When trying to import photos from older iPhoto I get the message:
The library version for “iPhoto Library” is not supported. It can be opened with macOS Monterey (version 12) or earlier. Alternatively, you can use Library Import to add photos from one library into another.
Where to go from here?
iMac 27″, macOS 13.1
With Photos V 8.0 you can import an iPhoto library but not "migrate" it. You can also use the paid version of PowerPhotos to import an iPhoto library into a Photos library but will get more of the organization effort in the iPhoto library. Here's a comparison of the two apps:
If you have a lot of organizational effort in your Aperture library you might want to use the paid version of PowerPhotos to merge the Aperture library into your current Photos library.
I ran a number of tests with a 50 photo Photos library with keywords, captions, keywords and locations. I merged it into an empty library using Photos and PowerPhotos. This is what I found was imported by each;
PowerPhotos: Photos:
Albums -----------
Captions Captions
Titles Titles
Original images Original images
Keywords Keywords
Edited images Edited images
--------------- Locations
Favorites Favorites
Can detect and exclude Duplicates
duplicates or not
Neither method included projects.
Both methods could import older iPhoto libraries into a Photos library when the iPhoto library couldn't be migrated into a Photos library.
With Photos V 8.0 you can import an iPhoto library but not "migrate" it. You can also use the paid version of PowerPhotos to import an iPhoto library into a Photos library but will get more of the organization effort in the iPhoto library. Here's a comparison of the two apps:
If you have a lot of organizational effort in your Aperture library you might want to use the paid version of PowerPhotos to merge the Aperture library into your current Photos library.
I ran a number of tests with a 50 photo Photos library with keywords, captions, keywords and locations. I merged it into an empty library using Photos and PowerPhotos. This is what I found was imported by each;
PowerPhotos: Photos:
Albums -----------
Captions Captions
Titles Titles
Original images Original images
Keywords Keywords
Edited images Edited images
--------------- Locations
Favorites Favorites
Can detect and exclude Duplicates
duplicates or not
Neither method included projects.
Both methods could import older iPhoto libraries into a Photos library when the iPhoto library couldn't be migrated into a Photos library.
importing iPhoto images to Ventura 13
