Peter Holliday
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Q: Can I upgrade older iPhoto to use with OSX 10.11?

Hi. I am using OSX 10.7.5 on an early 2008 iMac. I'm wondering about upgrading to 10.11. I would like to continue to use iPhoto rather than Photos, which I believe is possible with iPhoto 9.6.1. However I have an old version of iPhoto (8.1.2) and there seems no way to update it, either before or after upgrading to OSX 10.11. I should point out that my copy of iPhoto was part of iLife '09 (I think), bought on disc from Apple back in the age of the dinosaurs - anyway, no record in the App Store.

 

More generally, my current iMac will not last indefinitely, and I am concerned that when it becomes necessary to migrate to a new model running OSX 10.11 (or later), my photos, which are in multiple libraries, each sorted into albums, will get thoroughly scrambled.

 

Any information appreciated. Thanks.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 3.06GHz

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 6:58 AM

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Q: Can I upgrade older iPhoto to use with OSX 10.11?

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  • by Niel,Helpful

    Niel Niel Mar 2, 2016 7:08 AM in response to Peter Holliday
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    Mar 2, 2016 7:08 AM in response to Peter Holliday

    Unless Apple says otherwise, no.

     

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Mar 3, 2016 1:33 AM in response to Peter Holliday
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    Mar 3, 2016 1:33 AM in response to Peter Holliday
    More generally, my current iMac will not last indefinitely, and I am concerned that when it becomes necessary to migrate to a new model running OSX 10.11 (or later), my photos, which are in multiple libraries, each sorted into albums, will get thoroughly scrambled.

     

    This document describes, how your albums and events in your current iPhoto Libraries will be migrated to  Photos for Mac:

     

    How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204478

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 2, 2016 11:59 AM in response to Peter Holliday
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    Mar 2, 2016 11:59 AM in response to Peter Holliday
    I am concerned that when it becomes necessary to migrate to a new model running OSX 10.11 (or later), my photos, which are in multiple libraries, each sorted into albums, will get thoroughly scrambled.

     

    Moments in Photos are the new Events, i.e. groupings of photos sorted by date taken.

     

    When the iPhoto Library was first migrated to Photos there is a folder created in the sidebar titled iPhoto Events and all migrated iPhoto Events (which are now Moments) are represented by an album in that folder.

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    To open the sidebar if it's not already open use the Option+Command+S key combination.

     

    NOTE: It's been reported by several users that if the Event albums are moved out of the iPhoto Library folder in the sidebar they may disappear.  It's not widespread but several users have reported that issue.  Therefore, if you want to assure that you keep those Event albums don't move them outside the iPhoto Events folder.

     

    There's a way to simulate events in Photos.

    When new photos are imported into the Photos library go to the Last Import smart album, select all the photos and use the File ➙ New Album menu option or use the key combination Command+N.  Name it as desired.  It will appear just above the iPhoto Events folder where you can drag it into the iPhoto Events folder

     

    When you click on the iPhoto Events folder you'll get a simulated iPhoto Events window.

    Albums and smart albums can be sorted by Title, by Date with oldest first and by Date with newest first.

     

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