I have two big iPhotos backups in a external hard drive and I don't now how to see my pictures. Always I try to open a iPhoto backup, a message say that isn't compatible with Yosemite. I know that and the new Photos has migrated all local pictures from iPhoto to Photos. But how about the backups in my hard drive? How to access tons of pictures that I have there? Please, somebody help me. 😕
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2011), iOS 8.3, iPhoto backup
How were the backups made?
If they are exact copies of an iphoto library you can access them by holding down the option key while launching Photos and selecting them
LN
Thank you Larry. I've tried holding down the option button, but a message emerges saying that my backup is stored in a disk that uses an incompatible disc format. It's not true! It's compatible and it's ready to read and write files. It's the same external hd I was using before to upgrade my OS Yosimite.
Anyway, thank you very much for your help. 😟
but a message emerges saying that my backup is stored in a disk that uses an incompatible disc format. It's not true! It's compatible
What format is it?
a message emerges saying that my backup is stored in a disk that uses an incompatible disc format. It's not true! It's compatible
Apparently you are mistaken - what format is it? Note it must be Mac OS extended (journaled) to work with iphoto and it is best to check the ignore ownership box in the info window on the EHD
LN
Although iPhoto would work with libraries located on formats other than OS X Extended (journaled) they would fail at some time. However, Photos checks the format of the volume that the library is on and won't open it if it's not correct.
You may have to copy your libraries from that EHD to one that is correctly formatted before Photos will even attempt to open and convert it.
How to use my iPhoto backups on Photos Yosemite?
