how to get iphoto 09 back up to new imac ?

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how to get iphoto 09 back up to new imac ?

ok i have a new imac, my old one crashed. i have read these discussion for info in the past. so i think i have this, just want to be sure before i do it. i have a time machine back up of my old imac. i have a external drive backup (mac. ext. journald) of my 09 iphoto library, i also have all my pictures exported to a portable HD at full quality which was not mac. extended journald.

i have never tested any of my back ups. my new mac has iphoto 11 the old mac 09. what is the best back up to use to put the photos on my new mac? and from what i think i have read i just drag the iphoto 09 library from backup to the new macs iphoto library, then open iphoto?

also i bought the aperture app from the app store when it was on sale. if there is a way to get that to my new mac, should i just start using aperture? from what i have read it is a much better app then iphoto, when i played with it after buying it i found it to be more then i needed and a little more complicated so i never really used it. but if recommended i will put in the time to learn. i guess what i like about it , is that from what i have read it is far more compatable app. for photos. my photo library is over 55 G and growing every day.

oh, if i can get my aperture app over from time machine how do i get my pictures in that?

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Posted on Jul 17, 2011 2:49 PM

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Old Toad

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Jul 17, 2011 3:05 PM in response to bigmacsIMAC

The way to restore an older version of your iPhoto LIbrary to your new Mac is to go to the Pictures folder on your new iMac and enter Time Machine. When TM comes up go to the date you want to restore, select the library and use the Restore button.

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Do not try dragging the library from the TM folder on your external hard drive. It won't work.

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Jul 17, 2011 6:27 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks, in regards to your answer you mentioned "restore an older version of your iphoto library" . does the fact that it is two different versions of iphoto matter. i want to use the new version (iphoto 11) i do not want to put iphoto 09 on my new mac. or is that a stupid question. will the restore in time machine just put all my pictures in iphoto 11 on my new mac. the time machine backup was done with iphoto 09.

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Old Toad

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Jul 18, 2011 10:58 AM in response to bigmacsIMAC

If you restore an older library that was created with iPhoto 09 it will be converted to 11 the first time you open it with iPhoto 11. Just restore the entire library package and open it with iPhoto 11.

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