I have an old Mac with El Capital OS. I have several gigabytes of pictures stored in it that I want to upload to a cloud, too much to do one by one. This OS is pre-Apple ID, so I can’t just upload to a cloud. The Apple ID page just doesn’t open in it. I tried to copy the photo files to a thumb drive, but probably did it the wrong way. What are my options here? Thanks.
aadriano wrote:
I have an old Mac with El Capital OS. I have several gigabytes of pictures stored in it that I want to upload to a cloud, too much to do one by one. This OS is pre-Apple ID.
No it isn't. The term Apple ID appeared around 2012 while el Capitan was released in 2015. Before the change to Apple ID the account was known as iCloud account or iTunes account separately but performed the same general function. El Capitan could connect to iCloud at the time which had been around since 2011, but newer security protocols make this impossible now.
so I can’t just upload to a cloud.
Other cloud services may work with El Capitan through a newer web browser that supports more current security but likely will be more trouble that it's worth.
I tried to copy the photo files to a thumb drive, but probably did it the wrong way.
What exactly did you do?
What are my options here? Thanks.
That depends on where your photos are located.
Are they stored in the iPhoto app?
Are they in the Photos app?
In a folder as individual files?
What did you copy to the thumb drive exactly?
Why do you say it was the wrong way?
What happened after you copied the photos?
Basically, the easiest way will be to export the photos from the iPhoto library or Photos Library assuming they are in there to the thumb drive.
Without knowing what you did, or where you are trying to access these photos after you transfer them to the thumb drive its hard to offer suggestions, but the most straight forward option will be to open iPhoto or Photos, go to the Edit menu, click on Select All, then click on the File menu, then on Export, navigate to the external thumb drive and select a folder there to export them.
While you could simply copy the "iPhoto Library.iphotolibrary" or "Photos Library.photoslibrary" file to the thumb drive, iPhoto it is an older format that the newer Photos app on a new Mac may have trouble opening, if its the Photos app, it should not too much trouble opening on a new Mac. Either library will be quite useless on a Windows PC. You'd also need to make sure the thumb drive is formatted HFS+ to maintain the integrity of the iPhoto or Photos database.
If you do copy the iPhoto or Photos library file to the thumb drive, then you would need to Import it into the Photos App on another Mac by going to the File Menu ➜ Import and navigating to the File on the thumb drive.
aadriano wrote:
I have an old Mac with El Capital OS. I have several gigabytes of pictures stored in it that I want to upload to a cloud, too much to do one by one. This OS is pre-Apple ID.
No it isn't. The term Apple ID appeared around 2012 while el Capitan was released in 2015. Before the change to Apple ID the account was known as iCloud account or iTunes account separately but performed the same general function. El Capitan could connect to iCloud at the time which had been around since 2011, but newer security protocols make this impossible now.
so I can’t just upload to a cloud.
Other cloud services may work with El Capitan through a newer web browser that supports more current security but likely will be more trouble that it's worth.
I tried to copy the photo files to a thumb drive, but probably did it the wrong way.
What exactly did you do?
What are my options here? Thanks.
That depends on where your photos are located.
Are they stored in the iPhoto app?
Are they in the Photos app?
In a folder as individual files?
What did you copy to the thumb drive exactly?
Why do you say it was the wrong way?
What happened after you copied the photos?
Basically, the easiest way will be to export the photos from the iPhoto library or Photos Library assuming they are in there to the thumb drive.
Without knowing what you did, or where you are trying to access these photos after you transfer them to the thumb drive its hard to offer suggestions, but the most straight forward option will be to open iPhoto or Photos, go to the Edit menu, click on Select All, then click on the File menu, then on Export, navigate to the external thumb drive and select a folder there to export them.
While you could simply copy the "iPhoto Library.iphotolibrary" or "Photos Library.photoslibrary" file to the thumb drive, iPhoto it is an older format that the newer Photos app on a new Mac may have trouble opening, if its the Photos app, it should not too much trouble opening on a new Mac. Either library will be quite useless on a Windows PC. You'd also need to make sure the thumb drive is formatted HFS+ to maintain the integrity of the iPhoto or Photos database.
If you do copy the iPhoto or Photos library file to the thumb drive, then you would need to Import it into the Photos App on another Mac by going to the File Menu ➜ Import and navigating to the File on the thumb drive.
How to upload photos from old, pre-Apple ID Mac
