rolfsenh
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: how to recover iPhoto library into new Photos app?
While installing El Capitan, iPhoto was uninstalled and I can no longer find the pictures I had (thousands of them) in the new Photos app. How can I recover the previous iPhoto library into the new Photos app? Right now I feel like I lost memories from many years.
Thank you.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
LarryHN
Level 10
(84,857 points)
1 - iPhoto was not uninstalled by the upgrade to El Captain - it is still in your applications folder and works just fine (you do need the current version 9.6.1 - if you do not keep your software up to date see Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the App Store )
2 - the first time you launch Photos it should migrate the last used iPhoto library to Photos - if it does not or if you want to migrate additional libraries simply drag them to the Photos icon in the dock - for migration details see How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support
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