How can I safely migrate my photo library from Photos 1.0 back to iPhoto 9.6.1?

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How can I safely migrate my photo library from Photos 1.0 back to iPhoto 9.6.1?

When I updated to the 10.10.3 update, it removed iPhoto from my dock, replacing it with the new Photos icon. I assumed wrongly that I could no longer use iPhoto & allowed Photos to migrate my photo library to itself. My photo library is huge, over 25K photos, and I've since realized I'd prefer if I'd kept the library in iPhoto, starting a new library with the Photos app, but I don't know how to put things back safely. Any suggestions?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 8:06 AM

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Yer_Man

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Apr 25, 2015 8:50 AM in response to ThisIssue

Launch iPhoto. Done.

With Photos: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch Photos. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library' to make a new Library.

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Eau Rouge

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Apr 25, 2015 8:12 AM in response to ThisIssue

is your iPhoto library still in your Pictures folder?

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Apr 25, 2015 8:54 AM in response to Yer_Man

Thank you. The original warning message about launching iPhoto had put me off, the language suggesting any iPhoto edits not being viewable in Photos a little concerning, but now I understand better.

Also, the Create New Library shortcut very helpful, so thanks again.

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Aug 15, 2015 7:20 AM in response to Yer_Man

I started using Photos when it came out and found all my pictures from iPhoto showed up correctly.

I have been using Photos now since then and have been importing new photos to there. I'm not realizing it does not do what i want.

How can I move back to iPhoto and not lose the pictures I have imported to Photos since the migration.

dave

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