Hi Peter, I haven't got time tonight, but I will get back to your problem when possible.
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 26 Apr 2015, at 4:20 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Ronni, yes I feel a real goose for the steps I took (in hindsight). > > As I work away (and am away from home for a further 2 odd weeks), I placed a > copy of both (iPhoto and Photos) library files onto my 2TB external drive and > using my Retina MBP to try and unpick this mess remotely from my Wifes MBP. A > necessity as this happened the day prior to my departure. > > So i have the two files "iPhoto Library" and "Photos Library" both sitting > within one folder on the external drive (each file is saying around 295GB > from Get Info but not identical sizes). They are also still in place in the > User>Photos folder on my Wife's MBP as I restored the iPhoto library from > Trash using the "Put Back" command. > > When I attempt to open the iPhoto library (using the Option key method on my > Retina), it reflects as iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary Which would > suggest that the library underwent the start of its transformation in > readiness to be 'hard linked' with the Photos library. But the transformation > was never completed. > > I do not have a backup I can revert to at any stage prior to the update - coz > I blew away the Sparesebundle! > > Pete. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > [email protected] > > To: > "WAMUG" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:38:45 +0800 > Subject: > Re: iPhoto to Photos migration > > > Hello Peter, > > Sounds like you have really messed up the transition/import of iPhoto > Library to Photos... and then did a Time Machine backup BEFORE testing > everything was working correctly.... > > The first time you launch Photos, it searches your system for iPhoto and > Aperture libraries. If only one library fits the bill, it imports that > library. Otherwise, it opens the Choose Library dialog window - Choose a > library from the list, and Photos prepares the library for import. > > Photos needs to prepare your iPhoto Library before it imports into a new > Photos library. > When you import an iPhoto library into Photos, your existing library remains > intact. The net result of the import is that you’ll have two separate > libraries on your Mac’s drive: your old iPhoto library and a new Photos > library. > > The Import does NOT duplicate iPhoto Library but uses “Hard Links". Your > iPhoto Library remains intact, BUT a new Photos Library comes into being. > The Libraries say they’re roughly the same size, but in fact, they’re > 'sharing disk space' via ‘hard links’. > > After the successful transition ‘Migration' from iPhoto to Photos you will > have in your User > Pictures folder - 2 separate Libraries: > "iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary” AND “Photos Library.photoslibrary" > > On 25 Apr 2015, at 9:30 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Last week I updated my wife's 2012 MBP to latest OSX which brought the new > Photos application. I had done my own 2014 Retina MBP previously without > issue and have all my images carried over into Photos without a hitch. > > The issue with my Wife's machine is I did the update and am unable to see the > images in Photos. I just get the intro screen with the 4 options for a new > user. I've done the "Option" whilst starting it up and directed it to the new > Photo Library file and still nothing. The Photo Library file shows in Get > Info of 295GB so it would appear to be a file containing the picture and > video files but how do I access it? > > An issue potentially caused by me was that after the update, I ran a cleaner > (Cleanmymac) and it did some cleaning. I did in my travels after the cleaning > notice in the Trash can was the old iPhoto Library!!! I assume this was an > action of cleanmymac. So I selected "Put Back" and it in turn is now placed > alongside the Photos Library in the default Apple folder location. > > It was only after this that I opened Photos for the first time and I suspect > that upon first opening, it runs a script which does the migration (but not > duplication) of image files. > > Oh goodness... Yes, that is correct. The first time Photos is opened (as I’ve > mentioned above) the transition (Import from iPhoto) is run. > But you are saying your wife’s iPhoto Library was not in the correct location > in Pictures... but was sitting in the Trash! > > It gets worse - much worse I am afraid. > > I don’t want to read anymore :( > > During the update I turned Time Machine off to prevent unwanted backups > during the process of updating. I think this is a recommended practice > anyway. Well, after the dust settled (but before running Photos) I turned TM > back on and it goes through the Preparing Backup routine for a looong while > and then says Backing Up 325GB!!! I pressed the cross to stop that and > thought about it a bit. Running low on TM disc space and having done this > previously (and never once having had to call upon the TM backup to retrieve > anything in the 6 years of Mac ownership) decided I would delete the > Sparesebundle file and do a new Backup from scratch . I suspect that the > Preparing Backup routine spotted the iPhoto Library in the Trash and the > Photos library in its normal home and detected there are two libraries to > back up hence the order of magnitude of the backup. > > Anyway, now that I am over this, I still have the problem where neither > iPhoto nor Photos will open showing my wifes previous images. > > When I launch iPhoto - I get a message "Aperture needs updating" so when I > try that, it says the version of Aperture required is not available in the > Australian Apple Store - so no good there > > When I launch Photos - I get the first time user screen. If I select Albums, > I see the greyed image of the previous Events folders as Albums and the names > of Albums are accurate per the previous iPhotos Events folder, but upon > opening, nothing is visible. Still no images. > > Whilst in hindsight some of my actions have been not very good, I still don't > understand why I can get at my images/videos? > > Whilst in hindsight now ‘some’ but almost all your actions have not been good > from what I can ascertain from your email :( > > Anyone have any ideas how to get out of this pickle? > > Let us now exactly what Library files you have in User > Pictures please - > and also if you have a backup of your wife’s iPhoto Library BEFORE you did > the Update to OS X 10.10.3? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 > 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD > > OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 > > Pete :( >
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