Does the new Photo App replace my IPhoto Library?

Hello

1) I have the same issue than RC_R - error message to download the iPhoto update

2) when I download Yosemite, Photos installed automatically and I was never asked the choice of keeping iPhoto or Photos - now I have Photos and the library was not migrated ..is there a way to do it manually ?

Thanks

Thanks Terrence! It worked!

Unless you manually deleted it, the old iPhoto app is still there in your Applications folder.

Just launch from there.

Unless you manually deleted it, the old iPhoto app is still there in your Applications folder.

Read the thread. This refers to folks who's iPhoto won't launch on 10.10.3

But how recently? See for example this MacRumors article, which states that about a day after Photos for OS X was released, Apple pulled iPhoto from the Mac App Store. Several other sites are reporting the same thing, for instance Apple Insider.

On no, rumour sites incorrect.

How about

pbmacsApr 12, 2015 11:38 AM Re: Does the new Photo App replace my IPhoto Library?
Re: Does the new Photo App replace my IPhoto Library?in response to Terence Devlin

Thanks Terrence! It worked!

Terence Devlin wrote:

On no, rumour sites incorrect.

How about

pbmacsApr 12, 2015 11:38 AM Re: Does the new Photo App replace my IPhoto Library?
Re: Does the new Photo App replace my IPhoto Library?in response to Terence Devlin

Thanks Terrence! It worked!

OK, but how about the screen shot I posted or the many reports from users seeing the same thing? There is more to it than just unhiding purchases or dragging an older installed version to the trash.

I'm not sure why some can get this to work & others can't, but I think it may have something to do with whether or not iPhoto 9.x was actually purchased from the MAS or originally came installed on a Mac.

Terence Devlin wrote:

Unless you manually deleted it, the old iPhoto app is still there in your Applications folder.

Read the thread. This refers to folks who's iPhoto won't launch on 10.10.3

Specifically, you must have iPhoto version 9.6.1 installed if you are running OS X version 10.10.3. If you have any older version of iPhoto installed, OS X 10.10.3 will refuse to launch it.

If I see a query asking about updating the app, I post that answer. So far, no one I have posted it to has reported a problem. That's where my interest ends, tbh. But I have posted it in response to one person using iPhoto v8.1.2 which can only be installed from disk.

Specifically, you must have iPhoto version 9.6.1 installed if you are running OS X version 10.10.3. If you have any older version of iPhoto installed, OS X 10.10.3 will refuse to launch it.

No, seriously?

Terence Devlin wrote:

Specifically, you must have iPhoto version 9.6.1 installed if you are running OS X version 10.10.3. If you have any older version of iPhoto installed, OS X 10.10.3 will refuse to launch it.

No, seriously?

(I may have missed something - not sure if that's surprise or wit!)

Yes - I just updated a system to 10.10.3 which had iPhoto 9.6 (had been on beta, and have been away for a few days).

On restart:

There were a few other things I had to do to get 9.6.1 to install:

Is iPhoto still listed under Purchases in Yosemite

R C-R wrote:

Terence Devlin wrote:

Well lots of other folks have reported success with it. I'd suggest contacting Store support.

But how recently? See for example this MacRumors article, which states that about a day after Photos for OS X was released, Apple pulled iPhoto from the Mac App Store. Several other sites are reporting the same thing, for instance Apple Insider.

This may affect some other users with other drives, and/or copies of existing iPhoto app on data drives like me.

In essence, I moved existing incompatible iPhoto (having already copied it to an external and internal drive for posterity) to another drive and compressed it to hide it from MAS. Trashing it may well suffice, but as I wanted to move it I didn't trash it. If people do trash it, they might need to empty trash as well?

Thereafter I logged out of the user account, logged back in, ejected all other non-starup drives as several have MAS apps or backups.

Next, I re-opened the App Store, and I had the option to Install which was only Update (non-functional) beforehand.

Successfully downloaded 9.6.1 in release version of 10.10.3 having been unable to open 9.6:

Is iPhoto still listed under Purchases in Yosemite

They don't need to empty the trash.

Terence Devlin wrote:

Specifically, you must have iPhoto version 9.6.1 installed if you are running OS X version 10.10.3. If you have any older version of iPhoto installed, OS X 10.10.3 will refuse to launch it.

No, seriously?

Terence, please understand that I am not posting for your benefit alone, or just for you & anyone you choose to reply to. If that is how you want to do it, I have no problems with that, but since a lot of other people may read these discussions, if I think something could benefit some of them, even if it is just a clarification of something you think should be obvious, I am likely to add a comment about that.

Thanks for clarifying - as I didn't approach it that way I was uncertain.

the reason it says item not available is because you still have it in the computer, just take the iPhoto app from within you application folder and put it in the trash, then go back to the app store and look in purchases, now it will show iPhoto and the button should say "download", instead of "open" as it did before

you deleted the app. Once it is downloaded you will be able to open it and put it back in the dock if you choose.