You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

nic769 Author

Level 1

4 points

How do I recover my iPhoto pictures once I've installed Catalina?

I just upgraded from El Capitain to Catalina. Had many photos on iPhoto. Now cannot open. How do I recover them?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 22, 2020 3:54 PM

Top-ranking reply

Yer_Man

Level 10

164,040 points

Posted on Aug 23, 2020 1:37 AM

iPhoto was discontinued 5 years ago. It is no longer developed or sold. It was replaced by the more powerful (and free) Photos.app that comes with the OS. You can migrate to that app very simply:

Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch Photos. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and point at your iPhoto Library. It will do the rest.

If you prefer not to use Photos there are several 3rd party apps that you can use. Which to choose depends on the kind of photographer you are and your budget.

View in context

How do I recover my iPhoto pictures once I've installed Catalina?

Similar questions