I have an iPhoto library in old MacBook Pro with MacOs 10 that can't be upgraded anymore. I have backed it up in external drive using Time Machine. So basically my iPhoto library is still in MacOs 10. Now I have a MacBook Air that has macOS Monterey (12.6). How can I import my iPhoto library via Time Machine in my new MacBook Air? I have tried many suggestions that I have read here without success. Many thanks for your help.
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
First: restore it from the back up to the new machine. The instructions here
Restore a library from Time Machine in Photos on Mac - Apple Support (AE)
are for Photos, but the method is the same.
Then migrate it to the new format in Photos. You do this simply by opening the restored Library with Photos.
"I have restored the iPhoto library from Time Machine to Mac"
"The Restore button in Time Machine stays inactive when I try to restore my Photo library"
Now I am confused. You might already have something called iPhoto Library in your pictures directory. Try dragging it to the trash.
You cannot use an iPhoto or Photos Library, while t is part of a Time Mac line backup. It needs to be restored to your Pictures folder or an external volume.
If the Restore button is unresponsive, you may not have gone back in time along the timeline to the right of the Time Machine window.
and usually Time Machine wants to restore files to the original location. when restoring from the backup of a different Mac, try the "restore to..." option to restore to a different location. Hold down the CTRL-key while clicking the Restore button, so you can select a folder where to restore the photos Library to.
I have restored the iPhoto library from Time Machine to Mac but the migration to new format or reparation didn't work.
What happened?
Do you know what version of iPhoto was on the old machine?
What went wrong? Did you get an error message? If yes, what was the error message?
The Restore button in Time Machine stays inactive when I try to restore my Photo library
First I thought I managed to restore the library by bypassing Time Machine Restore function, unfortunately that is not the case :-(
When I tried to by pass Restore function, I get error message "PHPhotosErrorDomain error 4302."
I managed to solve the problem by using Migration Assistant function. All my file could be migrated seamlessly from my old Mac to the new one.
Thank you all for your helps!
iPhoto to Photos Library
