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User profile for user: pmonnerat
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iPhoto Library and photos - Opening a file

Hello folks,

I have an old MacBook running Mavericks (10.9.5) which has an iPhoto Library file with almost 30000 items. I copied this file to another MacBook, running High Sierra (10.13.6) and with Photos.

I tried to open the iPhotos Library file and it goes well till more or less 20% when it stops due an error, but doesn't say what error

I don’t want and I cannot lose what is inside iPhoto Library, but need to transfer to the MacBook running High Sierra . Would anybody has an advice, guidance?


Thanks Paulo 

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Posted on Mar 17, 2020 2:09 PM

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User profile for user: BDAqua
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Posted on Mar 17, 2020 4:10 PM

Hi Paulo,


Hopefully you have other backups of those important files!


On the older one try this & see if you can transfer the actual files over... doesn't work on newer OS versions though...


https://macintoshhowto.com/software/how-to-access-your-iphoto-library-without-iphoto.html

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