Will my existing iphoto library automatically transfer to a newly purchased mac without doing a manual transfer, i.e. is it stored in the cloud somewhere? I'm asking due to a hard drive failure on my existing computer.
Yes. I believe so. You'll need to create a new Photos library, make it the System Photo Library,
and activate the iCloud Photo Library in its iCloud preference pane:
It should begin downloading the full sized originals to your Photos library.
s.nico wrote:
Will my existing iphoto library automatically transfer to a newly purchased mac without doing a manual transfer, i.e. is it stored in the cloud somewhere? I'm asking due to a hard drive failure on my existing computer.
No - your iPhoto library can not be on the cloud - if you have been using OS X 10.10.3 or newer and Photos and iCloud Photo Library then it would - but not with iPhoto - you need to restore your backup of the iPhoto library and use that tot migrate
LN
Larry:
If the OP creates a new, empty System Photo Library and enables the iCloud Photo Library it won't download the originals from the cloud library?
not from an iPhoto library since iCloud Photo Library is not an option with iPhoto
Will my existing iphoto library automatically transfer to a newly purchased mac
If they have an iCloud Photo Library it will - but if their post is correct then they do not have ICPL
and of course none of this thread is really about if for IOS - it is about iPhoto and Photos for Mac I believe
LN
is it stored in the cloud somewhere?
Duh! I read that as it is stored in the cloud instead of is it and that it was an existing Photos library.
If he does not have a backup copy of the library he's somewhat up a creek. 😟
Everyone with no backup is or will be up a creek sooner or later 😢
LN
s.nico wrote:
Will my existing iphoto library automatically transfer to a newly purchased mac without doing a manual transfer, i.e. is it stored in the cloud somewhere? I'm asking due to a hard drive failure on my existing computer.
Only the photos you kept in My Photo Stream or Shared albums will be in iCloud and download to iPhoto on a different Mac, if you are using the same Apple ID.
if you don't have a backup of your hard drive, you may try a data recovery service for the failed drive, but that will be expensive.
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