where can i get iPhoto 9.6.1 outside app store

You can't get 9.6.1 outside the app store, but you can probably get it in there:

Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1

If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash

Install the App from the App Store.

Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928

One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?

iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.

Looks like it is no longer available.

If you cannot download the 9.6.1 update soon, have a look at the "Solved" post in this discussion: I am absolutely FLABBERGASTED!!

Ignore the "solved" area of these posts. Doesn't work.

Terrance - I followed your instructions and found iPhoto on my "Purchased List" and when I clicked on Install I got the following message :

Error 1004 please try again later. Tried later and same thing

Cannot locate iPhoto on the Canadian website for APP Store

My problem is that I have Time Capsule using Time Machine. I had to reformat my hard drive and try to recover everything off the Time Capsule. Well the Recover on Time Machine was not recognizing my hard drive on my iMAC because Time Machine was treating it as a new computer hard drive so it would not let me restore from the Time Capsule. So with help of a willing neighbour we were able to copy one of the backups from Time Capsule to my desktop and have been moving everything into the appropriate file folders on the iMAC HD - so ultimately doing a manual restore. BUT my problem now is I don't know where my pictures are & I need iPhoto to retrieve those pictures. So I am not sure how I will get my pictures out of the iPhoto Library. If iPhoto is not available then do I have to upgrade to Yosemite & Photo? Is there a better photo managing APP?

Time Machine backups often (general) can not be used directly - TM does not simply copy files - it makes an initial backup of a file and then as changes are made recorded=s those changes - so to restore the files you must use TM to do it - copying using the finder will not sork

see http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html - specifically FAQ # 22 - for help

LN

Yes I will get onto Time Capsule/Machine forum.

Thanks - I could not restore from my Time Capsule using the restore on Time Machine because my system locked up so badly half way into Parallels that I could not do anything - could not enter Safe Boot, Restore with Time Machine, or ?? one other option that appeared on the screen - can't remember what it was. I could do nothing. I had decided to get rid of Parallels because it was painfully slow, and go to Boot Camp anyway. So I did not want to restore the entire Time Capsule anyway. Apple recommended that I reinstall the OS - which I had to do from my Snow Leopard discs that were included when I purchased the iMAC, then upgrade to Mavericks. I did all this then tried to install iPhoto from my iLife disk and it would not let me do so. Hence my dilemma with iPhoto. I have been able to move all my documents, address book, desktop off the backup I copied from Time Capsule to a folder on my desktop. I know this is not the normal procedure to restore, but I needed to get rid of the partition that Parallels was on.

Thanks for your suggestions.

I do hope I can get my 25,000 pictures back. I would sure like to have them just in a file folder like on a PC rather than hidden in an app like iPhoto.

Time Machine is intact. I have not yet done another system backup. The time machine shows only about 79GB remaining on the 1TB drive, so it appears that my original backups are on the Time Capsule, but hidden. Like I said with the help of a neighbour we were able to copy one of the backups to a file folder on my desktop and the files all appear to be there, but not sure where the iPhoto Library is - I am still working on that !

OK so looks like I should upgrade to Yosemite and Photos and get all my photos into Photos (hopefully all of them).

Then do you have a suggestion for a good photo APP that just references a file folder containing all my photos. I don't like them hidden within iPhoto/Photo. I guess being an old PC user, I just don't like the way Apple hides stuff from the user.

One more question - "Genius Bar" where is that - do you have a link? or is it somewhere I phone?

"Then do you have a suggestion for a good photo APP that just references a file folder containing all my photos."

Adobe Photoshop Elements on the Mac organizes photo's in folders (without being in a "package") and has a very nice set of editing tools, I used it previously and it was very capable.

Just for reference, your photo's in the iPhoto/Aperture can be accessed, in Finder if you right click on the photo package and choose show contents, you can see and access your photos directly.

Just for reference, your photo's in the iPhoto/Aperture can be accessed, in Finder if you right click on the photo package and choose show contents, you can see and access your photos directly.

You need to point out that this access is not supported, and if you want to store files in folders then simply use a Referenced Library:

For more on iPhoto and file management see this User Tip:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6361

Otherwise:

For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491