Apple has released iPhoto 9.6 bringing compatibility with OS X Yosemite. IPhoto lets you do more than you ever thought possible with your photos, with easy ways to find, sort, and rediscover your. IPhoto, you will not be able to update it to the Yosemite version.First, go to the App Store, Purchases tab, and make sure iPhoto is in the list of purchased software. It may be hidden, so check for that: Hide and unhide purchases in the Mac App Store - Apple Support.If it is not in your Purchases list, this will not work, so don't bother. This is possible, at least for the time being, but there can be some hiccups in getting iPhoto running again in OS X Yosemite with Photos app installed. Visit the Macs /Applications/ folder and open iPhoto app to discover if you need to take further action or not, some users will have the app open just fine and need no further steps – you.
Don’t like the new Photos app in OS X Yosemite 10.10.3? Apple didn’t remove iPhoto from your computer; it was only removed from your dock. Before you go back, however, make sure that you’ve looked around the new Photos app to confirm that the feature you want isn’t there. The new Photos app is very sparse, but there are many menus and customizations that are hidden from view but you’ll find if you dig. Here are some of the things many people don’t realize are there:
- Your library converts. Your old iPhoto library should automatically convert to Photos, keeping your photos, albums, and printed books intact. If it doesn’t convert the first time you load Photos you can drag your iPhoto Library file onto the Photos app to start the conversion.
- Delete instantly. Instead of pressing delete on your keyboard and then having to click the delete button to confirm, which can be tedious, pressing Command-Delete will instantly remove the photo. Be careful though!
- Sidebar. Miss the old sidebar navigation rather than the tab navigation on the top? Click the “View” menu and “Show Sidebar”.
- Choose a different default email program. If you use another program such as Outlook for your mail, you can switch the default email program for emailing photos within Outlook’s preferences or within Apple Mail’s references (under the General tab).
- Navigate quickly through thumbnails within the same group or album. Turn on split view in the “View” menu, “Show Split View”.
- Customize Adjustments such as Color, Light, White Balance. After clicking the Adjustments button you can click the “Add” button at the top of the list. When you have built the tool palette you want to keep, that same menu has an option to “Save as Default”.
Getting back to iPhoto
Note: if you’ve already begun to use the Photos app, the changes you have made to the library will not be sent back to iPhoto. In other words, iPhoto and your iPhoto library are still in the state they were last time you used it.
Launch iPhoto
iPhoto is still in your Applications folder. You can navigate there using Finder or Launch Pad (the silver rocket ship icon, unless you have removed that from your dock). But personally I find the easiest way to launch a program to be to use Spotlight. Simply click the magnifying glass in the top right corner of your screen near your clock (or press Command-Spacebar) and then begin typing the name of the program you want to run. When it shows up use your arrow keys to highlight it on the list of matches if it isn’t already and then press return to launch.
When you quit iPhoto it will disappear from your dock again unless you click and hold the icon on your dock until a menu pops up. Then choose “Option”, “Keep in Dock”.
Upgrading iPhoto to a compatible version
If iPhoto refuses to run because the version is not compatible it just needs to be upgraded to the final version of iPhoto.
Upgrade using Apple Store. If you are running at least iPhoto 9 (iPhoto ’11) then you should be able to upgrade yourself. Have your Apple account (Apple ID, iTunes, iCloud account; they are all interchangeable names for the same account). Go to the Apple menu and choose “App Store…”. Switch to the “Updates” tab. A few moments later it should show up on the updates list. If it does not show up, try switching to the Purchases tab. Sometimes it shows up there. If you click the button to update iPhoto and nothing happens, try switching over to the Purchases tab because sometimes that tab for some reason has a far more accurate progress bar. This could take a few hours (or even overnight) if you’re on DSL but it should only take a few minutes or seconds if you’re on cable or fiber.
If it doesn’t offer to upgrade iPhoto for you, you’ll need to follow the next section to contact customer service.
Upgrade with the help of customer service. If, however, iPhoto isn’t offered as an upgrade and it is not on your purchase list, it probably means you are running iPhoto 8 (or iPhoto ’09) or earlier and you will need to contact Apple for an iPhoto download code. Visit https://www.apple.com/support/contact/ and choose Get Started > Apps & Software > Mac Apps > Photos > Topic Not Listed. Tell them that you need a download code for iPhoto and then choose how you would like Apple to contact you. I know, this sounds like a convoluted process for customer service, but Apple’s way of doing this helps you avoid waiting on hold or having to navigate a complex system of touch tone prompts.
For whatever reason you’ve wound up here (probably not a fan of Photos) – this step-by-step guide will show you how to install/re-install iPhoto on your Mac running Yosemite (OS X 10.10.x). Update: this guide/method also works for OS X “El Capitan” (10.11)
After Photos came out, you might have noticed that iPhoto no longer wanted to run.
Trying to update…
… seems to be futile.
Fear not. Following these instructions, you’ll have iPhoto working in Yosemite in no time.
NOTE: Apple is sending a clear message – iPhoto is gone. It’s unlikely that it’ll receive another update (perhaps bugfixes, feature updates far less likely) and it would seem the future is “Photos”. Once you have iPhoto working again, maybe you’ll want to take a closer to look at Photos. Maybe not.
Regardless – here are the steps to turn iPhoto back into a functional App.
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- Click the “Apple Icon” in your Menu Bar and select App Store….
- The App Store will open.
- Click Purchases.
- If you aren’t signed in, you’ll be prompted to do so. If you’re already signed in, skip the next step.
- Sign in with your Apple ID
- Now scroll through your list of Purchases. Locate iPhoto.
- Click the Update button.
- If all goes as planned, your Mac is now downloading and installing a functional version of iPhoto. Congrats! You’re done. To everyone else: there’s a big chance it isn’t working. Give it a few minutes, but if the update doesn’t seem to be happening – fear not – and keep reading.
- Exit out of the App Store, and close down all open Apps (saving work if needed etc). Open your System Preferences and locate the Users & Groups option. Click it.
- In order to make changes (or add a user, which is what we’ll be doing) – you’ll probably need to “Unlock” this section first. Click the Lock icon in the bottom left corner of the screen.
- Enter your password.
- Now click the “plus sign” ( + ) directly below the Login Options text (as illustrated in the screenshot below).
- What you’ll be doing is creating a new account, installing iPhoto on it, and then your account will wind up with a functional version as well. So create the user and make sure the New Account: is set to Administrator. The Full Name and Account Name can be anything you’d like – this account will be deleted after iPhoto is working again. Make sure you select Use separate password, enter it twice in the spaces provided, and then click Create User.
- Now the new User account you just created will be listed with the other accounts on your Mac.
- You may want to read the rest through before you actually follow the steps – you’re about to sign out of your account and will need to close this browser window to do so.
- Exit out of the System Preferences, and log out of your account by selecting the Apple Icon and then Log Out.
- Sign in to the new account you just created. Once again open the App Store, sign in, go to your Purchases and locate iPhoto. Click the Install button next to it.
- Shouldn’t take too long – it will depend on the speed of your Internet connection. May want to grab yourself a beverage.
- After the installation has completed sign out of your “new” account, then back into your regular account. iPhoto no longer has the “this isn’t going to work” icon!
- Launch it as you always have, and enjoy!
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