Ever since Apple changed to 'Photos' my photos are a mess.. They are smaller jpg, missing, random folders.. Can anyone tell me how I can retrieve the IPHOTOS from my computer?
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iMac 24″, macOS 15.4
You say iPhotos. Can you tell us if you mean iPhoto (an app that was discontinued about 10 years ago) or Photos, the current app? Do you have an iphotolibrary that you'd like to use, or are your Libraries called photoslibrary?
If you converted an iphotoslibrary to a Photos Library, then all the detail of those pictures should be still be there. What do you mean by smaller jpg?
I still have pictures from my iphotoslibrary from years ago in my Photos Library, and they are in the same albums (events) with the same resolution as before. Perhaps you need to tell us more?
The easiest way to convert an iPhoto library to Photos is with the trusted 3rd party app PowerPhotos ($35,) but that does cost some change. You can see how the conversion goes at their site, here:
Converting iPhoto and Aperture libraries
As the above says, even without buying PowerPhotos, you can use Photos' menu "File>Import" to import the pictures from a iPhoto library, but you loose all the organization and much of the detailed edits and metadata. The value of PowerPhotos is that it preserves all that information, and you can even load the iPhoto library into PowerPhotos beforehand and it lets you look through it before you do anything. I think the free version of PowerPhotos lets you have a look at how the results would go.
I'm not sure if PowerPhotos tests pictures and videos to see if they are compatible before importing. Some files, especially early ones before Photos went to 64 bit data, may foul things up. For such reasons, it's probably best to create a fresh Photos Library from the iPhoto library and make sure it works. PowerPhotos leaves the iPhoto library intact.
So, you can import bare unmodified pictures directly to Photos, or you can preserve structure edits and comments with PowerPhotos.
What do you think?
Apologies. I mean the old IPHOTO's from 10 years ago. I was never able to convert all of it to the Photo's program when there was a change. So there were steps I had to go through to get back to it. Now I can't seem to do that.
I am referring to the old/ original IPHOTO program
Do you still have the original iPhoto library?
I have never deleted it, if that is what you mean.
Ok! I will try this out. With 65,000 pics in that library, it is worth it to me. I made a huge mistake when I did not convert initially..
Thank you, I hope it works. It is worth a try!
I just looked for this at the Apple Store, for my computer. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find it. My iPhoto library is on my desk top.
You're right-- it's not in the App Store. Just click on either link
This software has been around since iPhoto, and it's very reliable.
How can I retrieve iPhoto on my iMac?
