Yes, it seems Apple is loosing interest in the more pro side of things, and aiming more at the general public. All programs are heading toward the IOS users and not those that are serious photographers. I do however use Aperture also and it is now past tense.
I was able with Terrell's suggestion, recover iPhoto and install 9.6.1 This time iPhoto should download and install.ġ0) Once it's installed, log out of your new user and log into your regular user and make sure iPhoto now works.ġ1) If this did not work, make an appointment with the Apple Store to talk with them either in person or by phone.
Give the new user a password you'll remember (write it down)Ĩ) Restart your machine, and log into the new user.ĩ) Repeat steps 1) and 2). Check "Allow user to administer this computer".
Enter your password.ħ) Click the + sign to add a user. Go to System Preferences.Ħ) Click the lock to make changes.
Click on Update (or Install).ģ) A progress bar should open up, and the update should download and install.Ĥ) If this does not happen, then do the following. Here's how:ġ) Go to the App Store (Apple Menu in upper left hand of your screen).Ģ) When the App Store is open, click on Purchases. It is no longer in the App Store to download - but if you already have iPhoto installed on your computer, you can still get it. Hard linking or not, deleting the old library will free up space in almost every case.Writedeb, and all others looking for this update. So I’m not sure what I think about hard linking or how well it’s actually working between Photos and iPhoto.īottom line, if you’re short on storage space and you want to free some up, there’s really not much point in having two photo libraries floating around on your Mac. I was able to free up over 20 GB of space. You can see the before and after results on my hard disk space below. For those wondering, my iPhoto library was 35.99 GB and my Photos library was 41.16 GB.
To test this theory, I deleted my iPhoto library on my other Mac to see how much storage was freed up. While this may be true when you first migrate, it seems that if you make any changes to any files and the libraries become different, splicing can and will occur. What are some of your favorite Mac storage tips for recapturing space? We’ve love to hear them in the comments! UpdateĪ follower on Twitter referenced to me an article written on Six Colors pointing out that the library is actually hard-linked between versions. This is one of many ways to regain storage space on your Mac without having to sacrifice losing data. As you can see in the screens above, my old iPhoto library was over 30GB, which was definitely a healthy chunk of hard drive space that I now have back. Give this tip a try and see how much storage space you were able to clear up. Until that happens, you’ll have to delete your old library manually. I’m not sure why Apple doesn’t create a process to delete old versions of libraries after migrating to Photos, but they should. If you are on a shared Mac and have multiple user logins, everyone using the new version of Photos on that Mac should make sure they don’t also have duplicate libraries.
Here’s how to check for multiple libraries and how to delete them… Before deleting your old library: Make a backup For a lot of people, that could mean gigs and gigs of wasted storage space, especially on shared Macs with multiple migrated libraries. If you’re using the new Photos app on your Mac instead of the older iPhoto app, you most likely have a duplicate photo library floating around on your hard drive.