I have photos in iPhoto on an old mac running 10.8 and I want to transfer them to my new mac running Sierra. I've had my new mac for about a year and have a ton of pictures on it already that I don't want to loose. How do I transfer my old photos to my new laptop? I believe they are running two different versions of iPhoto. Thank you!
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Do you intend on continuing to use iPhoto with Sierra? It will have to be version 9.6.1. If so do the following:
1 - rename and copy the iPhoto library from your old Mac to your new one.
2 - open the old library with iPhoto on your new Mac to convert it to the same version as your current library on the new Mac.
3 - purchase the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager and merge the older library into the newer library.
NOTE: be sure to have a backup copy of your current library on the new Mac before starting the merge.
4 - After the merging is complete verify that you have all of the photos in the library before deleting the library from the old Mac.
If you intend to use Photos as your photo management application continue with the following:
5 - migrate your merged iPhoto library to Photos by opening it with Photos.
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as explained
drag the library from the old system to the pictures folder of the new
You can never drag anything reliably from a TimeMachine backup anywhere - you have to use the TimeMachine application to restore TM backups - Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support
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connect the computers together or use an external hard drive that is formatted Mac OS Extended (journaled) and drag the library from the old system to the pictures folder of the new (be sure is has a different name that the current library so it does not overwrite the current one) and then drag it to the Photos icon in the Dock to migrate to Photos 2.0 under Sierra
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Can I drag my last iPhoto time machine backup on to my newer computer's desktop, then drag it onto the Photos icon? Should I change the name before transferring? Have you tried this before?
transferring iPhoto library
