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Photos 7.0 with High Sierra 10.13.6?

Hello,

I'm currently running Photos 3.0

Is there any way that I can update this to 7.0 or really anything newer than 3.0?


Thank you!

iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Apr 16, 2022 6:14 AM

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Posted on Apr 16, 2022 8:17 AM

The Photos.app is installed as a part of the system. To upgrade to Photos 7 you would have to install macOS 12 Monterey, if your Mac is compatible with this system.


The Photos.app is just a wrapper to call system utilities, that is why the app itself does not need much storage and needs the correct system version to support it.

The size of Photos 7 is just 62.7MB - compare it to iPhoto 9.6.1 with a size of 1.7 GB. iPhoto 9.6.1 has been self contained and could run on many different system versions, but Fotos 7 can only run on Monterey.


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Apr 16, 2022 8:17 AM in response to lsrichards

The Photos.app is installed as a part of the system. To upgrade to Photos 7 you would have to install macOS 12 Monterey, if your Mac is compatible with this system.


The Photos.app is just a wrapper to call system utilities, that is why the app itself does not need much storage and needs the correct system version to support it.

The size of Photos 7 is just 62.7MB - compare it to iPhoto 9.6.1 with a size of 1.7 GB. iPhoto 9.6.1 has been self contained and could run on many different system versions, but Fotos 7 can only run on Monterey.


Photos 7.0 with High Sierra 10.13.6?

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