I just upgraded to El Capitan and was required to convert photos for "Photo" library. After 4 hours it reads at 24% completed. Has the app frozen or is this amount of time for conversion normal?
MAC Desktop
Probably normal - how large is your iPhoto library?
What OS and iPhoto/Photos version are you upgrading from?
LN
Upgrading from Yosemite and the corresponding iphoto. I'm an amature photographer so I do have a lot of photos. Thanks for reassuring me that I didn't somehow screw it up. 🙂
what is a "lot of photos"? Some people think 400 is a lot - others think 100,000 is a lot
Shat is the status now after some time?
LN
I don't know exactly how many images, I never kept track. However, I'm sure the count was in multiples of thousands. My Seagate Backup Drive says I have 38.28 GB of info in iphoto. "Photos" still reads at 24% complete.
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Now it is too long - where is the library located?
LN
My entire library was on my desktop. Of course I can not access it now while the new PHOTOS is stuck. I believe most, if not all, is backed up on my external drive. The latest backup was done yesterday.
If by tonight it is still at 24% (which is likely) you need to force quit, reboot and try again
what version of iPhoto do you have? And under Yosemite were you using iPhoto or Photos?
LN
I was using iPhoto. The version that came with Yosemite, I think. I'll do as you suggest, wait until this evening then "force quit". Then I would need to try again, right?
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But since you have iPhoto 9.6.1 go through this prep before restarting the migration -- Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac
and be aware of how the migration works -- How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support
and of the differences in the programs -- Photos 2.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities
And of course always have a good, current backup - especially when you are doing upgrades
LN
38 GB library is not a lot of photos. My 18 GB library has only 5600 photos so scaling up we would expect 38 GB to be about 12-13,000 photos.
Thanks 🙂
You are welcome
Let us know how it goes
LN
Reading "Preparing Library 24%" for the last 4 hours. Is this normal?
