mystwillow
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Q: Reverting to iPhoto after Photos migration

Does anyone know if it is ok to delete the new Photos library from the Pictures folder after you've migrated your iPhoto library to Photos? This is the situation I'm in - I migrated my library to Photos but I HATE it. I am very invested in Events and being able to review each new batch of photos before categorizing them into the appropriate events, and with this new app it's like everything is in a giant shoebox, it seems to include all my Photo Stream pictures in my library before I'm ready (I typically delete a lot of dud pictures every time I import, now they are all mixed in automatically and I have to remember how far back I've gone through and culled), and there's no way to tell which pictures haven't been categorized into an event yet. Worst of all, there's no way to hide photos from all views. Not only are hidden albums/events not even a thing anymore, Photos "conveniently" makes a whole new album of all the pictures I didn't want anyone to see. So now instead of me being the only one who would know where to look for hidden photos/Events in my library when they were unhidden, they're all collected in one place at the top level of my albums view. Why anyone would want an automatic, top-level album of all photos in an entire library that were meant not to be see, I don't know. Seems to defeat the entire privacy/security purpose of the Hide feature. Not to mention, anyone can still see all hidden photos when scrolling through the Albums view.

 

Long story short, I am RUNNING back to iPhoto for as long as Apple allows it to be used. Now, I know that any changes I make to the iPhoto library won't carry over automatically to Photos. I'm fine with that as I don't intend to use Photos until I'm forced to. However, I know that at some point I will be forced to use it, and at that point its library will be (hopefully) several years out of date. Since Photos creates symbolic links to the photo files, I know I could easily have deleted the iPhoto library when I migrated to Photos, but does that work both ways? I guess my question is, can I delete the Photos library I have now, keep working with my iPhoto library until iPhoto is killed completely, and then re-import the entire library back into Photos? Or do my photo files actually now live in the Photos library package instead of the iPhoto library package and deleting the Photos library will delete all my photos?

 

Any clarification on my options would be appreciated.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Apr 9, 2015 6:29 PM

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  • by Yoursbond,

    Yoursbond Yoursbond Jun 26, 2015 9:13 AM in response to MTNLUVR
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    Jun 26, 2015 9:13 AM in response to MTNLUVR

    OK, when you open the ALBUMS tab, do you not see iPhoto Events there?

     

    All my events are still right there like in iPhoto

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 26, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Yoursbond
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    Jun 26, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Yoursbond

    OK, when you open the ALBUMS tab, do you not see iPhoto Events there?

     

    All my events are still right there like in iPhoto

    You are seeing albums created from your events.  When your iPhoto library was migrated, Photos created a new album for each of your events from the photos in the event to preserve the structure.  But these items are albums and not events. And for new imports you have to create the corresponding albums yourself.

  • by Yoursbond,

    Yoursbond Yoursbond Jun 26, 2015 9:20 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 26, 2015 9:20 AM in response to léonie

    No.. I have all the original Albums from iPhoto PLUS and album that is iPHOTO EVENTS.  When I click that open, all the events are there labeled as I had them labeled in iPhoto

     

    They are not separate albums, they are EVENTS in  ONE ALBUM

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 26, 2015 9:25 AM in response to Yoursbond
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    Jun 26, 2015 9:25 AM in response to Yoursbond

    iPhoto events is not an album - it is a folder and contains an album for each event in iPhoto - each event has been converted into an album and those albums are stored in the iPhoto events folder - click on the triangle to the left to open it and show the albums

     

    LN

  • by Yoursbond,

    Yoursbond Yoursbond Jun 26, 2015 9:37 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Jun 26, 2015 9:37 AM in response to LarryHN

    Hey Larry

     

    SEMANTICS - I guess my point is that people have complained that all their events are no longer accessible, That all they have is all their photos without any rhyme or reason and all their work making "Events" is now wasted.  My point is, they are still organized for you.

