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I'm trying to move an iPhoto library from an older Mac with OS X 10.6.8 to Photos on a 2 year old Mac with Monterey 12.0.1. Apple support suggested the older library needed to be uploaded to the iCloud if I wanted to keep the original albums. But, the older Mac cannot connect to the iCloud. Does anyone know how to take an older iPhoto library and move it to a newer Mac and still maintain the albums? Many thanks.
It will depend on the version of iPhoto that you are currently using on your Mac with OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. If the version number of iPhoto is starting with 9 (for iPhoto '11) or 8 (for iPhoto '09) you can simply copy the complete iPhoto Library to your new Mac into the Pictures folder, or transfer it on an external drive to your other Mac; the drive needs to be prepared as described here for Photos: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support
Once the iPhoto Library is on your newer Mac, ctrl-click it, then select "Open with ..." and select Photos. Photos will create a Photos Library from your iPhoto Library.
If the iPhoto version on your old Mac is older than iPhoto '09 (version numbers starting with 7 or less), the iPhoto Library needs preparing with the iPhoto Library upgrader (see: iPhoto '11: About the Library Upgrader), otherwise the Photos.app will not be able to create a Photos Library from it.
You have to run the iPhoto Library upgrader tool on your old Mac, because it contains 32-bit code and can only run on a Mac with macOS 10.14 or older.
It will depend on the version of iPhoto that you are currently using on your Mac with OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. If the version number of iPhoto is starting with 9 (for iPhoto '11) or 8 (for iPhoto '09) you can simply copy the complete iPhoto Library to your new Mac into the Pictures folder, or transfer it on an external drive to your other Mac; the drive needs to be prepared as described here for Photos: Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support
Once the iPhoto Library is on your newer Mac, ctrl-click it, then select "Open with ..." and select Photos. Photos will create a Photos Library from your iPhoto Library.
If the iPhoto version on your old Mac is older than iPhoto '09 (version numbers starting with 7 or less), the iPhoto Library needs preparing with the iPhoto Library upgrader (see: iPhoto '11: About the Library Upgrader), otherwise the Photos.app will not be able to create a Photos Library from it.
You have to run the iPhoto Library upgrader tool on your old Mac, because it contains 32-bit code and can only run on a Mac with macOS 10.14 or older.
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