Q: photo comments missing after photo import from iphoto library
I use iphoto extensively for my business and I recently upgraded my operating system to El Capitan and found that it no longer worked. There was a note that directed me to download the latest version from the app store and when I did that it said that there was no download available.
So I tried to switch to Photos. I started Photos and it prompted me to import from my iphoto library which is about 70 gigabytes. The import ran for a long time and all of the pictures now show up in Photos, but there is a problem.
Prior to the upgrade, when I downloaded photos into iPhoto, they went to a group and were dated and arranged accordingly. But I would add notes and/or descriptions so that when I entered a search for specific photographs, they would come up and I didn’t need the dates. Apparently when the photos were imported back into the new program they are only listed by dates and the descriptions are gone. Do you know if they are hiding, or if we can find them? Otherwise I have no clue where early photos are and I will have to visually go through the 22,000 photos.
Alternatively, is there a way to switch back to iphoto for El Capitan?
iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Posted on Feb 11, 2016 6:29 AM
There was a note that directed me to download the latest version from the app store and when I did that it said that there was no download available.
apple is no longer selling iPhoto, so the update tab of the AppStore does no longer work. You can only update by reinstalling, see Barney's User Tip: : Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the App Store)
Apparently when the photos were imported back into the new program they are only listed by dates and the descriptions are gone.
Did you enter the descriptions for the events? If you open the sidebar with the albums, (enter the key combination ⌥⌘S - option-command-S), you will see a folder iPhoto Events. It will have an album for each of your events.
Also see: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support
If you entered titles and captions for individual photos, you will see them in the Info panel for each photo. The titles can also be displayed below the thumbnails, if you enable this in the View menu > Metadata.
Posted on Feb 11, 2016 6:48 AM