davidb2119
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: Transfer photo library from iPhoto to Photos
I've just transferred my photo library from iPhoto into Photos on El Capitan (10.11.3) on my new iMac and have lost some photos, have some dated 3 years from the originals,and have lost events, faces and location information as well.
Would this be normal? Can I retrieve the original info.? or do I have to revisit every one of my near 5000 photos and identify faces and locations all over again?
LarryHN
Level 10
(84,857 points)
No
Normal is the Photos library is exactly the same as the iPhoto library with events converted to albums -- see How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support
Do you have iPhoto 9.6.1? If not see if you can get it - Can't Update iPhoto because it is not available in the App Store
Then clean up your iPhoto library - Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac
Then drag the clean library to the Photos icon in the Dock to migrate again
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