how do you change iPhotos to photos?

I couldn't stream my iPhotos from my phone to my Mac. It says My " iPhotos needs to be changed to Photos". How do I do that?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 12, 2021 11:48 AM

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Posted on May 12, 2021 12:39 PM

Simple.


Quit iPhoto.


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.


Then delete the iPhoto app.


Done.

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