Q: How to import both iPhoto and Aperture library to iCloud Photo Library (Photos app)
Hi all,
Based on the article here (Designate a System Photo Library in Photos - Apple Support) has anyone tried to bring both an iPhoto and Aperture library into iCloud Photo Library so that both libraries are available as one in iCloud and form the one Photos app library rather than being seen as separate libraries. I don't want the two separated as I have 200GB's of space in iCloud which is plenty to hold the two's collective space of about 40GB's.
It seems as though the procedure is pretty simple.
- First of all set one of your libraries as the System Photo Library, this will happen naturally with setting up Photos app for the first time. I chose iPhoto as the original library.
- Let this library upload all it's photo's to iCloud over a few minutes, hours, days etc.
- When finished, enter your other library by closing Photos app and reopening while holding down the Option key (usually Alt). In this case I now opened the Aperture library that it had found.
- Under Preferences > iCloud set this library as the System Photo Library and in turn it will have the ability to upload to iCloud.
- When it's finished I suppose you will have both iPhoto AND Aperture pictures in the one iCloud Photo Library.
At least I hope the above makes sense.
Anybody already tried this with good / bad results, let us know here.
MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Posted on Apr 12, 2015 3:46 PM
Hi all,
Ultimately I went with my own suggestion of first setting the iPhoto library as system Photo library (well the initial wizard did all this for me), letting all of that upload and then opening the Aperture library and enabling it as System Photo library and iCloud enabled - this then let all Aperture items upload to iCloud.
This had the desirable effect of merging the two together into one. Now I just have to to delete the original library that was created AND even consider deleting the iPhoto and Aperture libraries themselves as they're taking up a good 40GB's on my drive as it stands.
I have to say Apple ALWAYS have a way of solving your problem, even if not obvious at first (for example hold down Option key and click Photo's).
Posted on Apr 16, 2015 5:25 AM