Pier Rodelon
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Photos for Mac

Q: export to iPhoto from Photos

I have an iPhotos Events folder in my conversion to Photos. I would like to export all 25K photos back to iPhotos using the same organization that is represented in my iPhotos Events folder. Is this possible and if so how would it be accomplished?

 

This is just one step toward quitting both iPhotos and Photos and moving to another DAM/Editor, but I hope to maintain the organizational structure I had in iPhotos instead of what is happening in the newer Photos.

 

Thanks for any help or instruction.

 

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), null

Posted on Jun 14, 2016 10:55 PM

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Q: export to iPhoto from Photos

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Jun 17, 2016 10:09 PM in response to Pier Rodelon
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    Jun 17, 2016 10:09 PM in response to Pier Rodelon

    There is no direct export from Photos back to iPhoto, only back to Aperture. Do you have Aperture as well?

     

    To create a new iPhoto Library export your original image files from Photos to folders, one folder for each "event" album. Then import them to a new iPhoto Library.  To export albums as folders you can use an Apple  Script - see this User Tip:   Export Albums to Folders - Jacques Rioux's Script

     

    Or, restore your iPhoto Library from the last backup you made, so you only have to add the most recently added photos since the migration to Photos.