Reverting to iPhoto after Photos migration

When you look to download latest iPhoto it says 'not available in UK' - most unimpressed and thoroughly hacked off with Apple over this. I have four apple macbooks and feel like throwing the lot in the river!

iPhoto is no longer sold from the AppStore at all in any country, since Photos for Mac came out, and the Updates page at the AppStore does not let you update iPhoto either.

If you already own an AppStore version of iPhoto '11, you can update to iPhoto '11, version 9.6.1 by reinstalling from the Purchases tab of AppStore. Forget the Updates tab.

How to update by reinstalling is explained in Barney's user tip: Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the App Store

Apple is not here. If you would like to share your opinion with Apple, do so here: Apple - Feedback. As users, we have no vested interest in whether you like Photos or not.

Cheers,

GB

When you look to download latest iPhoto it says 'not available in UK'

You understand that Apple ceased development of iPhoto about 30 months ago and announced it at the time, and ceased selling it on the App store about 18 months ago, offering the free Photos.app in place of it - an app that is more capable, for less.

I see now that I can recreate it. But why recreate. Is it really there, but hidden. I have at least 75 of these folders that will have to be recreated. 😟 Is this really the case? I have to retype all of these names again?

Right now I have found a bunch of recovered files. So I have been putting them in the side bar. But first I click on + at the top of Photos and get the drop down Album for Photos. In there the folder names are there to select, but they didn't gravitate to the iPhoto in the side bar. So I just drop them in there. Seems like many extra steps. Should the folders be someplace that I can call up?

Wonderful, you have saved my life!!!

I hadn't found that little down arrow, but neither my local Mac Dealer nor Apple customer service pointed me to those controls!

Not quite as accessible as on Iphoto but all the controls I know and love are there.

Your help is greatly appreciated

John

You're welcome John! 🙂

The editing features in Photos are really as good as in iPhoto (in my opinion), and the external editors are much easier to use than in iPhoto. We now can switch easily among photo editing extensions without having to bring up the Preferences panel,.

I have exactly the same issues. I have always used iPhotos and I detest Photos, why won't Apple listen rather than force these "new" apps on the clientele ? I have 44GB of pictures over some 12 years, all in disarray now. Please listen Apple, at least give Apple users the option of keeping iPhoto !!

You can still use iPhoto now that (thankfully) it's gone.

You can still use iPhoto. I have iPhoto, Photos, and Aperture on my Mac running Sierra. In the beginning, I continued to primarily use iPhoto and Aperture, and just played around with Photos to get to learn it a bit. Now I use Photos exclusively. I don't use iCloud Photo Library, so using Photos is basically the same process for me as it was when I was using iPhoto.

Photos has a much more nuanced Editing capability, and also has the added benefit of being able to use Photo extensions like Snapseed, Sketcher, FX Photo Studio, etc. With Sierra, it also has what I consider to be a really cool feature where it will put together little random slide shows for you to enjoy. You have the option to save them or to just let them drop off as others are created.

iPhoto was replaced because it had inherent limitations which would not support where Apple was going with the entire integrated Photo experience. So, now we have Photos on both the iDevices and the Mac instead of two disparate apps.

I would suggest that you give it a chance. I was very determined not to use it over iPhoto, but the more I used it, the more I liked it.

You can still make Albums, and with all of the photos in chronological order, I find it is quite easy to select the lot that I want in my album.

So, best of luck,

GB

Swaza wrote:

I have exactly the same issues. I have always used iPhotos and I detest Photos, why won't Apple listen rather than force these "new" apps on the clientele ? I have 44GB of pictures over some 12 years, all in disarray now. Please listen Apple, at least give Apple users the option of keeping iPhoto !!

iPhoto 9.6.1 is running well on Yosemite, El Capitan, and macOS Sierra 10.12.1.

You can update to this version, if you own an App Store version of iPhoto and iPhoto is showing in your Purchases history at the App Store. (See Barney's User Tip: Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the App Store )

You will need your iPhoto Libraries, because a Photos Library cannot be downgraded to iPhoto.

I have exactly the same issues. I have always used iPhotos and I detest Photos, why won't Apple listen rather than force these "new" apps on the clientele ?

Remember, nothing is forced on you. You do not have to use Photos. It's just not compulsory. It's an app, it has strengths and weaknesses, good bits and bad bits. If you don't like it you can use any other app you prefer. And there are many options depending on your preferences and budget. So, don't feel forced, just go look for an app that does want you want.

I have 44GB of pictures over some 12 years, all in disarray now.

How are they in disarray? Did you organize everything by Events. Then you can do that with albums as Photos has automatically converted all events into albums and put them in a folder named........ wait for it....... iPhoto Events. Voila!

This may help you in understanding the new paradigm: Moments in Photos are the New Events.

Here are some additional user tips from Photos for Mac User Tips that will help you in your transition from iPhoto to Photos:

Photos 2.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities

External Editors in Photos Are Here

Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac

Photo Editing Extensions for Photos for Mac

How did you do this? I went to the Apple store and sat with them while they converted my pix from iPhoto to Photos. What a mistake. I just do not like Photos for the way I organize, batch change, date, etc. etc. I was able to get my genealogy pix converted, but that was 3 months ago and now I am afraid to try it again. Can I just take all the rest of the 30,000 and put them in a folder on the desktop and move them back. When I did that with the genealogy section, they all went into one big pile and I've been sorting ever since.

I think Apple deleted my iPhoto library. I have put about 7000 back in somehow, but they were dumped in a complete disarray with no side panel folders, etc. so having to do that all over again. Any help?

Apple has no way to delete your photos since they are on a Library that is on your Mac. Only you have access to those Photos. Only you can delete them.

Photos has a side panel. Click on View and then click on "Show Sidebar".

All of your iPhoto Albums and Events should have been converted into Photos, and you should see an option on the sidebar which lists them.

We really don't have enough information about what it is you did to help. If you can provide a detailed description of the process from beginning to end, the photos experts on this forum would likely be able to help you get your photos organized the way you want.

Best of luck,

GB