johnmoran8

Q: difference between photos and iPhoto

OS  X  10.11.3

Photos 1.3

iPhoto  9.6.1

 

what is the difference between Photos and IPhoto ? 

I have both and am never sure which to use, should I ge t rid of one ?

they are backed up to Time Machine am I just duplicating all my photos ?

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Mar 13, 2016 12:19 PM

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  • by Csound1,Helpful

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 13, 2016 12:26 PM in response to johnmoran8
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    Mar 13, 2016 12:26 PM in response to johnmoran8

    iPhoto is an older (now obsolete) image management app, Photos is its replacement.

  • by léonie,Apple recommended

    léonie léonie Mar 13, 2016 1:15 PM in response to johnmoran8
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    Mar 13, 2016 1:15 PM in response to johnmoran8

    See  Old Toad's user Tip:   Photos 1.5 vs iPhoto 9.6.1:  Features and Capabilities

     

    Photos and iPhoto are very different applications

    Apple stopped the development of iPhoto.  It is no longer sold and updated.  Apple is now developing and supporting Photos as the successor.  New Macs come only with Photos.   Currently iPhoto 9.6.1  is still working on El Capitan, but any new system update may break it.  At the end of March you will no longer be able to order print products from Apple using iPhoto.

     

    While iPhoto is still working, keep it installed, if you are still having iPhoto Libraries.  You may need it, if you have problems to migrate a library to Photos and have to fix the problem running iPhoto.

     

    am I just duplicating all my photos ?

    If you migrate an iPhoto Library to Photos, the libraries will be sharing the photos by hard links not not needing much additional storage. (Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support)

     

    But in the long run be prepared to switch to Photos for Mac. You cannot rely on iPhoto being available in future system versions.  Start using Photos for Mac now, while you are still having both options and the migration is easy.

  • by henrietta68,

    henrietta68 henrietta68 Mar 19, 2016 8:50 AM in response to léonie
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    Mar 19, 2016 8:50 AM in response to léonie

    What about the issue of not being able to email photos straight from Photos like we used to be able to on iPhoto?? this is super annoying...

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 19, 2016 11:18 AM in response to henrietta68
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    Mar 19, 2016 11:18 AM in response to henrietta68

    Make Mail your email client for whatever email provider your using and you can select the images you want to email, click on the Share button, select Mail and the rest is self explanatory:

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