How do you get OS X to use iPhoto on camera import instead of Photos?

pmiles wrote:

Well it's moot point for me as I use iPhoto, not Photos

Then why did you import your library to Photos?

Delete the libraries you do not need, set iPhoto as your default if it is not.

pmiles wrote:

I never did, it automatically did it when the 10.10.3 update was installed. Magic happens.

Never seen that happen, first you have to go to iCloud preferences to activate the iCloud Library, then start Photos and choose to migrate the library, all that happening automatically is in the realm of Magic indeed, except I don't believe in Magic.

pmiles - I agree. Exactly my point is that Apple thinks it knows best when introducing new software as Photos. They never bother to ask if you want to migrate and we end up with a discussion group like this having circular arguments that would never have started if Apple had a little more understanding of how users want to run their systems whether technically inferior or otherwise.

Csound1 - its did happen automatically and its not magic but a royal Apple pain in the backside

Evisonn wrote:

pmiles - I agree. Exactly my point is that Apple thinks it knows best when introducing new software as Photos. They never bother to ask if you want to migrate

Except that they do, it is not an automatic process.

Evisonn wrote:

Csound1 - its did happen automatically and its not magic but a royal Apple pain in the backside

I'll just disbelieve you then, I have upgraded 4 Macs so far, none of them did it automatically, so if you did not turn the iCloud Photo Library on someone else did.

Please direct me to the KB that says migration to the cloud happens automatically, I would love to see that.

I Dont use iCloud photo library as I have 16,000 photographs some of which are 20mb RAW files. I have no idea what happened so cant help you. All I know is I have wasted a load of time on something I did not ask for....

I know you don't use it, I'm just amazed that you turned the library on at all. It hasn't been in existence long enough to even upload your library.

I did not turn the library on. All I did was open Photos and the iPhoto library started to migrate/link/copy. As I managed to get rid of Photos and its library I dont appear to have a problem anymore unless Apple decide to no longer support iPhoto or to delete it as they did on the mobile version.

Evisonn wrote:

I did not turn the library on.

Then somebody else did, there is no magic, things don't just happen. Maybe you just said yes instead of reading the directions.

I do not believe in supernatural events, sorry.

Old Toad wrote:

No, Photos creates it's own Library.

That is incorrect

I was taking this part of the post literally and replying to it. Tunnel vision.

I see light at the end of the tunnel, 🙂 I hope it is not an oncoming train 😁

I notice that you are very knowledgeable about iPhoto and Photo Please can you take a look at my thread since I have a similar problem You can see there what I have already tried.

Thanks

RickAu

I wish to use iPhoto not Photo How can I stop photo opening every time I connect my camera

I can't add anything that hasn't already been mentioned. léonie is far more familiar with GPS issues than I as I don't use them much. The negative long and lat is a bug and Apple has to fix it. Make sure you've reported it to Apple via https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html so they are aware that many users are experiencing the problem, i.e. the squeaky wheel effect.