Q: I am absolutely FLABBERGASTED!!

Oh get over yourself and use the search function.

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.

I don't use iPhoto, I think it's THE WORST Apple app, stupid in all components, starting in crazy idea of having all photos in one hugy and bulky file named iPhoto Library. I can tell you a lot about how stupid this app is, but Photos appear to be even worse. They say that new app will be the substitution for both iPhoto and Aperture. It means that Photos must be good for pros ans amateurs. As pro I can tell you that even Aperture is far behind modern apps for photographers, Photos is a big step backward. It does not have enough instruments to develop pictures, it does not have normal instruments to work with big picture libraries, to select, compare., compose pictures etc.

Shame on Apple!

Not very familiar with iPhoto, obviously, and Apple have never said Photos is a substitute for Aperture. They just stopped making that.

Familiar enough not to use it for my photos, exept those from iPhone. Rebuildng iphoto library regularly, whan it become too bulky, cause this stupid app os keeping several versions of each picture. Why? What for? To comsume as much disk space as they can?
I have a lot of to say about iPhoto and I am VERY ANGRY about Photos

First announcement  of upcoming Photos:

"Apple is ceasing development of its Aperture and iPhoto apps and will replace them both with the previously-announced Photos for OS X app when it ships next year, the company announced Friday."

http://www.macworld.com/article/2375212/apple-retires-aperture-and-iphoto-to-be- replaced-with-photos-for-os-x.html

But not familiar enough to know about Referenced Libraries in iPhoto and so on.

Perhaps you should re-read that article. The bit you quote is not from Apple, but the journalist and the actual quote from Apple says something quite different:

With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, enabling you to safely store all of your photos in iCloud and access them from anywhere, there will be no new development of Aperture. When Photos for OS X ships next year, users will be able to migrate their existing Aperture libraries to Photos for OS X,

All it says is that you can migrate Aperture Libraries and Aperture development has ceased. Nothing about it as an intended replacement.

"Reference Library"? Apple forgot it's own princple "Keep it simple"
I tried to keep my photos outside iPhoto Library, but even without them Library was HUGE. There was thousands of thumbnails, versions etc.

Crap!

It seems to me, that  people in Apple didn't have a single chance (or simply didn't want) to ask real photographers what they need or what they want.

Okay then, get it off your chest. You'll feel better...

There's a workaround to get iPhoto 9.6 to work. See this post by Todd Dixon:

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Apr 10, 2015 4:58 PM

Re: Is iPhoto deleted by the 10.10.3 update ?

in response to Philippe Barthelemy

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Everyone... if moving your iPhoto to the trash (don't empty trash)  and redownloading from your purchases or hidden purchases does not work then, as per my earlier post, simply remove it from the trash and right-click on iPhoto and click Show package contents, then go in to Contents, and in to the MacOS folder and double click the iPhoto app from there... it launches just fine! So make an alias for it or drag it in to your dock. A non-pretty but functional workaround.

I've tested it and it works with iPhoto 9.5.1 and 9.6 but not with earlier versions.

Also, when iPhoto is launched so is the Terminal and it must remain open while iPhoto is being used.  Closing the Terminal application will close iPhoto. Terminal can be hidden to keep it out of the way.

This isn't a solution:  it's a kludge.  The very elegant Steve Jobs is turning over in his grave about now.  I wonder if he can imagine a company that made its name via computers and computing getting carried away with watches and being more interested in making money.  Photos may have been free, but customers who were relying on iPhoto all these years should have been asked.

jimfrompeoria wrote:

 

The very elegant Steve Jobs is turning over in his grave about now. 

Got any attribution for that?

As TD said, you have to distinguish between what Apple said and what journalists say Apple said...

After 3 months of Yosemite wi-fi issues I am not exactly a blind Apple fan but don't kid yourself that when you try to use an app in a way its not designed to work life may  be hard but not your fault