Imac on osx 10.7.5 not installing iphoto 9.4.3

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Imac on osx 10.7.5 not installing iphoto 9.4.3

My iMac runs on OSX 10.7.5 and iPhoto version 9.2.1. Recently I downloaded photos from my macbook pro which has iPhoto 9.4.3 to IMAC. Since then I can't open my photo library in I MAC and I read following message.

You have made changes to your photo library using a newer version of i photo. Do you want to quit and use the latest version of I photo, or do you want to create a new photo library?

when I quit the message nothing happens. My software updates show i photo 9.4.3 as available for download but download stops after trying for a while.

At this point the message the downloaded file may be corrupt.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 26, 2018 3:43 AM

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léonie

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Jan 26, 2018 8:31 AM in response to senaratne

You could try to download the iPhoto 9.4.3 update directly from this page: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1650?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

It will not install however, if iPhoto on your iMac is an AppStore version.

In that case copy simply the complete iPhoto 9.4.3 application from the Applications folder on your Mac Book pro over to the Applications folder on your iMac.

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LarryHN

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Jan 26, 2018 8:23 AM in response to senaratne

You can not us an older version to open a library that was created with or opened by a new version - it the library you want to open was created (or every opened by) by iPhoto 9.4.3 you need to use 9.4.3 or newer to open it - you can not open a 9.4.3 library with 9.2.1

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senaratne Author

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Jan 26, 2018 4:03 PM in response to Yer_Man

It is available as an software update for my I mac and I am prompted to upload it. Yet when I try to download, after downloading few hundred MB it says the file may be corrupt on downloading and will attempt to do it again on next booting.

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