Currently running iPhoto 9.4.2 under Mavericks 10.9.5. Can I safely upgrade to El Capitan? I have several large iPhoto libraries and switch often between them. I do not want to switch to the Photos app.
VIN,iMac (27-inch Late 2009), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), 12GB RAM
You will be nagged to upgrade to iPhoto 9.6.1 but yes the iPhoto app works with El Cap 10.11.6
Not unless you can upgrade to iPhoto 9.6.1 which is the only version of iPhoto that will work with El Captain - and even that is a short term solution since with some future upgrade iPhoto will totally quit working - you already can not order print products with it
I strongly suggest you pick and learn a new program while the transition can be done smoothly - and if you take the time to learn Photos it is very likely that you will like it better than iPhoto - it is a new program with different workflow and features but is much more reliable and advanced already and is getting better with each release
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Can I safely upgrade to El Capitan? I have several large iPhoto libraries and switch often between them. I do not want to switch to the Photos app.
The first thing to check is if you can update to iPhoto 9.6.1, as Larry pointed out. You can install the 9.6.1 update only after upgrading to El Capitan, and then it will be too late, if you find that iPhoto 9.6.1 is not available for you.
Read Barney's user tip to check, if you can upgrade.
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If you bought iPhoto from the App Store, or it came preinstalled with OS X Lion or later, it should be possible.
The problem is, that Apple stopped selling iPhoto and updating iPhoto is only possible by reinstalling from the AppStore. So check if iPhoto is in your Purchases history.
iPhoto and OS upgrade to El Capitan
