iPhoto not updating in El Capitan.

Apple has moved on from both of those apps. There is a new free app in the Apps folder that was installed with your new operating system. It's called Photos. Some folks don't like it. Some folks are upset that for them it is less sophisticated than iPhoto or Aperture. But Photos is the future of photos with Apple right now.

It is a companion to the Photos app that is part of iOS on iPhones, iPads and iPods.

Late 2012 Mac mini, OS X El Capitan 10.11; Apple Watch, 38 mm silver AL, Watch OS 2; iPad Air 2 & iPhone 6+, iOS 9.0.2

Looks like this is an issue we are all experiencing after updating the OSX. If "Photos" is the new app and it replaces the older IPhotos, I wish I had not upgraded as this was an app I actually used a lot. The new app, Photos, is nowhere near as good! It's all getting so confusing. We get used to using an app and boom, they go and change it for an update that has less features. The new "Photos" will not sync with my Facebook account and I have tried everything to fix it. I am back to using the old route of uploading from Facebook from the "Finder" menu. Previous version of IPhoto made it so easy to upload to FB and to make some nice edits etc. new app just does not cut it... very poor job on this Apple!

i suggest starting a topic about the issue you are having in the iCloud forum. Folks there are likely better prepared to help you.

iCloud on my iOS device

iCloud on my Mac

This isn't new with El Capitan. iPhoto & Aperture were deprecated months ago with OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite.

Reading and then posting in the iPhotos forum would better serve you.

iPhoto for Mac

No one is keeping your from accessing your photos

If you launch the new Photos program it will migrate your iPhtoo library so you can use it with Phtoos

and if you want to use iPhoto until some update breaks it, it works fine too (you do need the current version 9.6.1 - if you so not keep your software up to date see this tipand note that it should work again since iPhoto 9.6.1 is back in the App store)

LMN

OK....have done this as well....

How do I undo the "upgrade" to El Capitan? I need access to my photos now.

Veelia wrote:

How do I undo the "upgrade" to El Capitan? I need access to my photos now.

If you have made a backup (I always suggest a perfect bootable clone, such as with Carbon Copy Cloner), you should be able to 'roll back'. If you are stuck in El Capitan, we'll have to come up with another answer.

But then why does iPhoto still show up in my Software Update? I'd rather have it gone altogether.

illustir wrote:

But then why does iPhoto still show up in my Software Update? I'd rather have it gone altogether.

Would it help to Hide your purchase?

Quoting from the AppStore help:

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• Hide a purchased app in the Purchases list: Hold down the Control key, click the app, then choose Hide Purchase.
• View hidden apps: In the Account Information window, click Manage (to the right of Hidden Items). In the window that appears, click Unhide for apps that you want to appear in the Purchases list. When you’re finished, click Done. >>

Instead of holding down the Ctrl key, it suffices to press the right mousebutton and choose Hide Purchase.

But then why does iPhoto still show up in my Software Update? I'd rather have it gone altogether.

It would be better to get the iPhoto Update or Aperture update installed, while they are still available, for several reasons:

• You may need to troubleshoot your current photo libraries by repairing them in iPhoto or Aperture, if Photos should have problems to migrate them to the new format.
• You may want to merge libraries, before migrating them. Photos cannot do that.
• And you may want to be able to open the libraries again in iPhoto or Aperture, if you need access to items and metadata that cannot be migrated to Photos. For example, your books or calendars will only migrate poorly, if at all, because the templates changed. Not all metadata tags will be shown in Photos. Not all smart albums can be recreated, see: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

Install the updates and keep iPhoto or Aperture around, until you are satisfied that your libraries migrated well.

Barney's User Tip explains how update by reinstalling: Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the App Store (Larry linked already to this User tip).

Much better idea, Léonie. I keep my (working) software on board as well.

I don't like to burn all bridges before I know if I'll like it on the other side 😁

as of Oct 10 iPhoto is NOT on the app store.