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My hard drive crashed, but fortunately I had been using Time Machine so I retained a copy of my iPhotos library. But by the time I bought a new iMac (I got by using my iPad Pro for a while) iPhotos had changed to Photos and now my iPhotos library can't be opened. Is there a way to convert it to Photos? It's a little more than 40 GB of photos so I'd hate to lose it.
iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 10.15
Yes you can use it in Photos.
Press and hold the option/ alt key whilst opening Photos.
You will see a Choose Library window, there will be a list of
all the available iPhoto or photos libraries you can use.
Select the iPhoto library and click on Choose Library,
Photos will now import your iPhoto library.
Yes you can use it in Photos.
Press and hold the option/ alt key whilst opening Photos.
You will see a Choose Library window, there will be a list of
all the available iPhoto or photos libraries you can use.
Select the iPhoto library and click on Choose Library,
Photos will now import your iPhoto library.
It won't overwrite any already existing Photos Libraries. This converted one will be an additional one. You can switch between them as described by Eau Rouge.
Thanks. However, will that overwrite my existing Photos library or just add the iPhotos to it?
Thank you!
Is it possible to convert an iPhoto library to Photos compatible?
