These are the details of my computer: I have recently updated (1st time ever) to OS X Yosemite. I did not back up any of my stuff and now have lost all of my photos. iPhoto does not exist anymore and I cannot seem to find it on the app store to update (I think it already came installed on the mac) Please could somebody help me get back my photos? There is over 4 years missing. Thanks in advance for all your help.
Open Photos and see if your photos appear(you may need to launch it with the Option key held down and specify that library), or click here and try following the instructions.
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You now use a different application called, Photos. It is in your Applications folder. Your old iPhoto Library is still in the /Home/Pictures/ folder. To get a version of iPhoto that still works see the following:
Apr 14, 2015 2:21 PM
Re: Is Iphoto gone ? i want it back!
Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1
If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.
How did you update to Yosemite?
The update to Yosemite does not delete iPhoto, it will just remove the iPhoto icon from the Dock. Have you checked, if iPhoto is still n the Applications folder, where it should be? Then drag the icon back to the Dock and you should be able to use it again.
If you did not update to iphoto 9.6.1, before you updated to Yosemite, the iPhoto icon will be crossed out , because it is not compatible. Then update iPhoto by reinstalling.
To update see this User Tip: See: Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS X 10.10.3
If you cannot update to version 9.6.1, because you never updated from the App Store, migrate your iPhoto library to Photos.
Drag the iPhoto library onto the Photos icon in the Dock. Your iPhoto Library should be in the Pictures folder.
Hi, yes iPhoto has disappeared and been replaced with 'Photos'. I have checked applications, it is not there?
Thanks
Hi Niel, thanks for the link but my version of iPhoto was there when I bought the macbook and I assume it was an old version, I did not get it from the app store, so your instructions will not work. Can you suggest anything else? I seem to have tried everything?
Hi Terence, thanks for your help but I have just tried to find iPhoto in my iTunes through your instructions and it is not there.
1. Use Photos instead. If desired, choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, double-click the Pictures folder, and see if the iPhoto library still exists; if so, back it up.
2. iPhoto won't be in the iTunes library. It'll be in the Applications folder at the top level of the drive.
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hi niel, my home folder is empty.
I Have tried i sky soft data recovery and it seems to have founce my files but I cannot recover them unless I have the registration code. I thought it was a free trial. Have you come across this before?
Can you go to /Applications/Utilities and open up Terminal.app?
Then paste in these commands and paste the output back here?
ls /Applications/Photos.app
ls -a ~/
This is what happened:
Jennies-MacBook-Pro:~ jenniemccann$ ls -a ~/
. .bash_history Library
.. Desktop Movies
.CFUserTextEncoding Documents Music
.DS_Store Downloads Pictures
.Trash Google Drive Public
Jennies-MacBook-Pro:~ jenniemccann$
Okay, so your home folder is not empty after all. That's a good thing.
What happens when you paste in this command?
open ~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary
It opens up 'photos' with all my recent photo uploads, but all the ones since the update are still missing. I have tried isoft data recovery and it has found my photos, but it looks like i can only get to them if i pay $85....check it out..
If you need to recover deleted photos, there are free programs for that (e.g., photorec), but usually an upgrade to Yosemite doesn't actually delete any user data.
In your /Users/jenniemccann/Pictures folder, is the a file called iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary?
First go to Photos' general preference pane and check to see if you're runing a managed or referenced library:
If this checkbox is checked it's a managed library. What is it?
If managed Control (right) - click on your Photos library package and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu.
Locate the Master folder and look inside to see if you can find the missing photos.
Do no move or rename any files/folder but just look to confirm that the photos are there or not.
If you find the missing photos there close the package a launch Photos with the Command+Option keys held down and repair the library. Check to see if the missing photos are not visible.
I have lost all my photos when updated to OS X Yosemite. Can somebody help please?
