iphoto and all my photos are missing

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iphoto and all my photos are missing

I went to do something with my photos and noticed iPhoto is missing and has been replaced by Photos. I searched for iPhoto in my applications and it says "In order to open iPhoto, you need to update to the latest version. When I go to the app store, it says a retail version is not available.

So my question is, what happened to all my photos?! The new Photos only has a few days worth. I checked my iCloud account and the same thing. I had years of photos in iPhoto and can't find them.

From what I can tell, there was some way to do a conversion of iPhoto to Photos, however, I don't recall ever seeing anything when I upgraded my IOS version (Yosemite 10.10.3).

Help please!

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 17, 2015 5:14 PM

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poikkeus1

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Apr 17, 2015 7:05 PM in response to Hangerholder

I'm guessing that you don't have your photos backed up. But there's a chance your photos will be (yourself)/Pictures/Photo Library.

If you're still struggling to find your lost photos, try to do a Spotlight search for pictures you know should be there. If you find one, your other photos will probably be in the same place.

From what I can tell, there was some way to do a conversion of iPhoto to Photos, however, I don't recall ever seeing anything when I upgraded my IOS version (Yosemite 10.10.3).

You're right; Apple consolidated iPhoto into Photos. In the beginning, the installer asked you if you wanted to put your photo images into Photos.

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Hangerholder Author

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Apr 18, 2015 11:41 AM in response to poikkeus1

They are not there, I only see the same photos I see on the updated app PHOTOS. What about all my photo streams? I thought the cloud kept all that? Any other suggestions? I can't believe that Apple could send out an update that would potentially wipe out years of photos without an extreme warning about the update.

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