HT204655: Updating from iPhoto to Photos for OS X

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Luisa Mosquera
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Q: Cant find Photo on OX operating system

Recently my internal HD on my MacBookPro ( mid 2009) died and I had not backed up in months ( my bad). I purchased an external 1TB drive and a friend helped my by installing an operating system on this drive and he migrated a backup of my personal stuff but I cannot find a Photo or iPhoto on this system, therefore I don't know how to migrate my old photo library.

Can anyone indicate what my process might be?? Thank you in advance

Luisa


MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Aug 23, 2015 5:45 AM

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  • by lllaass,Helpful

    lllaass lllaass Aug 23, 2015 8:44 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera
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    Aug 23, 2015 8:44 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera

    What OSX version was on the internal drive?

    What OSX version did you install on the external drive?

    iPhoto did not come with OSX that was a separate app and is not longer available from the Mac Apo Store. The Photos app was introduced in 10.10.3.

    How did you migrate the other date?

  • by Luisa Mosquera,

    Luisa Mosquera Luisa Mosquera Aug 23, 2015 9:08 AM in response to lllaass
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    Aug 23, 2015 9:08 AM in response to lllaass

    I had and now have OSX 10.8.5

    My friend says its' impossible to not have PhotoOSX because the installation would not have occurred, but I cannot find anything relating to photos other than Photo booth!

    So I am guessing in response to your response since the operating system is 10.8.5 it is not on there.. but oddly enough neither is iPhoto.

    Should I try to update operating system?

    Please forgive my ignorance in these issues.. still learning so much for a senior citizen!

    thank you!!!

  • by Luisa Mosquera,

    Luisa Mosquera Luisa Mosquera Aug 23, 2015 9:14 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera
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    Aug 23, 2015 9:14 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera

    I had and now have OSX 10.8.5

    My friend says its' impossible to not have PhotoOSX because the installation would not have occurred, but I cannot find anything relating to photos other than Photo booth!

    So I am guessing in response to your response since the operating system is 10.8.5 it is not on there.. but oddly enough neither is iPhoto.

    Should I try to update operating system?

    Please forgive my ignorance in these issues.. still learning so much for a senior citizen!

    thank you!!!

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Aug 23, 2015 9:23 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera
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    Aug 23, 2015 9:23 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera

    I do not understand this statement "So I am guessing in response to your response since the operating system is 10.8.5 it is not on there.. but oddly enough neither is iPhoto.".

     

    I do not know what " PhotoOSX " is.

     

    As I said, the iPhoto app is a purchased app, it does not come with OSX.

    If you Google you may be able to find a genuine Apple DVD with iPhoto. However, it is not clear if you can update the DVD version.

     

    Do y have the installatio disks that came with your Mac? Maybe it iLife DVD is there, iPhots is one component of iLife

  • by Luisa Mosquera,

    Luisa Mosquera Luisa Mosquera Aug 23, 2015 9:43 AM in response to lllaass
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    Aug 23, 2015 9:43 AM in response to lllaass

    I'm sorry I was not clear.. What I meant to say was that I did not know that iPhoto was a purchased app in the new system OSX, since mine originally came with iLife.

    Photo OSX is what I believe the new iPhoto is called

    I do not have the original install disks and I am not sure how I would install on to external drive which is what I am now using as I have not been able to purchase a new internal drive.

    The operating system is on that external drive. 

    I do not live in a Mac friendly country which only adds insult to injury.  I suppose I will have to wait until I go to the US to solve this.

    .  I will try to muddle my way through until I can purchase either a new laptop or a new drive.

    Thank you so much or your assistance.

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Aug 23, 2015 9:49 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera
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    Aug 23, 2015 9:49 AM in response to Luisa Mosquera

    The iPhoto replacement is simply called Photos. It is not part of OSX and was introduced in 10.10.3