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Q: Upgrade from iPhoto to Photos Emptied my Albums

In iPhoto, I had all of my photos organized in Albums. When Apple migrated my photos from iPhoto to Photos, it emptied out all of my albums. Is there a way for me to get my album content back without having to manually go through all 15,000 photos?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 21, 2016 6:58 AM

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Q: Upgrade from iPhoto to Photos Emptied my Albums

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 21, 2016 11:02 AM in response to girlsixer
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    Mar 21, 2016 11:02 AM in response to girlsixer

    How did you migrate your iPhoto library to Photos?

     

    You albums should be accessible from the sidebar.  If the sidebar is not open use the key combination of Option+Command+S to open it.

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  • by girlsixer,

    girlsixer girlsixer Mar 21, 2016 12:19 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Mar 21, 2016 12:19 PM in response to Old Toad

    I actually didn't do a thing. It was a automatic update. The albums are still there, but there either aren't any pictures in them or there are only a fraction of the ones that should be in there.

     

    I guess I've learned my lesson about automatic updates! I just don't understand what tore them out of their albums.

  • by dmjgkart,

    dmjgkart dmjgkart May 4, 2016 9:54 PM in response to Old Toad
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    May 4, 2016 9:54 PM in response to Old Toad

    That's where the Albums I made in iPhoto are! But when you change from Maverick to El Capitan Photos opens up without the sidebar NOT showing. So Old Toad you were right -- go to photos then view then click Show Sidebar and there they are just as I made them!!!! Eureka!!! Thank you Old Toad!!! You saved me from utter frustration with 70,000 pictures organized in many albums!!!

  • by dmjgkart,

    dmjgkart dmjgkart May 4, 2016 9:55 PM in response to girlsixer
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    May 4, 2016 9:55 PM in response to girlsixer

    See my post in response to OLD TOAD!

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad May 5, 2016 8:24 AM in response to girlsixer
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    May 5, 2016 8:24 AM in response to girlsixer

    Do you have a folder in the sidebar titled "iPhoto Events" and does if have albums inside for all of your iPhoto Events?  You did check in those albums for your photos, right?

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