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Klyde4 Author

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I JUST found an old backup drive that has iPhoto on it. How can I convert the iPhoto program to Photos so I can vies them on my new laptop

how can I convert an iPhoto file to photo

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Jan 16, 2022 5:23 AM

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Yer_Man

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Posted on Jan 16, 2022 5:56 AM

Very simply:

Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch Photos. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and point at your iPhoto Library. It will do the rest.

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I JUST found an old backup drive that has iPhoto on it. How can I convert the iPhoto program to Photos so I can vies them on my new laptop

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