Anyone go from Mavericks to El Capitan? I'm on the older 9.5.1 iPhoto and thus never went to 9.6.1 which was for Yosemite. I've got a pretty large iPhoto library i'd rather not lose but i'm assuming this transfers to the new photos app? iPhoto will cease to work once i upgrade?
27" imac
i7
SSD
2 TB drive instead of DVD drive
8gb ram
Thanks!
iMac i7
Does iPhoto show at the App Store in your Purchases history? Then you should be able to update to iPhoto 9.6.1 after you upgrade to El Capitan by reinstalling iPhoto as described in Barney's User Tip.
Basically, move the incompatible iPhoto version from the Applications folder to the Trash (the application, not your iPhoto Library). Then sign into the App Store and open the Purchases tab. It should now show "Install" to the right of iPhoto. |
iPhoto 9.6.1 is working well on Ell Capitan.
But if you want to migrate your iPhoto library to Photos, you can do that by opening the iPhoto Library in Photos. An iPhoto 9.5.1 library is compatible with Photos.
It doesn't show in my purchases. I've upgraded it over the years from a disc copy i bought probably in 2010 or 2011.
It shows in my "Incompatiable updates"
The update is showing as incompatible, because iPhoto 9.6.1 does not run on Mavericks, but it is compatible with El Capitan.
And if you should not be able to install this update, the Photos.app will be able to open your iPhoto Library.
See this document on how the library will migrate: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support
And you may want to have a look at these User Tips:
Thank you very much for the information. So once I upgrade, i should be able to install 9.6.1 if i needed too?
I'm actually doing all the backups now (Time machines, carbon copy and SuperDuper) and once done i'll start install.
Yes, you should be able to.
But some forum members had problems to download the update. apple had temporarily removed it from the appStore.
I would create a bootable clone of your Mac on a external disk as a backup the system you are now having. You can use it to start your Mac from this backup or to restore it to the current state, just in case.
léonie wrote:
iPhoto 9.6.1 is working well on El Capitan.
Hi léonie,
Have you noticed that if you go to the iCloud tab in the sidebar, it asks you to sign in every time you restart your Mac (and then it redownloads all of the photo Stream photos)? Maybe that's just me.
I just finished the upgrade. All is fine except i can't upgrade to th elatest version of iPhoto via update process. It shows but won't update.
it asks you to sign in every time you restart your Mac (and then it redownloads all of the photo Stream photos)?
Occasionally, but only if I had been using My Photo Stream for a different Photo Library, in Photos or Aperture.That is to expected, because only one library can be used with iCloud. So switching between two libraries that are using iCloud will result in downloading My Photo Stream again.
Check again, if iPhoto is now showing on the Purchases tab. And check again the hidden Purchases as described here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202320
I had the same problem: the old iPhoto doesn’t work and you cannot load the update from the Apple Store.
Not only this it is annoying that Apple wants to to update the iPhoto app but fails to do that.
The solution to fix this was:
1) I deleted all iPhoto apps (incl. from iLife '11) via AppCleaner (a free program)
2) I went to the purchased tab on App Store and downloaded the iPhoto version there.
FINALLY got it to work. I really didn't do anything different but it worked. Thanks everyone!!
I basically have the same Mac that you do... I tried the iPhoto fix (putting app in the trash and Installing a new one), but I ended up with another copy of 9.5.1. I'm also still on Maverick and never upgraded to Yosemite. What did you do to get 9.6.1? And does it really matter if I just want to upgrade to Photos in El Capitan? Thanks!
To be able to install iPhoto 9.6.1 you need to be running MacOS X 10.10.3 or later. iPhoto 9.6.1 is not compatible with Mvericks.
The problem is, that iPhoto 9.5.1 will not run on El Capitan. So you have first to upgrade the system and keep your thumbs crossed that you will be able to update iPhoto after the system upgrade. But it is encouraging, that you could reinstall iPhoto from the AppStore. So it will probably work after the El Capitan upgrade and then reinstalling will install iPhoto 9.6.1 after you trash iPhoto 9.5.1,
Mavericks to El Capitan iPhoto concern
