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Q: Does the new Photo App replace my IPhoto Library?

I just did an update to Yosemite 10.10.3.  With it is a new Photos App.  I read some time back that something new would replace IPhoto.  Is this it?

 

I noticed when the update finished downloading my IPhots app was removed from the dock and replaced with Photos.  I got as far as this screen, shown below.

 

I thought you choose one of the four displayed but I guess you have to perform at least one of those.  My question is, should I import my IPhotos Library to Photos?  If so, I will then have two big photos libraries with over 15,000 photos each.  So do I then delete the iPhoto Library?   I am surprised Apple did not give a little more direction on this.

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Posted on Apr 10, 2015 1:27 PM

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Oct 23, 2015 11:37 AM in response to vinod86
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    Oct 23, 2015 11:37 AM in response to vinod86

    Wrong

     

    all you do is drag the Photos library to an external drive that is directly connected with a fast wired connection like USB, FireWire or ThunderBolt, is not being used as a TimeMachine backup volume  and is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and then double click on it to open it - - no exporting or importing (that loses a lot of information) - just dragging and opening - one you have fully tested it then you can delete the old one (test one more time before emptying the trash)  --  and you also need to delete the iPhoto library on the old drive to free up any space (be sure you have a good archive first)

     

    LN

  • by R C-R,

    R C-R R C-R Oct 23, 2015 4:45 PM in response to vinod86
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    Oct 23, 2015 4:45 PM in response to vinod86

    vinod86 wrote:

    Like everybody, I noticed two photo libraries - one from iPhoto and one from Photos.

    If you allowed Photos to upgrade your existing iPhoto library then at that point, even though you were seeing two libraries, they were sharing the same photo & video files -- there was actually only one copy of each file on your drive taking up file space even though in Finder views it looks like there are two. This is because the upgrade process takes advantage of a special kind of link in the file system (which is different from an alias) to save space & make one file appear in two different folders/containers in Finder.

  • by vinod86,

    vinod86 vinod86 Oct 23, 2015 6:33 PM in response to R C-R
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    Oct 23, 2015 6:33 PM in response to R C-R

    Then how does my Photos app continue to show all my photos even though I have moved both my Photos library and iPhoto library to my external hard drive and now they reside in two different folders in my external hard drive?

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Oct 23, 2015 7:53 PM in response to vinod86
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    Oct 23, 2015 7:53 PM in response to vinod86

    When you move a library you break the hard link and so the photos is copied with the library - now you have tow copies of each original and preview on your external drive

     

    I'm not clear on what you are trying to get to - everything you need is in this thread

     

    LN

  • by vinod86,

    vinod86 vinod86 Oct 23, 2015 8:37 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Oct 23, 2015 8:37 PM in response to LarryHN

    I have achieved what I intended to by freeing up close to half of my hard disk space moving both photo libraries to my external hard drive.

     

    Thanks,

    Vinod

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Oct 23, 2015 8:46 PM in response to vinod86
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    Oct 23, 2015 8:46 PM in response to vinod86

    Good

     

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  • by Roccie,

    Roccie Roccie Nov 19, 2015 12:12 PM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 19, 2015 12:12 PM in response to Terence Devlin

    May I confirm I can delete the iPhoto library after a successful migration to Photo please?

     

    I do not require any additional functionality in iPhoto.

     

    I really need to open up some hard drive space.

     

    I cannot put the Photo library out on iCould and point to it?

     

    Thank you sir.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Nov 19, 2015 12:21 PM in response to Roccie
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    Nov 19, 2015 12:21 PM in response to Roccie

    Yes you can delete the iPhoto library but it is not a good idea - it will not save much space at all (Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support) and if you ever need or want it then yu will have issues

     

    I cannot put the Photo library out on iCould and point to it?

    That is correct - the Photos library (and the iPhotos library) can only be on local drives formated Mac OS extended (journaled)

     

    LN

  • by reddog67,

    reddog67 reddog67 May 3, 2016 10:46 AM in response to topcop1
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    May 3, 2016 10:46 AM in response to topcop1

    iPhoto divided events nicely.  How can I get photo to divide events by date and place in organized "event" folders?

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN May 3, 2016 2:08 PM in response to reddog67
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    May 3, 2016 2:08 PM in response to reddog67

    no

     

    Moments are the new events

     

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad May 3, 2016 2:19 PM in response to reddog67
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    May 3, 2016 2:19 PM in response to reddog67
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