Media in iWeb not showing photos in Photos library

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Media in iWeb not showing photos in Photos library

I recently upgraded to Mavericks on my iMac and am now attempting to load more photos to my iWeb website. As a result of Mavericks, my iPhoto library has been imported into the Photos library now and no longer show up in the Media panel of iWeb as they did before. All my audio, movies and widgets are still available in the panel, but no photos are found/displayed. I tried to drag and drop directly from the Photos library to my web page but the photos were not incorporated. Is there a way to connect the new Photos library to iWeb or is there an alternate way to connect these two?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Apr 20, 2015 10:06 AM

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Old Toad

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Apr 20, 2015 1:13 PM in response to WendaS

The iWeb app hasn't been updated in about 6 years and was dropped by Apple 3 years ago. It's just not compatible with the those features in Yosemite.

You can still use iPhoto if up previously had a version of iPhoto o 9.x or later. Go to the App Store and under Purchases find iPhoto 9.6.1 and download. That will open the iPhoto library and you'll be able to access it from within iWeb 3.0.

At this stage you should consider migrating over to a website application that is supported and has all of the new features that iWeb doesn't. One that many migrated to because it is so like iWeb in it's interface and features is EverWeb.

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Oct 5, 2015 7:25 PM in response to WendaS

Yes, it's a pain losing the connection with the Photos library (it still recognizes my old iPhotos library that I can't open any other way!).

What I do now is export the photos then drag them into the gallery. It works, just a couple of extra steps.

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Old Toad

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Oct 6, 2015 9:06 AM in response to blimylimey

What you can do is create a folder (I call mine Web/iDVD Photos on the hard drive to store photos to be used with iWeb and iDVD projects. Then drag that folder into the Media/Photos pane in iWeb and iDVD. Then any photos placed into that folder will be available from within iWeb/iDVD to add to the project:

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Nov 6, 2015 11:59 AM in response to Old Toad

Dude, you're awesome!

This totally helped me! Best solution I've seen so far! No need to revert to iPhoto, and the photos I use for iWeb are now consolidated.

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