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trishfromnorth

Q: none of my folders from iPhoto appear in Photos.

none of my folders from iPhoto show in Photos

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Jun 9, 2015 11:48 AM

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Q: none of my folders from iPhoto appear in Photos.

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  • by léonie,Solvedanswer

    léonie léonie Jun 9, 2015 12:22 PM in response to trishfromnorth
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    Jun 9, 2015 12:22 PM in response to trishfromnorth

    Are only the folders missing or also the photos?

     

    The migration of an iPhoto Library will preserve the folders, if the folders contain albums or smart albums that can be migrated.

    If not only folders are missing but also photos, you may have migrated an empty iPhoto Library and not your main iPhoto Library.

     

    Can it be that Photos did not migrate your main iPhoto Library but a different library? That can happen, when Photos cannot open your iPhoto Library because of permission errors or because it is on a drive with an unsupported file system.