Migrating photos from iPhoto to Photos both on hard disk

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Migrating photos from iPhoto to Photos both on hard disk

Hi I have been going crazy to migrate my photos from iPhoto to the Photos app and can't do it.

I have all my photos on a hard disk on iPhoto. I copy the Photos app on another hard disk which is empty and formatted for IOS Mac journaled and while it starts to copy and is at 8% it says I still need 357GB of space. There is plenty of space on the hard disk and don't know why it is saying this. I have the impression that the photos are not migrating to the hard disk but to the MacBook although i drag the iPhoto onto Photos on the hard disk. Any help?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 30, 2016 6:57 AM

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estimation Author

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Sep 30, 2016 7:00 AM in response to estimation

I was also wondering the hard disk that has the iPhoto app has 500gb space and has all my photos, the other hard disk which i am trying to migrate to has also 500gb but after I try to do the migration, the disk i am trying to migrate to fills up and is left with 150gb, is that normal? How much space do I need to be able to migrate all photos?

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LarryHN

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Sep 30, 2016 7:12 AM in response to estimation

TO start we need clear details

there is no format " IOS Mac journaled " - the correct format which i assume you mean it Mac OS extended (journaled) - in the info window for the disk what is the format?

You never copy the Photos app anyplace - the Photos App must be in the applications folder on your boot disk

If you want to move the Photos library to an external disk you drag it intact as a single entity - the target disk must be a local disk formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) using a fast wired connection (like FireWire, ThunderBolt or USB), not used as a TimeMachine backup volume and always available prior to launching PHotos

To migrate from iPhoto to Photos make sure the iPhoto library is on a properly formatted volume and then drag it to the Photos icon in the Dock and it will be migrated to Photos - theses links will be helpful

Details of how Photos handles the migration from iPhoto

Photos 2.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities

Notes on Migrating an iPhoto Library from iPhoto to Photos for Mac

And remember Photos is a totally new program using new workflows and it has a learning curve - - unless you take time to learn and understand it like any new program you will be terribly frustrated

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estimation Author

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Sep 30, 2016 1:07 PM in response to LarryHN

Hi Larry,

The format is correct. I cannot transfer to Photos app on the dock because my Mac doesn't have enough space to do that this is why i tried to transfer the photos which I already have on a hard disk to another hard disk which has space by dragging the iPhoto library to the Photo ap in the second hard disk. Do you understand what I mean?

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Old Toad

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Sep 30, 2016 3:26 PM in response to estimation

The Photos application goes in the Dock but the Photos Library package can be on the external HD. You then drag the iPhoto library onto the Photos icon in the Dock and a new Photos library will be created next to the iPhoto Library on the external HD.

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LarryHN

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Sep 30, 2016 4:13 PM in response to estimation

Right

so as I said

Step 1

If you want to move the Photos library to an external disk you drag it intact as a single entity - the target disk must be a local disk formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) using a fast wired connection (like FireWire, ThunderBolt or USB), not used as a TimeMachine backup volume and always available prior to launching PHotos

and step 2

To migrate from iPhoto to Photos make sure the iPhoto library is on a properly formatted volume and then drag it to the Photos icon in the Dock and it will be migrated to Photos

This migration takes pac on the same disk as he iPhoto library and takes little additional space

LN

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