I am trying to figure out how to import photos from an auxiliary (i.e., not my main) iPhoto library into the new beta Photos app. Has anyone been able to do this? Thanks.
MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), 13" 8 GBram 512 GB
I am running 10.10.3, just to clarify - the latest beta.
Exactly the same way as iPhoto.
Strange - the other iPhoto library is greyed out for me when I try to import with Photos, but not greyed out when I try to import with iPhoto.
You can't import a one library into another library with either Photos or iPhoto. You could with iPhoto if the library to be imported was created by iPhoto 6 or earlier and still had a normal folder for the library. Since iPhoto 7 libraries became packages and can't be imported into another library.
Ah, right - yes, got it. Ok, then the question is 'How to open another library in the new Photos?"
Same as iPhoto:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
Duh. Obviously. Thank you, Terence. They should require people like me to take an IQ test before using new apps 😉
How to import photos into new Photos beta app
