How To Move Photos Library To New Mac
A few months ago when OS X Yosemite was first shown to the public, Apple demonstrated its new Photos app. This app is meant to simplify photo management for all Mac users by emulating the looks and functions provided by the Photos app on both the iPhone and the iPad. This simplification comes at a cost though: when it finally releases its Photos app, it will replace iPhoto, its legendary photo management app that has been on every Mac by default for years.
Nov 23, 2016 To point the program to the library’s new location, hold down the Mac’s Option key and click the Photos app icon in the desktop dock to start it up. Aug 16, 2019 Well, see how to move iPhoto Library to a new location or your new computer (using external hard drive). The solution is very similar. Exit iPhoto if open. Open your Pictures folder and select the iPhoto Library. 3a.For a new location: Drag the. Nov 03, 2010 How can I move pictures from one library to another in Iphoto 11? Hence my response about iPhoto Buddy which allows you to work with multiple iPhoto Libraries. Yes moving pictures from a library (aka iPhoto Library) to another library is different from moving pictures from one album to another. Terminology issue I guess.
Apr 30, 2017 Unless your iPhoto version is iPhoto 7.x or less all you need to to is copy the library package to the Pictures folder on the new iMac. Then drag the library package onto the Photos icon in the Dock. It will migrate the library to a new Photos library in the same location. Mar 18, 2020 Press and hold the Option key while you open Photos. Select the library that you want to open, then click Choose Library. Photos uses this library until you open a different one. Note: If you use iCloud Photos and you restore the System Photo Library from a Time Machine backup, any photos you’ve deleted since the last Time Machine backup are restored to your Mac and uploaded to iCloud again.If you chose to optimize Mac storage, Time Machine may not have a backup of your originals. However, the originals are stored in iCloud.
This move will definitely be hard on a lot of users, especially those who, like me, got used to working with iPhoto for so many years.
Even worse: for most of us, our photo albums hold a huge number of dear memories, and as with every update, there is always the possibility of something going wrong when the time comes to migrate to the new Photos app.
With that considered, here are a couple of short guides on how to back up your iPhoto library both the simple way and the not-so-simple way.
Back Up Your iPhoto Library: The Easy Way
First, the good news (or bad depending on how you see it). In a very Apple way, in order to keep things simple and integrated on OS X, Apple consolidates your photos into a single, giant file that represents your photo library. But this file is not composed of just your photos, it also holds very important meta-data, like your events, photo stream shots and such.
To find your iPhoto library, open any Finder window and click on the Pictures folder. There you should find it.
To back it up manually and without complications, all you have to do is copy the entire file to any destination you want. It can be a USB flash drive or a portable backup disk if you want and that’s it.
Cool Tip: If you want to transfer your iPhoto Library to another Mac just plug your drive to it and copy your iPhoto library backup to the target Mac’s Pictures folderHow To Move Photos Library To New Mac And Cheese
. Be warned though, this will replace your existing iPhoto library. So this tip is mostly targeted at new Mac owners or for those who perform a clean install of OS X.Back Up Your iPhoto Library: The Less-Easy Way
If you want more control over what to back up from your library, there’s a way to do it that requires some digging around but that is perfect for that purpose.
For this, you have to head to the same iPhoto Library file within your Pictures folder, except this time instead of copying it, right-click on it and then select the Show Package Contents option.
Then, head to the Masters folders. There you will see several folders categorizing the different years your photos belong to.
Upon setup, I got it to restore back profile, files and apps via TimeMachine from my older 2011 MBP setup.Everything seemed well and I spent some time getting all the apps updated to the latest version (be it from Apple Store and 3rd party Apps). Older apps that were not compatible were uninstalled via CleanMyMacX.I’m encountering that when I start up apps, the beach ball (waiting icon) would appear and it would take easily 15-45 seconds (sometimes even longer) before the app would start up and run. Example of such apps, Main Stage 3.4, Microsoft Office Word/Excel (I’m using Office 365, so it should be version 2019).Has anyone encountered this long delay in app running? Mac photos won't import says closing library on android. I’ve been searching online and some sites say users has encountered it but some others did not.
How To Import Photos Library To Mac
When you open each of them, you will find folders for the different events, albums and dates that contain the photos as you organized them in iPhoto. There you will be able to select exactly what you want to back up and the way that you want to back it up.
And there you have it. Now you will always be in control of your photo library and most importantly, you will have peace of mind in case things don’t go that well with the new Photos app. Enjoy!
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