Reverting to iPhoto after Photos migration

I still don't see what you are adding to the thread then.

Other than confusion.

Pete

Nathan Silverman wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

Have you never heard of Backup? hard to believe that, more likely is that you have heard of Backup but of some reason did not think your pictures worth the effort.

Take some responsibility for your actions, millions upgraded without issues, what did you do?

As Gail from Maine reminded us:

"Submissions

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2. Be polite. Everyone should feel comfortable reading Submissions and participating in discussions. Apple will not tolerate flames or other inappropriate statements, material, or links. Most often, a "flame" is simply a statement that is taunting and thus arbitrarily inflammatory.…"

So what is wrong with csound's post? Seems like a fair comment.

Pete

And your point is? Or are you just confirming that Csound was being polite and made a good observation? They did - guess you see that too - up until your last post you were sounding much more like a troll than someone looking for technical assistance.

LN

He needs no assistance, the conclusion has been drawn (and removed) it's trolling.

I absolutely despise the new PHOTOS configuration. It's annoying, not easy to use, and I much prefer iPhotos. I have more than 20K pictures on my computer and they have been sorted and are easy to work with.

*** APPLE? I understand update software, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it and certainly don't downgrade it! It's just horrible!!!! Seriously, is there a way to continue using iphotos? Every time I synch my iPhone up to my computer, it tells me, iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone “iPhone (3)” because your Photos Library is not yet available. Please try again later."

SERIOUSLY? I run a business that depends on my ability to synch photos immediately. And no, I'm not using iCloud - that's a disaster as well. I don't want my pix "in the cloud" I like them grounded right here, where I am...not hovering where anything can happen by a click of a button, privacy issue or worse, a hack.

GIVE US OUR iPHOTO BACK. I've spent more time trying to send a client some photo's than acceptable. USER FRIENDLY - those are the key words.

Now, how the heck do I fix this debacle.

Apologies for the bitterness, but I'm truly frustrated. Trying to send photo's of a jewelry piece I designed and finished at 6am this morn. So I'm a bit punchy.

I understand that this topic may have already been covered, however, I'd appreciate it if someone can help me, as I've scanned through the responses and perhaps, I'm not seeing the answer clearly.

What should I do for this message? - iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone “iPhone (3)” because your Photos Library is not yet available. Please try again later.

I do indeed prefer iPhoto, and am not opposed to updated software. However, I'm having some difficulty with the migration, and making sure nothing is lost (although I do back everything up.

Is there an easy fix, dear Apple Guru's? Pretty please?

You do one of two things:

1. Import your iPhoto Library to Photos manually by holding down the Option key when you open Photos. It will display a window that will list your photo libraries that should include a library called iPhoto Library.photolibrary. Click on that to import your iPhoto photos to the Photos app

2. You can see if you can download a compatible version of iPhoto so you can access your iPhoto Library from that app directly: Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS... | Apple Support Communities

Best of luck!

GB

Ok. I dealt with this issue back when it first started. If I remember it was just simply clicking on iPhoto app that was still on the computer.

However, i seem to have a new problem related to this situation.

I just set up an iCloud account for my son on my laptop. In doing so, i wanted to see if he had access to the my photos as it is a shared file. When I did it, it did a repair and also migrated the images. He now has access to the photos.

But...

When I had on to my account on the computer. Photos is now active but it only shows images from other iCloud albums I share with family but the main library is gone. When I go to iPhoto, it asks me what library I want to access. it shows only one, a migrated library. However when I select it, it tells me I do not have permissions to share.

What can i do to get things back so I can use iPhotos and have access to my images again?

Additionally.

I cannot get access to my library. I have tried to go into the shared folder and change read/write permissions, even made myself the owner. Still being told I do not have permissions.

The only way to see the library is to go to the user login of my Son's.

If you want to share the Library it needs to be on an external disk that is directly connected to the Mac (not networked) and is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and set to ignore ownership and permissions.

Ok, good to know.

Previously each user on my laptop could access the iPhoto library located on the laptop.

However,

I still want to know how to get access to my photos (which have been migrated to my Son's user login) and to do it utilizing iPhoto.

To correct permissions on an iPhoto library: Hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to check and repair Library permissions.

I still want to know how to get access to my photos (which have been migrated to my Son's user login) and to do it utilizing iPhoto.

If your iPhoto Library has been opened by your son and is in a local folder on your Mac, you cannot open it directly in iPhoto. for browsing. Opening the library from a different user account changes the file ownership of files inside the library. Before you can open it again, you need to repair the permissions of the library with iPhoto's first aid tools. First move the iPhoto Library back to a place that you can access, your own Pictures folder or an external drive: How to prepare a drive is described here: iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users

Once you moved the library to your Pictures folder or an external drive, lauch iPhoto while holding down the key combination ⌥⌘ (option-command). keep holding down these keys firmly, until the First aid panel appears. select "Repair Permissions".

If the iPhoto library remains in a local folder on your mac, you will have to repair the permissions of the library every time you switch the user when opening it. Photos is a single user appplication and opening the library from a different user account makes it unreadable for the original owner. Keepin g the library on an external drive with the "Ignore ownership" flag enabled as described by TD is the only way to avoid this permission and ownership problem.

Okay guys, I now have access to my entire library. Thank you.

Not only do I have access via iPhotos, but now I have access to my library using Photos. I did not have that prior when the change first came about so that is why I reverted back the first time. Now that is no longer an issue, I am willing to change over Photos to my primary image app.

With that being said...

I now have two extremely large image libraries, iPhoto and Photo. If I am not going to only use Photo, can I delete the iPhoto library and also the app itself. As it stands right now, my laptop is at its storage limits. I do plan to get a cloud for the house but right now I need the room.

You can delete the iPhoto Library and the iPhoto application. Photos does not need these items.

But do yourself a favor and keep a backup copy of both items on an external drive. You may need them to be able to repeat the migration of the library, if you should discover problems in the library, that can only be fixed in iPhoto.

Deleting the iPhoto library and the iPhoto application will not free much storage, btw. Most of the storage for photos is shared by the Photos library. The photos i the Photos Library are hard links to the photos in your iPhoto Library. See this link. Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support