Q: Give feedback on Photos versus iPhoto
I am very unhappy with the New Photos App and will continue to use iPhoto. The new Photos App is very difficult to use. Why have Apple added this App? Is it as a result of consumer research on iPhoto?
If I hadn't just invested in a new iMac I would consider reverting to using a Windows PC so that I can use Adobe Photoshop for adjustment and organising my albums. I have over 40000 photos recording my world travels and I am truly not interested in seeing all 40000 at any one time!!
If Apple ever stop supporting iPhoto I am going to be extremely angry.
Message was edited by: terencefromashford The previous version of this message was too strong. I have edited my comments to be more open. I apologise if I caused any offence but I was so angry on finding that my precioius photos had been transferred to Photos.
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), null
Posted on Apr 27, 2015 4:23 AM
The feedback form for Photos is here, Terence. Apple - Photos - Feedback
Let the developers know, which iPhoto features are important to you. I hope the next update will bring more features to Photos, that makes it more useful for very large libraries.
Use iPhoto for the time being. iPhoto 9.6.1 is working very well with MacOS X 10.10.3.
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.
Posted on Apr 27, 2015 5:09 AM