dynasg2009

Q: I hate this new Photos!

I had already spent hours multiple times to get all my photos sorted. I have traveled all over the world and have thousands of pics, also have Faces set up with those locations. Now, after this latest update, everything has totally changed and I am so angry I could scream or choke someone! What can I do to get the iPhoto back and get rid of this update?

 

Thanks for the help if there is any hope left.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 24, 2015 8:24 AM

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  • by AbbeBrendan,

    AbbeBrendan AbbeBrendan Nov 26, 2015 1:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Nov 26, 2015 1:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    That was the problem with iPhoto - you lose all your metadata. Totally useless.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Nov 26, 2015 2:24 AM in response to AbbeBrendan
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    Nov 26, 2015 2:24 AM in response to AbbeBrendan

    Seems like you don't really know anything about iPhoto do you?

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 26, 2015 2:53 AM in response to AbbeBrendan
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    Nov 26, 2015 2:53 AM in response to AbbeBrendan
    That was the problem with iPhoto - you lose all your metadata. Totally useless.

    Photos and iPhoto are digital asset management systems. They are working well, as long as you do not interfere with the way they are managing the database. Access the photos only usin the provided interface. If you are not using software the way it intended to be used and are fighting it all the way, it it better to switch to a software that matches your intended workflow better.

  • by judithfromstephens city,

    judithfromstephens city judithfromstephens city Nov 26, 2015 3:35 AM in response to dynasg2009
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    Nov 26, 2015 3:35 AM in response to dynasg2009

    I was running iOS 10.6.8 and upgraded to El Capitan last week. I too have several thousand pics. I was also very dissatisfied, and attempted to return to iPhoto but it told me my version was outdated, and to go to the App Store for an upgrade. However, when I did that it said it was no longer supported and no upgrades are available in the US. I'm beside myself. Not only the photos, but my videos have been converted to an unusable format and it now says if I convert them, they will probably be corrupted. If you find an answer - let us all know. This is a real issue with Apple this time - and it's certainly changing my way of thinking about them.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 26, 2015 3:44 AM in response to judithfromstephens city
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    Nov 26, 2015 3:44 AM in response to judithfromstephens city

    With El Capitan you need iPhoto 9.6.1.

    You can only update, if you own an App Store version of iPhoto 9.x. Then you can update by reinstalling. But it is too late to buy iPhoto 9.x now, if you never upgraded to this version.

  • by judithfromstephens city,

    judithfromstephens city judithfromstephens city Nov 26, 2015 3:51 AM in response to léonie
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    Nov 26, 2015 3:51 AM in response to léonie

    Had the iPhoto version that was in Snow Leopard and not sure which one that was. Now with the change to El Capitan, you can no longer see exactly what the features are when you go to Finder/Utilities/Applications as you could before. It seems with everything I try to do with this program I run into an issue. Very upset with it.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 26, 2015 6:03 AM in response to judithfromstephens city
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    Nov 26, 2015 6:03 AM in response to judithfromstephens city

    Select iPhoto in the Applications folder and press the key combination ⌘I to open the "Get Info" panel.  This panel may sho the version number:

     

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  • by llamaboy,

    llamaboy llamaboy Sep 25, 2016 11:59 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:59 AM in response to LarryHN

    Yes but the concern is that Apple is no longer developing iPhoto.  There won't be any bug fixes or future releases.  Apple is basically saying "use Photos or good luck if you have any issue with iPhoto because we aren't going to help you."  Which to me says I'm going to go with Adobe Lightroom.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Sep 25, 2016 3:10 PM in response to llamaboy
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    Sep 25, 2016 3:10 PM in response to llamaboy

    Ok - Not sure why you are posting that here but what ever - what software you use is your choice and if you like one better than another then most certainly you should use the one you like - enjoy LR and Adobe support

     

    LN

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 25, 2016 3:14 PM in response to SOGH
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    Sep 25, 2016 3:14 PM in response to SOGH

    T

    SOGH wrote:

     

    Thank you for your help!!! Like others i have my whole photo library set up how i like it and with the new "Photos" app everything was changed. I'm thrilled i came across your brilliance and instruction quickly.  again, Thanks! have a great day! Shawn

    Time to start looking for a replacement before you are forced to, iPhoto will stop working one day, better to be prepared for that day.

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