Schapiro
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Q: iPhoto Vs. Photos

I don't have time to learn a new program. I'm fine with iPhoto (simply cause it works - and I can't afford to transfer everything, master the program, etc). However, when I downloaded Yosemite (a little while back) it came with the new program, "Photos." I didn't think at the time is mattered; however, now I realize that when I or my wife plugged in our phone to download our pictures, on some occasions it went into iPhoto and on other to "Photos." What am I to do? How can I consolidate the two? I tired doing it manually but it would take several hours.

 

Once I make sure I have all my pictures in iPhoto I'm gonna just delete "Photos" so I know where all my pictures are.

 

Thanks so much for your help

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Aug 8, 2015 11:04 PM

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Q: iPhoto Vs. Photos

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 8, 2015 11:31 PM in response to Schapiro
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    Aug 8, 2015 11:31 PM in response to Schapiro

    Sorry but this is not clear

     

    You can use either Photos or iPhoto

     

    You can not consolidate Photos into iphoto except by exporting from Photos and importing into iPhoto

     

    You can not delete Photos as it is part of the OS - you can not use it and set it not to open when your phone or camera is connected

     

    Imports are not random - however you have things set up every time each device is connected the program set of it will open and import - that will not change from connection to connection unless you specifically change it

     

    LN

  • by Schapiro,

    Schapiro Schapiro Aug 8, 2015 11:52 PM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 8, 2015 11:52 PM in response to LarryHN

    Sorry about that. I will clarify my concern. And perhaps I don't fully understand how "Photos" works.

     

    I currently have both iPhoto and Photos on my computer. I if open both of them side by side, there are different pictures in both libraries.

     

    The majority came from some form of import which must have taken please when I downloaded "Photos." However, when I plug in my iPhone is opens (that I think I could change) but the trouble is is asks that I import the picture off the phone. So I have accidentally put pictures in to different programs.

     

    It does not appears to me, that these programs merely "open" the pictures. I see major differences it what it carries. And, when right clicking and hitting into, I can see the space it takes up. I basically now have duplicates of my photos - an additional annoying issue.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Aug 9, 2015 12:04 AM in response to Schapiro
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    Aug 9, 2015 12:04 AM in response to Schapiro

    You need to export the pictures to the Finder, and from there, import them to iPhoto.

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 9, 2015 5:26 PM in response to Schapiro
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    Aug 9, 2015 5:26 PM in response to Schapiro

    No reason to expect that iPhoto and Photos libraries contain the same photos - they are two different programs each with its own library - initially when the migration was done they were identical and since then any change you made in wither is not reflected in the other - it is only in the one you made the change in

     

    This is not clear due to improper use of pronouns and typos

     

    The majority came from some form of import which must have taken please when I downloaded "Photos." However, when I plug in my iPhone is opens (that I think I could change) but the trouble is is asks that I import the picture off the phone. So I have accidentally put pictures in to different programs.

    But I think you are importing photos into iPhoto sometimes and Photos other times - only you can control this

     

     

     

    and no either program merely opens a photos - both are SQLite database programs that only work with photos that have been imported into their database

     

    and no you do not have duplicates unless you have imported the same photos multiple times - the migration does not duplicate photos but creates "hard Links" so Photoa dn iPhoto share access to the same original photo and the same preview - Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support

     

    and as original posted

     

    You can not consolidate Photos into iphoto except by exporting from Photos and importing into iPhoto

     

    and the same is true going from iPhoto to Photos

     

    LN