restore my iPhoto library
How do I restore my iPhoto library of projects and photos. Hate the new "project extensions" for creating books etc.. too expensive and not as good as the Apple inherent product.
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The only way you can do what you want is to restore your Mac back to what you have just prior to upgrading to Catalina. That will let the iPhoto version you had run but you will not be able to order books like you used to.
To order a book hold down the Option key and click on the Buy Book button. That will give you a PDF file that is the same as was uploaded to Apple when they were still offering print services.
There's a 3rd party book provider which used to do the printing for Apple as a sub-contractor, Mimeo, that will take PDF files created by iPhoto and Photos and print and bind books and calendars.
Also you can upload the PDF file to PrestoPhotos which can also print and bind books and calendars from iPhoto or Photos pdf files. They've been doing it for some time now.
Use the PrestoPhotos or Mimeo links above for direct access to the PDF file uploading and book/calendar ordering page for each site.
What I've done is restored my Mojave system to an external SSD
so that I can run the last version of iPhoto, 9.6.1, to create books and calendars and order from Mimeo. Their books are essentially the same as Apple's were as they were a subcontractor to Apple. The only difference is they substitute their logo on the back for Apple's.
