iPhoto import error

LN,

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

I can see my original description was maybe not the clearest I was trying to keep it brief and therefore a little less confusing, please read below I've tried to list it step by step for you.

I had iPhoto on my MacBook Pro, which was backed up running Time Machine on my WD MyCloud.

I lost my MacBook Pro through a crash, which I was unable to recover, or restore from WD MyCloud.

I was however able to access the backup to drag across my documents and the like, my old iPhoto library was one of them which I've copied into my Pictures folder on my iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015) running High Sierra 10.13.4.

Now the confusing part is the above MacBook Pro incident was a good few years ago now and I've only just realised the backup on my WD MyCloud kept the documents and apps, just wasn't bootable so I'm now trying to recover the images on my iMac.

As this was a long time ago I've since started a new Photos library on my iMac and originally tried to import said iPhoto library using the option > open packaged contents > import library which I found on an Apple help page to assist with this.

This did not work and so I tried the iPhoto Library Upgrader tool also found on an Apple help page but when I access the upgrader app and search for iPhoto library it finds it in my pictures folder but greyed out and non accessible.

I understand this is a complex and overly confusing scenario and i've tried to list as clearly as i can.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated and if you need anymore information please let me know and I will happily provide anything you need.

Daryll

LN,

What details do require? I didn't copy the time machine backup, it has stayed on the WD MyCloud since creation, I entered that backup via my iMac and selected the iPhoto icon and right click > restore file to.

I feel we're getting bogged down with time machine and not actually on the problem at hand, restoring my iPhoto library within Photos. Nothing needs moving or anything now the iPhoto library is on my iMac in my pictures folder.

Please advise

Daryll

LN,

Good point, again I wasn't very clear and honestly I don't really know what I done (I tend to use both methods, always from within TM though as this is my only source of backups), if i'm honest I never realised there was a difference I assumed once I've moved it across to where I want it to be it should work.

However I've just entered TM and used the restore method and then done the option key open mentioned by Terence above and it reads: The library could not be opened. The library could not be recognised.

Is there anyway to repair this library?

I hope this makes it a little clearer

Daryll

Terence,

Sorry for the late reply, I work away with work and wasn't able to get back to my computer to check, as it turns out I couldn't find out regardless, is there a way of check what version it was? if not I'm afraid I don't know

Regards

Daryll

LN,

I've just noticed that if I look at the package contents of my currently working Photos library it has the following folders:

Attachments

Database

Masks

Masters

Plugins

Private

Resources

However on the old iPhoto library it only has:

Attachments

Auto Imports

Database

however does also have the following xml file: AlbumData.xml and the following iPhotoLock.data file as well

Don't know if this is relevant, I realise the above posts are misleading, that was not my intention though and I didn't really pay that much attention to how I got the iPhoto library in to my iMac Pictures folder.

Regards

Daryll