"Photos" installed; what to do with "iPhoto.app?"

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"Photos" installed; what to do with "iPhoto.app?"

After installing latest update (10.10.3) all of my pics are now accessible through "Photos."

I find that both "iPhoto.app" and "Photos.app" appear in the applications folder. However, "Photos.app" shows a very low 50.2MB, whereas "iPhotos.app" shows 1.7GB.

Does this sound right? Shouldn't iPhotos have been removed when Photos was installed in the update?

Considering the current size indicated for iPhotos, I'm loath to just "trash" it!

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 27, 2015 10:46 AM

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Kappy

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Apr 27, 2015 10:52 AM in response to nkh

iPhoto is still usable and your iPhoto Library is still intact. I would hang onto both for a while.

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Barney-15E

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Apr 27, 2015 10:50 AM in response to nkh

You can do whatever you want with it. I would imagine Finder may not let you move it to the Trash, though.

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nkh Author

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Apr 27, 2015 10:55 AM in response to Kappy

Thanks Kappy!

Does this mean that the two programs share the same library? The next time I transfer pics will they be sent to a shared library?

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Barney-15E

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Apr 27, 2015 10:57 AM in response to nkh

nkh wrote:

Thanks Kappy!

Does this mean that the two programs share the same library? The next time I transfer pics will they be sent to a shared library?

No, they have separate libraries (at least mine does).

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Kappy

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Apr 27, 2015 11:11 AM in response to nkh

What he said. 😁

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nkh Author

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Apr 27, 2015 11:45 AM in response to Kappy

If separate libraries exist... I wonder if I did something wrong when I opened "Photos" for the first time. I'm no longer sure what questions were asked... but I think it asked if I wanted to use existing library. Not knowing what else to say... I probably said "yes."

Clearly, the 50.2MB size shown for "Photos.app" is much too small to include its own library!

Is that OK, or not?

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Kappy

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Apr 27, 2015 11:58 AM in response to nkh

In your /Home/Pictures/ folder should be two libraries - iPhoto Library and Photos Library. Neither application includes the library. They are separate files. They do not "share" one library.

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tbirdvet

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Apr 27, 2015 11:59 AM in response to Barney-15E

You can move it to the trash (I did that) but I would keep it for now just in case.

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nkh Author

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Apr 27, 2015 12:04 PM in response to Kappy

Ah... quite correct! They're both there!

So... the next time I download photos from my cameras, will they go to both libraries, or just the "Photos" library?

Also... since I now know that the libraries are not included in the tally shown in my applications folder, what explains the large discrepancy between the size of iPhoto and Photos: 1.7GB vs 50.2MB?

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Kappy

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Apr 27, 2015 12:25 PM in response to nkh

iPhotos is a very large application.

When you connect a camera it will open the one you have selected for it.

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