Photo access

and then try to access iPhoto and get the same notification.

I have restarted with no effect. What gives?

You installed the upgrader, but did you run it? You need to run the upgrader on your iPhoto Library. The upgrader will be installed in the folder "Utilities" in the Applications" folder.

iPhoto '11: About the Library Upgrader

What gives - you have to install and RUN the iPhoto library upgrader program - go to the utilities folder in your applications folder and double click on the iPHtoo library upgrader to RUN it - then launch iPhoto 9.6 to complete the upgrade

iPhoto '11 or later: About the Library Upgrader - Apple Support

iPhoto '11 or later: About the Library Upgrader

You might see this message in iPhoto: "To open your library with this version of iPhoto, it first needs to be prepared." If you do, you can use the iPhoto Library Upgrader tool to prepare your library to work with the current version of iPhoto.

The iPhoto Library Upgrader is a tool that prepares libraries from iPhoto '08 (v7.x) or earlier so that you can upgrade them with the current version of iPhoto. If your library is from iPhoto '09 (v8.x) or later, you don't need to use this tool.

Using the iPhoto Library Upgrader tool

1. Download and install the tool. When you see a green checkmark above "The installation was successful," click Close.
2. In the Finder, click the Go menu and choose Utilities.
3. In the Utilities folder, open the iPhoto Library Upgrader.
4. If the library shown in the window is not the one you want to upgrade, click Choose Library and select the correct iPhoto Library.
5. Click Continue to upgrade your library.

Last Modified: Nov 8, 2014

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