iPhoto not opening after Yosemite opens through App Store

iPhoto now shows as an invalid icon; when I click on it, I get the message "in order to open iPhoto you need to update to the latest version, the version of iPhoto installed on this Mac is not compatible with Yosemite". It then tells me to search the App Store.

Where are you seeing this invalid icon? In the Dock or the launch pad? The Dock economy be tied to an older version.

remove the Dock icon and drag iPhoto 9.6 from your Applications folder to the Dock.

Go to your applications folder and right click on the iPhoto Application and get info - very the version that you have installed

I do not believe that it is possible to install iPhoto 9.6 until after you install Yosemite

LN

delete the iPhoto app in the applications folder and reinstall from the App Store

lN

I have the exact situation as athe100

and i also was able to update to latest iPhoto before yosemite

i have it sorted out athe100

in finder/apps i dragged the app to the trash it wouldn't drag from the dock!

I then removed the icon with the "line through it" from the dock by dragging it to desktop

then searched in the finder window for "iPhoto.app"

One was found and oddly it was here:

Macintosh HD / Applications / Shrunk Apps / Applications

checked the version and it was the new one !!!

(also a few other apps in there and they seem to be older versions, but not put there by me)

i opened a new finder window and dragged iPhoto into applications and then dragged it down to the dock.

i believe the new version i downloaded before yosemite went into "shrunk Apps" instead of the older.

Hope this works for you

Where in the world did this response come from? "This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled." No other user has ever bought anything for my iMac, and I sure never "refunded" or "cancelled" iPhoto! Now I can't do anything with iPhoto. The App store only permits an upgrade, it appears, not a full replacement for an app that must be faulty in some way.

Get the same peculiar update message for iMovie, though was able to update Keynote, Pages and Numbers OK.

It came from the same place as all the other folks on the forum with the exact same issue.

Same solution: Contact App Store support. There's a link on the right hand side of the App Store Window. They're the only ones who can sort out account issues.

It is because "iPhoto" has apparently been replaced by "Photos". The icon for Photos showed up at the bottom of the screen on the control bar after the Yosemite installation. Open the icon for Photos (which looks like a multicolor spin art color wheel) --and it will pull in your photos....

You're responding to a thread that predates the introduction of Photos by several months.

I had this issue too - as of Yosemite, iPhoto has been discontinued, replaced with an app named Photo - you're trying to open an app that will not upgrade and has been shut down by your system. Click on the launchpad and search for 'photo' drag the icon onto your toolbar and use this app instead - it should pick up all your files automatically. Delete the old icon to avoid confusion by dragging it into the waste bin. Hope this helps.

And did you read the thread? Again

You're responding to a thread that predates the introduction of Photos by several months.

So you post has zero applicability to the question here

LN

You should want to help people.

The helpful answer at this point for users of Yosemite is that Photos is now the app to use. You can delete iPhotos.

The helpful answer at this point for users of Yosemite is that Photos is now the app to use. You can delete iPhotos.

This is not true. Photos is one option, like iPhoto is, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa,, Capture One and any of a dozen others can all be used if preferred. There is no one app that you have to use.