Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
I had iPhoto 9.6 on my computer. I wish to CONTINUE to use it. An Apple update just installed their new Photos and installed a "no-go" sign on my previously perfectly working iPhoto 9.6 and all previous versions.
WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING.
I am NOT interested in having ONLY Photos - I don't mind it being there to try it out, but to UNILATERALLY REMOVE iPhoto is UNACCEPTABLE.
Apple please re-instate it forthwith.
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.
But, my Apple TV show only random unorganized photos in my Library, no albums and only about 10% of the original.
Should I delete "Photos.?"
Heh, for me its more than ten years of working with thousands of photos put into videos and albums and slideshows.... now, none working in Photos or Apple TV.
Sorry, but its hard to get over it.
Why don't you just continue to use iPhoto, it would save all this complaint if you just do it the way you did before Photos.
You gave us this little gem
But I was dumb enough to upgrade and once you do that....you're screwed. You cannot go back.
Which is in no way true, it's hard to regain credibility after a gaffe like that.
I could use a little help here.
Using the tip on this tread to get into iPhoto by right clicking the icon in apps, then show package contents - > contents -> Mac OS and then terminal is great. It totally works. However, for some reason i do not have an iPhoto icon in that folder. I would love to do as suggested and copy the icon in THAT folder into my dock.
It would save me from running ALL those steps each time I want to use iPhoto.
Is there something I am missing? Is there a way to view the icon that should be there (or seems to be in the people's post earlier in this thread that are working)?
Thanks in advance.
🙂
That doesnt solve the Apple TV problem with a library of randomly placed photos....
This is what you're looking for:
The OP who first suggested this method reposted and said that it was primarily for being able to open iPhoto and export the original files out so that they could be used in a new Photos library. He said there were some features that did not work with this method.
If you can get iPhoto 9.6.1 from the App Store that would be your best option.
Thanks so much Old Toad. I wish I could get it in the App store. i am in Canada and am being told it is not available in the Canadian store.
Also tried it with an american IP address but app store still says Im in Canada.
I wish I could - normally as opposed to the marvellous recipe Old Toad posted - my App Store says the iPhotos 9.6.1 is not available in Belgium and I can no longer seem to change country of App Store.
The real problem may be something different - I updated from 10.10.2 to 10.10.3 without updating iPhoto from 9.6 to 9.6.1 and I have no idea, except by going back and reloading 10.10.2 from Time Machine and hoping for the best (unlikely and probably a waste of time), how to proceed. There MUST be a simpler way. I shall try telephoning Apple Support tomorrow and see if they have an answer.
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.
Hey!
This TOTALLY worked! Thanks a ton 🙂
And here is a more definitive reply.
I telephoned Apple (my new machine still had a few days of telephone support) and spoke to a senior adviser.
He said I should have updated iPhoto from 9.6 to 9.6.1 BEFORE upgrading Yosemite from 10.10.2 to 10.10.3 - as Yosemite 10.10.3, because of "Photos", puts a no-entry sign on all previous versions of iPhoto. So if you can still do this, it's the lightest solution.
He recommended deleting all instances of iPhoto, which I did (of course I kept copies elsewhere), I checked with Spotlight that indeed all copies were gone, and then launched the AppStore - Purchases. This time, for iPhoto, instead of an inoperative grey "UPGRADE" button there was an "INSTALL" button.
This duly installed a new iPhoto 9.6.1.
I had thought it was the presence of the new "Photos" that was stopping the update of iPhoto. Not so, it was the non-recognised iPhoto 9.6.
Many thanks indeed to a particularly helpful Apple Senior Advisor (all in French by the way - I live in Belgium).
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And to further give credit where credit is due, this solution from Terence Devlin, that works IF you ever "purchased" iPhoto from iTunes or the App store (as far as I remember it was necessary to "purchase" a free copy after loading a new version of the OS - was it Lion ? or Mountain Lion?) is the same as the one my Apple Senior Adviser recommended - except that he was able to give more explanation and guidance over the telephone.
But for those who never had to "purchase" iPhoto I really think Apple should re-instate it in the App Store and give people who have ultimately been tricked into abandoning it in favour of a highly deficient Photos a place to download it from.
I am absolutely FLABBERGASTED!!
