johnquest

Q: Can I go back to using iPhoto? Photos is not organizing properly.

I am frustrated by Photos. I wish I could get iPhoto back so that the organization of my media is similar to how it was before I too quickly updated the program and found that I was in Photos. Any ideas?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 26, 2015 10:41 PM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 26, 2015 10:51 PM in response to johnquest
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    Apr 26, 2015 10:51 PM in response to johnquest

    The migration let iPhoto installed and also your iPhoto Library will still work with iPhoto.

    If you did not uninstall iPhoto, it will still be there in your Applications folder.  And if you had updated to the latest version iPhoto 9.6.1 before you upgraded to MacOS X 10.10.3,  you can simply drag iPhoto back to the Dock from your Applications folder and continue to use it. Double click iPhoto and confirm, that you want to open iPhoto and not Photos.   It is not compulsory to use Photos, while it it still the first release. When you launch iPhoto, you will see a warning, that the iPhoto Library has been migrated to Photos, but simply click the "Open iPhoto" button.The library will still work with iPhoto. ()see: If Photos won't open a library that you already migrated - Apple Support

     

    If your iPhoto version is not iPhoto 9.6.1, you need to update it.

    See this User Tip:

    Usually it will work to reinstall instead of updating:

     

    Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS... | Apple Support Communities

     

    The main idea is to move the iPhoto app to the Trash, so Spotlight does not see it as installed, reload the AppStore, and then to try to download again from the App Store - from your Purchases tab, not from the main page, since you can neither buy iPhoto nor update it, but you can reinstall, if your AppleID is associated with it.