jwmorris56

Q: Will I have a problem with upgrading iPhoto to Photos?

I moved my iPhoto Library to another internal HD. There now is nothing in my pictures folder on my boot drive. When I upgrade to El Capitan will this be an issue?

 

I'm going to do a clean install of El Capitan.

 

What other precautions should I take?

 

 

Mac Pro 5,1 2.8Ghz QC 32GB 3 internal HD's 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB.

Mavericks 10.9.5

iPhoto 9.5.1 

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 5,1 2.8GHZ 32GB AMD Radeon7950

Posted on Apr 18, 2016 1:47 PM

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Apr 19, 2016 4:05 AM in response to jwmorris56
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    Apr 19, 2016 4:05 AM in response to jwmorris56
    When I upgrade to El Capitan will this be an issue?

    Is the other internal drive formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled)? If not, Photos will try to create the new Phots Library on the system drive and not the same drive,

     

    I'm going to do a clean install of El Capitan.

     

    What other precautions should I take?

    A clean install is not really necessary to upgrade. But if you want to do it, test you backup, if it is working and you can restore your documents an data from it, before you wipe your system drive.

    I posted a few notes on the migration here:  Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Apr 18, 2016 3:20 PM in response to jwmorris56
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    Apr 18, 2016 3:20 PM in response to jwmorris56

    Make a back up. Don'r waste time on a "clean install" it's only voodoo. Just install.

  • by jwmorris56,

    jwmorris56 jwmorris56 Apr 18, 2016 3:46 PM in response to léonie
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    Apr 18, 2016 3:46 PM in response to léonie

    Yes they are all MacOS Extended Journaled.  I'm installing a new PCIe SSD to use as a boot drive. I want to keep only my applications,library, and system on that drive. Thats why I'm doing a clean install.

     

    I have read that when updating to El Cap it wants to put the Photos library in the pictures folder on the boot drive. Is this correct? Will I be able to put it into my existing iPhoto Library on the other HD?

     

    Thanks so much

  • by LarryHN,Helpful

    LarryHN LarryHN Apr 19, 2016 4:05 AM in response to jwmorris56
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    Apr 19, 2016 4:05 AM in response to jwmorris56

    Photos can use a library on any properly formatted drive with a direct wired connection

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 18, 2016 10:19 PM in response to jwmorris56
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    Apr 18, 2016 10:19 PM in response to jwmorris56
    I have read that when updating to El Cap it wants to put the Photos library in the pictures folder on the boot drive. Is this correct?

    When you migrate a library to Photos will put the library on the same drive as the library you are converting, unless the drive is not MacOS Extended (Journaled). So your setup is fine with the original on your second internal drive. To convert your iPhoto Library to a Photos Library, drag it onto the Photos icon in the Dock.