lots of photos aren't in iPhoto or photo. they're in massive folders. I ran into trouble with it saying this library is not compatible. so the files have all been pulled out of the photo libraries. id really like to find a finder based solution rather then photo. then I also have iPhone photos and photobooth libraries and DCIM from camera cause I stopped trusting any photo software by apple as well.
this is pretty much what happened to my iTunes library. I ended up letting it all get deleted. I don't want smart linking to multiple machines. I can make my own backups. I think LION is where it started going to **** for me.
my current photo library is empty. never booted it. so I don't know what to do. I don't want to throw them back into iPhoto./photo. I've never seen a program do as much chaotic damage as this. I don't even want to use it. am I supposed to drag all these back into iphoto? thats going to make massive dupes. the first time it went to photo my library was demolished then the incompatibility between versions and libraries made it so much worse. I don't have any idea how to start undoing it.
add to that the nightmare that is iCloud Drive... I've been with Mac since the //e. the Mac classic, Mac SE. Mac performa 6300, gumdrops, and now a series of Mac minis. if I can't come up with a solution I'll be ending my 30 year run with apple.
