iPhoto not available in US app store?

iPhoto is no longer available as of today. It's been replaced by the new Photos app that comes with 10.10.3

You should be able to reinstall the latest version of iPhoto from the Purchases tab in the App Store. I had the same issue and this worked for me.

Iv updated my OS to yosemite and to my suprise i found that the app iPhoto was no longer operable. I feel disgusted because i should have been informed that this malfunction to OS would happen.

Y'all should search the forum for the hundreds of posts since this one that explain the followinng:

Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1

If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash

Install the App from the App Store.

Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928

One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?

iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.

that didn't work for me. no copy exists in my purchases. maybe since it came on my computer and I never had to purchase it from iTunes store?

found another solution elsewhere that did work.

Old ToadApr 12, 2015 11:05 AM Re: iPhoto update not available in U.S. Store
Re: iPhoto update not available in U.S. Storein response to anabeal

There's a workaround/hack that will let users run iPhoto 9.5.1 and later on 10.10.3.

1 - open the iPhoto application package by Control (right) - clicking on it and selecting Show Package Contents from the contextual menu.

2 - navigate to the Contents/MacOSX folder.

3 - make an alias file of the iPhoto file inside that folder and move it to the Desktop.

4 - to launch iPhoto double click on the alias file. It can be placed anywhere on the hard drive and dragged into the Dock for convenience.

Notes:

1 - the Terminal application will open and must remain open while you're using iPhoto It can be hidden so it won't get in the way.

2 - I've tested this with both iPhoto 9.5.1 and iPhoto 9.6. It does not work with earlier versions.

Thanks to user Todd Dixen for this tip.

So are all my photos gone now?

Your question has no context whatsoever. What is your issue - specifically?

GB

Its so funny when apple say "iPhoto not available on your country, instead of we replaced iphoto with Photo app bundle with your Yosemite or else.

It says iPhoto not available in your country because it it not available to purchase as new via the App Store. If someone is not running Yosemite (which a lot of people are not) and they wanted to purchase iPhoto, they would need to know that is was not available in the App Store any longer, and the message you are suggesting would make no sense to them....

Also, they didn't "replace" iPhoto with Photos. I have iPhoto, Aperture, and Photos on my Mac running Yosemite. Yes, my iPhoto library automatically got imported to Photos when I upgraded to Yosemite. So, I can go into Photos and play around. However, I am still using iPhoto as my primary photo app. It's where I import new photos, and where my Photo Stream is housed....

So, with Yosemite Photos was added. iPhoto was not replaced.

GB

I upgraded my OS X from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion (10.8).on line recently. From your post, I understand I cannot upgrade my old iPhoto version 8.1.2 to 9.2.2 which is needed for Mountain Lion. However, I need a photo app to organize and view my pictures. Can you give me any suggestions to get one?

Thanks,

RKMY

Just go to your applications folder and type "photos" in the search bar. The photos app will show in the list of all your apps. Once you open it, it will ask if you want to import your iPhoto library. Once all your pics import into the new app, you'll just use photos app for all your pics instead of iPhoto.

RKMY is not using Yosemite, so Photos is not applicable here.

GB

I'm not sure that you will not be able to update your iPhoto app with the latest version of iPhoto. This thread centers around Yosemite, and if you are running Yosemite you cannot download a recent version of iPhoto, but you may still be able to with Mountain Lion (and I would strongly advise you to do so if you can).

Open your Mac App Store and look under Purchases and see if you have an update to iPhoto you can download. If you don't, click on the Featured tab, and type in iPhoto in the search bar to see if you can purchase the updated version of iPhoto. Again, if you can, I would strongly advise that you do. That way, if you decide later to upgrade your OS X to Yosemite, you will still have a usable version of iPhoto on your Mac.

Cheers,

GB

Thanks for your response, GB. I tried your suggestions but had no luck. There is one thing I forgot to mention in my original post. After I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion (clean install) , I did not find iPhoto or any other photo app in the Applications folder. Then I added the Snow Leopard version of iPhoto from a time machine backup to the Applications folder, checked the app store for updates but it did not show any. I clicked on the iPhoto app itself that I added, and like I expected, it did not open but got a popup message for version incompatibly.

It seems strange that apple would not install any photo app at all when I upgraded to Mountain Lion. Wondering whether it is worth doing a clean install again. If it does not work, looks like the only option is to upgrade to Yosemite which I am not thrilled about based on the reviews I have seen.

RKMY

It seems strange that apple would not install any photo app at all when I upgraded to Mountain Lion.

Nothing strange at all. iPhoto is not part of the Operating System. When you elected to do a "clean" install you wiped your copy of the app. This has nothing to do with Apple.

Another install, "clean" or otherwise, will change nothing.

What version of iPhoto do you currently have?