iphoto bar stuck on MAC desktop background
After I updated to Yosemite the iPhoto bar is on the bottom of my desktop (like a photo). It is unresponsive, it does nothing.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
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judysings
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Hello michsmart,
I'm not sure what you mean by "the iPhoto bar," but if iPhoto is open and unresponsive, you can force the application to quit, and then restart the computer to refresh it. I'll include some additional information regarding iPhoto and the new Photos app in Yosemite for you below:
Force an app to close on your Mac - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201276
About the OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 Update - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204490
About this update
The OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 update includes the new Photos app.
With Photos you can:
- Browse your photos by time and location in Moments, Collections, and Years views
- Navigate your library using convenient Photos, Shared, Albums, and Projects tabs
- Store all of your photos and videos in iCloud Photo Library in their original format and in full resolution
- Access your photos and videos stored in iCloud Photo Library from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iCloud.com with your web browser
- Perfect your photos with powerful and easy-to-use editing tools that optimize with a single click or slider, or allow precise adjustments with detailed controls
- Create professional-quality photo books with simplified bookmaking tools, new Apple-designed themes, and new square book formats
- Purchase prints in new square and panoramic sizes
It’s easy to upgrade your iPhoto library to Photos - just open the app to get started. To learn more about Photos, visit: https://www.apple.com/osx/photos/
Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204476
When you migrate a photo library from iPhoto or Aperture, the Photos app creates a new library structure but doesn't duplicate your images. Instead, Photos saves disk space by creating links to the original and preview versions of your images.
When Finder reports the file size of your Photos library, it includes all your originals and previews. It may look like your remaining iPhoto or Aperture library is taking up twice the space on your hard drive, but it isn't—your images exist only in one location, even though you may have more than one photo library.
After you migrate your iPhoto or Aperture library to Photos, you might feel tempted to delete your original iPhoto or Aperture library. Because the migrated library takes little additional space, you don't need to delete the original library.
You can still use your original photo library with iPhoto 9.6.1 and Aperture 3.6 after you've migrated it to Photos. Any changes you make in iPhoto or Aperture after you migrate to Photos, like image edits or album changes, will be visible only in iPhoto or Aperture.
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Regards,
- Judy