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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I know that at some point I will be forced to use it, and at that point its library will be (hopefully) several years out of date.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 Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Aug 9, 2015 5:43 PM in response to Terrible
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    Aug 9, 2015 5:43 PM in response to Terrible

    How would you know that?

     

    post a link to this information please.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 9, 2015 6:27 PM in response to Csound1
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    Aug 9, 2015 6:27 PM in response to Csound1
    Your research is bad.

     

    What would you expect from someone who self describes themselves as lazy 

     

    LN

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 9, 2015 6:31 PM in response to Terrible
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    Aug 9, 2015 6:31 PM in response to Terrible

    Terrible wrote:

     

    Not for long. Apple will no longer support iPhoto with the next OS

     

     

    1 - speculation about Apple policies is not allowed here per the TOU

     

    2 - Info I've seems says you are just plain wrong

     

    3 - and many, many people still use very old OSs and continue to use very old software - most certainly some day an OS upgrade will break iPhoto and Aperture but  probably not the next one - and since every software upgrade is optional many will choose not to install any upgrade that breaks iPhoto or Aperture

     

    4 - Your advice is not only incorrect but bad and is a dis-service to users who want accurate information

     

    LN

  • by Pete Kroner,

    Pete Kroner Pete Kroner Aug 9, 2015 6:48 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Aug 9, 2015 6:48 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    I Noticed at Barnes and noble that there is not a single book or booklet on Photos just two on iPhoto. This tells me I should stick with my iPhotos app and library. Why not?

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Aug 9, 2015 7:09 PM in response to Pete Kroner
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:09 PM in response to Pete Kroner

    Pete Kroner wrote:

     

    I Noticed at Barnes and noble that there is not a single book or booklet on Photos just two on iPhoto. This tells me I should stick with my iPhotos app and library. Why not?

    Your choice has no effect on others. Good luck with it. I still use iPhotos as do many others.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Terrible,

    Terrible Terrible Aug 9, 2015 7:12 PM in response to Pete Kroner
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:12 PM in response to Pete Kroner

    Just riled me that MY iPhoto libraries had been converted to photos without my say so and there's no going back without a huge pitb. Thank goodness I had copies. Now I'm back to 10.10.2 and all is well.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Aug 9, 2015 7:14 PM in response to Terrible
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:14 PM in response to Terrible

    It would not have converted automatically without you clicking OK.

     

    Pete

  • by Terrible,

    Terrible Terrible Aug 9, 2015 7:26 PM in response to petermac87
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:26 PM in response to petermac87

    Oh you bet your britches it did. Went to open last Barry and received sorry this has been converted to photos and no longer works in iPhoto or something to the effect.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Aug 9, 2015 7:38 PM in response to Terrible
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:38 PM in response to Terrible

    Do you really think that everyone else is wrong? The iPhoto library is not converted, the Photos library is in addition, to, not instead of. You could still use it in iPhoto if you stopped believing your nonsense and paid attention. FYI, your britches are on fire.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Aug 9, 2015 7:44 PM in response to Terrible
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:44 PM in response to Terrible

    Terrible wrote:

     

    Oh you bet your britches it did. Went to open last Barry and received sorry this has been converted to photos and no longer works in iPhoto or something to the effect.

    Rubbish.

     

    Pete

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 9, 2015 7:47 PM in response to Pete Kroner
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:47 PM in response to Pete Kroner

    Pete Kroner wrote:

     

    I Noticed at Barnes and noble that there is not a single book or booklet on Photos just two on iPhoto. This tells me I should stick with my iPhotos app and library. Why not?

    Amazing logic - a program that has been around for over ten years has more books in a book store than one that has been out about 3 months

     

    You are certainly a genius and know how to make a great decision

     

    Have a great life

     

    LN

  • by Terrible,

    Terrible Terrible Aug 9, 2015 7:49 PM in response to Csound1
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:49 PM in response to Csound1

    1-They usually are. 2-Thanks.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Aug 9, 2015 7:53 PM in response to Terrible
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    Aug 9, 2015 7:53 PM in response to Terrible

    Glad you finally understand.

     

    Happy Computing

     

    Pete

  • by Lazy Leopard,

    Lazy Leopard Lazy Leopard Aug 10, 2015 12:17 AM in response to petermac87
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    Aug 10, 2015 12:17 AM in response to petermac87

    petermac87 wrote:

     

    It would not have converted automatically without you clicking OK.

    The Photos app was inserted and made to take over the photo import process from iPhoto without any clear "Ok" when an update happened. One day iPhoto was doing the task. The next Photos had taken it over, without explanation.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Aug 10, 2015 12:31 AM in response to Pete Kroner
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    Aug 10, 2015 12:31 AM in response to Pete Kroner

    I Noticed at Barnes and noble that there is not a single book or booklet on Photos just two on iPhoto. This tells me I should stick with my iPhotos app and library.

     

    I would think that's more a reflection of the fact that iPhoto has been in existence for nearly 15 years and Photos for about 15 weeks. So I wouldn't base any big decisions on that. iPhoto continues to run and from reports I'm seeing online, runs in the beta for 10.11 too. But at some point in the future it's likely that it will not run on some version of the OS or other. That means you will then have a choice of migrating at that point or freezing your system and not updating. The latter idea will in turn be limited by the longevity of your hardware. Bluntly, at some point in the future you will find that migration is necessary.

     

     

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