I have 3 iPhoto libraries and 3 Photo libraries. (Long, long story.) I believe that the iPhoto libraries are already in one of the Photos libraries from when I moved to Photos. But I can't be sure. Is there a way to combine all of them easily? Or at all? I purchased PowerPhotos and perhaps it is possible to do it that way. Any help would be great. TIA.
The best way to do the merging will depend on your system version. Which system version is running on your Mac?
If your Mac is still running macOS 12 or an earlier system version, you are lucky and can create Photos Libraries from your iPhoto Libraries and save the albums and events you have created in iPhoto. Then use PowerPhotos to merge the Photos Libraries.
The conversion of iPhoto Libraires to Photos Libraries is no longer possible on macOS 13 Ventura. In Ventura we can only import the photos from the iPhoto Library to Photos, but not create Photos Libraries to save the structure.
The current version of PowerPhotos can merge iPhoto Libraries directly into existing Photos Libraries. I hope you got yourself the most recent version, PowerPhotos 2.3. It will be the best option on macOS 13 Ventura.
The best way to do the merging will depend on your system version. Which system version is running on your Mac?
If your Mac is still running macOS 12 or an earlier system version, you are lucky and can create Photos Libraries from your iPhoto Libraries and save the albums and events you have created in iPhoto. Then use PowerPhotos to merge the Photos Libraries.
The conversion of iPhoto Libraires to Photos Libraries is no longer possible on macOS 13 Ventura. In Ventura we can only import the photos from the iPhoto Library to Photos, but not create Photos Libraries to save the structure.
The current version of PowerPhotos can merge iPhoto Libraries directly into existing Photos Libraries. I hope you got yourself the most recent version, PowerPhotos 2.3. It will be the best option on macOS 13 Ventura.
You can do it with PowerPhotos easily. Check the help on that app for more or see here:
I'm on Ventura 13.3.1. (I probably have another MacBook somewhere that may be 12.0 or earlier. I will check.) I did buy the PowerPhotos 2.3.
I will read more about PowerPhotos. I'm so relieved that I can merge them all. Between all of them they are over 1 TB. It's 20+ years of photos plus all of my grandmother's and mother's pictures I have scanned.
Thank you!
Combining iPhoto and Photo libraries
