How do I get my photos from iPhotos to Photos?

How do I retrieve my photos from iPhoto and place them in Photos?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Dec 15, 2020 07:53 PM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2020 11:50 PM

You can migrate to Photos.app 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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