I can't find iphoto in my iMac and I don't have a cd what can I do?

Please explain more.

• Did you have iPhoto before and it is now missing all of a sudden?
• Did you buy a new Apple computer with iPhoto preinstalled and cannot find it?
• Did you reinstall your system and now iPhoto has to be reinstalled?
• What is your MacOS X version?

Any new apple branded computer is supposed to come with iPhoto preinstalled. For older computers iPhoto has to be bought separately from the App Store.

iPhoto should be installed in your "Applications" folder.To search for iPhoto on you Mac, if it went missing, type "iPhoto" into the Spotlight search field:

If iPhoto should have come preinstalled, launch the AppStore and look at the "Purchased" tab, if you can see iPhoto there, ready for redowndownload.

Regards

Léonie

With that ampound of information the only possible answer is to purchase an appropriate version fro you system and install it - if you share no information like the computer model, OS version and what happened there is no other ansser (and there is a good chance that is the answer anyway)

LN

Hey guys, I have the same exact problem. I've been wanting to use photostream and now it's telling me I don't have iPhoto.

I did a clean install on early February when Apple changed the HDD on my iMac. I was already running OSX ML and I had it, now I go over to the app store and wants me to pay for it, but I already "had" it! What should I do?

Thank you.

I did a clean install on early February when Apple changed the HDD on my iMac

Have you accepted the iLife apps?

See this Support article:

Accept iLife: OS X: About OS X Recovery

Scroll down to the paragraph "Restoring iLife applications after Internet Restore of OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion"

That did the trick!

Thank you 😉

You are welcome! 🙂

I had this same problem, One day it was there and the next it was gone, wouldnt open. showing the old iphoto icon. Thank goodness for time machine. I went back a few months and saw the icon i wanted and loaded that back. I have all photos back.

Hi there,

I have a similar problem.

I performed an internet recovery after my MacBook Pro stopped working (it failed to restart). I'm now running OS X 10.8.4.

I bought my Mac originally with Snow Leopard installed and iLife included. I subsequenlty upgraded to Lion and Mountain Lion. iLife was still installed after my last upgrade before I had to do the internet recovery.

I tried "Restoring iLife applications after Internet Restore of OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion" but there's no iLife applications under the "Accept portion of the screen".

Any ideas please?