Reverting to iPhoto after Photos migration

I really hate the new PHOTO. I lost a lot of EVENTS from my IPHOTO. Please, APPLE, give us this feature BACK, please !!!! And also, the GRAY or BLACK background.

iPhoto is still there, stop complaining and use it.

Heil CSound1,

Do you know what is tolerance ? Everyone is not in your situation. If I (we) say that after installing iPhoto disappeared is that this is true. I'm not the only one. Go for a ride on the many forums. Do you believe that it is for pleasure that I have to reinstall the system ?

For information, I use Apple products for 30 years and I was journalist for MacWorld, SVM Mac, Univers Mac, etc.

Stop to criticize and HELP... or MOVE...

If I (we) say that after installing iPhoto disappeared is that this is true.

Except for all the cases where people say it happened but then afterwards found it in the Applications folder. Seriously, search this forum. Or don't. Just read your own post:

I did not delated myself iPhoto. I just had a "forbidden signal" on my iPhoto symbol

Oh? So iPhoto was not deleted, just won't run. Have you tried updating it?

You can not use BOTH iPhoto and Photos. You can open iPhoto but you can not import or correct photographies.

This is untrue, I can and am using both iPhoto and Photos on this machine. I can import to either and edit with either. The work is not available in the other, but they both work perfectly well independently of each other.

Pier-Yves Menkhoff wrote:

Heil CSound1,

Do you know what is tolerance ? Everyone is not in your situation. If I (we) say that after installing iPhoto disappeared is that this is true. I'm not the only one.

No it is not, you are in error. And so are they.

Your error caused you a lot of unnecessary work, I would like to help others see the error of your way before they too have a lot of unnecessary work on their hands.

Look in your Applications folder.

Pier -

Call Apple Support at 800) 692-7753. It might cost some shekels but at least you'll get swift, accurate help. Pick up a phone and 'dial'.

MrP

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So, are you saying that Terence and I (not to mention the many other people still using iPhoto) are wrong, what is it that you (and Pier) know?

I have never posted on 'discussions', so hope I am putting this in the right place.

PHOTOS for me also is the worst possible thing that has happened since having had Macs .... quite a few years. Although a granny with little computer knowledge, I got to know iPhoto (partly because of paying lots of money for Apple lessons!).

Now Photos is a minefield and, so far, the worst thing for me is that photos in the PHOTOS program do not show up when opening the app, nor can I send any photos as nothing comes up after iPhoto stopped.

I don't expect this posting to add any value to anybody, just wanted to add my horror to this new app to the attention of Apple.

Then go on using iPhoto...

As for the attention of Apple:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

Is the place for feedback and feature requests.

Cloggie8 wrote:

I have never posted on 'discussions', so hope I am putting this in the right place.

PHOTOS for me also is the worst possible thing that has happened since having had Macs .... quite a few years. Although a granny with little computer knowledge, I got to know iPhoto (partly because of paying lots of money for Apple lessons!).

Now Photos is a minefield and, so far, the worst thing for me is that photos in the PHOTOS program do not show up when opening the app, nor can I send any photos as nothing comes up after iPhoto stopped.

I don't expect this posting to add any value to anybody, just wanted to add my horror to this new app to the attention of Apple.

Do you not think that reading the thread may be superior to just complaining?

iPhoto is not gone, it's on your Mac, clearly not enough "years with Macs" have passed for you to find an application on one.

Look in the applications folder for yours.

Horror? really

Csound1 - I guess you don't realise that this is a support community, which to me means a listening to and helping each other. Is it really necessary to make things personal?

Cloggie8 - a tip that when you do find the iPhoto app in the Applications just drag it down to the Dock at the bottom. If you are going to be using iPhoto a lot moving forward, perhaps think about dragging the icon down to the Dock to make it easier and faster to to access moving forward.

boy1dr2000 wrote:

If you are going to be using iPhoto a lot moving forward, perhaps think about dragging the icon down to the Dock to make it easier and faster to to access moving forward.

Bad advice. If you are thinking of it 'moving forward' then don't. It is no longer supported for development. Learn to use Photos or some other editing software, as their is no guarantee that iPhotos will be supported in any new OS X let alone any Yosemite update.

Cheers

Pete

I am in full agrement, I Don't even have the old i photo's and my camera can't down load into this piece of crap.

Bad advice. If you are thinking of it 'moving forward' then don't. It is no longer supported for development. Learn to use Photos or some other editing software, as their is no guarantee that iPhotos will be supported in any new OS X let alone any Yosemite update.

Why burn all bridges in a hurry? i think it is essential to keep iPhoto or Aperture in a working condition during the transition.The older apps need to be available to troubleshoot the photo libraries before the migration, if the libraries have a corruption and cannot be migrated. And to prepare the libraries for a smoother migration.

Photos is lacking essential tools to manage large libraries, like batch changing titles and options, or even assigning places. For the migration from Aperture/iPhoto to Photos it much better to be able to prepare the library in the more versatile application, make all metadata (titles,captions, places) consistent, batch change all titles to regular titles, that are still showing the default filenames, plan the folders and albums, recreate smart albums that cannot be migrated (if they are based on constraints not supported in Photos), etc.

And only when the library is well prepared and on a drive with a supported file system, try to migrate to Photos. The same would hold for the migration to any other application. First give the new application a thorough trial run and learn to use it, prepare the photo library as best as you can for an easy migration, and only then migrate the main photo libraries to wherever you want to.

But that requires to be able to use both applications during the transit.

And probably will it be necessary at some time to restore older photo libraries from a backup, if there are missing referenced files or corrupted images in the main library. Only then it may be too late to reinstall iPhoto 9.6.1 or Aperture 3.6. Better be safe than sorry.

See my User Tip: Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac

I understand where you are coming from, and as I have said in other threads, I also am not using Photos as a

n alternative to iPhotos at present, but what I was saying was that if one is planning to 'move forward', then Aperture and iPhoto really aren't in the mix due to no future support. I have no disagreement with your comments whatsoever. I have a bit of a muck around with Photos from time to time and I think that at some stage in the future it will be a viable alternative to iPhoto, but unfortunately it has a long way to go before being an alternative to Aperture. 🙂

Cheers

Pete