos Library? This way I would just have a single library of photographs/videos.
I seem to have two libraries. I likely had them all along, but because I typically only used iPhoto, it was that library that was much bigger. Thus, my Photos Library was historically pretty sparse with respect to files within. So ... I have two libraries and it would be great to permanently (somehow) roll all the photos from the iPhoto Library into the 64-bit Photos Library. Then, whenever Photos is opened, it is drawing from the correct Library only.
my 32 bit iPhoto is not working. Did I loose all my photos? How do I get my photos back in the newer version of iPhoto (64 bit)?
