When you update your Mac to OS X 10.10.3, you will notice that there is no longer an iPhotos application on your Mac. With this latest update, Apple has replaced iPhoto with Photos. this new Photos app It’s very similar to Photos on iPhone and iPad and is designed to sync your photos and photo edits across all your devices.
This guide will show you how to switch from iPhoto to Photos on Mac and share important details you need to know about this process.
Photos is a free upgrade for Mac users and replaces iPhoto and Aperture. For the average user, this offers a set of powerful photo editing tools, but doesn’t fully reflect the features in Aperture, so some professionals may still want to use this service.
Upgrading the iPhoto library to Photos will take some time, and it depends on the speed of your machine and the size of your iPhoto library.
iPhoto to Photos Upgrade Warnings
When you choose to upgrade your iPhoto library to Photos, you will no longer be able to make changes to Aperture and sync those changes to the new Photos library. You can still access your photos from Aperture and use a different library, but the two products will not match.
If you have both, iPhoto and Aperture will still exist on your computer and you can still open and use them, but support for both will soon be lost.
Upgrade iPhoto to Photos on Mac
In general, this is a simple process that should only take a few minutes. You should plan to keep your computer on for at least 15-30 minutes while performing this process. You don’t need an Internet connection right away, but you will need to connect at some point if you plan to use iCloud Photo Library.
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Initiate the upgrade to Photos.
Choose a Tour or .
. If you want all your photos to be in the cloud and appear on all your devices, you must choose to use iCloud Photo Library. If you want to understand this, or if you need to trim your Photos library to fit the amount of iCloud storage you pay for.
You can turn on iCloud Photo Library or do this later.
If you have multiple libraries on the main drive, you should see an option to choose your iPhoto library. If there is only one, it may continue without asking you to check it out.
Wait for the conversion to complete.
If all goes well and Photos discovers your iPhoto library, you’re good to go. You just have to wait and then you’re good to go.
How to Change Photo Libraries
You can open multiple Photo Libraries.
If the system cannot find your iPhoto Library. Close Photos. Press and hold Option when you open Photos to select the desired Photo library. You may need to do this to find a library on an external drive. After clicking on it, Photos will be converted to the Photos library.
You cannot use it with iCloud Photo Library unless you choose to make it your System Photo Library.
How to Set Up New System Photo Library
To use iCloud Photo Library, use a new library as System Library in Photos.
For users who want to use iCloud Photo Library with a non-default Photo Library in your Pictures Folder, you need to go to . This should be formatted as HFS and stay mounted. You will need it later. It’s on the iCloud tab next to the General tab.