     

    I have over 500 "Events" and they are individual EVENTS/ALBUMS -  call them what you will.. they are still organized

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 26, 2015 9:54 AM in response to Yoursbond
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    Jun 26, 2015 9:54 AM in response to Yoursbond

    No.. I have all the original Albums from iPhoto PLUS and album that is iPHOTO EVENTS.  When I click that open, all the events are there labeled as I had them labeled in iPhoto

     

    They are not separate albums, they are EVENTS in  ONE ALBUM

    The problem is that people are expecting these fake event albums to behave like events and they don't.  You cannot  simply move photos between albums. You cannot be sure, that a photo is in exactly one "event", because they are albums called events.  They are a memory of your original events, preserving as much information as possible.

  • by Yoursbond,

    Yoursbond Yoursbond Jun 26, 2015 10:02 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 26, 2015 10:02 AM in response to léonie

    Potato - Patato

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 26, 2015 10:32 AM in response to Yoursbond
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    Jun 26, 2015 10:32 AM in response to Yoursbond

    If you had seen the questions of the users that are trying desperately to use the albums like events, you would not dismiss the difference between events and albums as unimportant.  People keep asking "How can I find the photos that are in more than one album?" or "How can I find the photos not in any album"? Or "What happened to the descriptions of my events?" The descriptions .  You are right, that quite a bit of the work in creating events has been migrated to the Photos Library  and is available in the albums, but the events themselves have been replaced by moments. 

  • by familiedunn,

    familiedunn familiedunn Jun 27, 2015 10:43 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 27, 2015 10:43 AM in response to léonie

    The problem I am having is that I used the Events in iPhoto to create things.  I kept my events organized very specifically and then created new ones to group special photos from a variety of sources.  Now I can't do any of that in Photo.  I have partially finished projects in iPhoto and no idea how I can actually complete them in Photo.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 27, 2015 11:47 AM in response to familiedunn
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    Jun 27, 2015 11:47 AM in response to familiedunn

    The problem I am having is that I used the Events in iPhoto to create things.  I kept my events organized very specifically and then created new ones to group special photos from a variety of sources.  Now I can't do any of that in Photo.  I have partially finished projects in iPhoto and no idea how I can actually complete them in Photo.

    In Photos you have only albums and folders to structure your library. Try to select the photos you would previously move to a new event  and  add them to an album. And then create your projects from the albums. Only, you cannot be sure, that each photo will only be in one album.

  • by familiedunn,

    familiedunn familiedunn Jun 27, 2015 12:03 PM in response to léonie
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    Jun 27, 2015 12:03 PM in response to léonie

    Thanks.  I finally got one project transferred that way and will simply try starting my next in the new program and keep my fingers crossed.  I don't mind having the photos in more than one place.  I keep them in the original Event when they were taken and had been creating copies so I could put them into another Event that I was using to create my project.  This will work just fine.

  • by missmick1,

    missmick1 missmick1 Jun 28, 2015 10:04 PM in response to toulouse
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    Jun 28, 2015 10:04 PM in response to toulouse

    the way to let Apple know about anything you're unhappy with or anything that needs fixing/improving is to go to apple.com/feedback, look for the applicable hardware/software/etc., and tell them exactly what is wrong.

  • by brad0319,

    brad0319 brad0319 Jul 7, 2015 10:36 AM in response to toulouse
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    Jul 7, 2015 10:36 AM in response to toulouse

    Here is where you can send feedback to APPLE about Photos. . https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

    Unfortunately, their arrogance will ensure that we do not get what we want, as they have demonstrated over the years (iTunes), but might be worth the time to tell them how much Photos really *****.

  • by brad0319,

    brad0319 brad0319 Jul 7, 2015 10:39 AM in response to chipsfortea
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    Jul 7, 2015 10:39 AM in response to chipsfortea

    Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for to avoid the piece of **** Photos that Apple is so happy to burden us with.

  • by brad0319,

    brad0319 brad0319 Jul 7, 2015 10:41 AM in response to missmick1
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    Jul 7, 2015 10:41 AM in response to missmick1

    Here is where you can provide Apple with feedback about their ****** Photos. https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

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