Yes, see responses below in red. Note, I do not have my wifes MBP with me, I only have a copy of the two Library files (iPhoto and Photos). I am doing this trialing on my MBP Retina - which I did successfully upgrade to 10.10.3 and also successfully set up Photos.
> On 27 Apr 2015, at 5:18 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Peter for answering my questions. > >> On 27 Apr 2015, at 1:26 pm, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Answers to your questions here below. >> >> A). On your wife's MBP in her User Home Folder > Pictures - there are these >> two files "iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibary” and "Photos >> Library.photoslibrary"… Is this correct? Yes, this is correct. >> B). And your wife's MBP only has ONE iPhoto Library on her system... is this >> correct? Yes, this is correct. >> C). And when you try to open PHOTOS on her MBP it doesn’t open... is this >> correct - or what happens? When I press Photos on the toolbar, the Photos >> application opens up at the new user screen indicating the 4 options. But no >> images appear when selected on the "Photos" tab. When "Albums" tab is >> selected, the Events folders from iPhoto are shown greyed out with no >> photographs within the folders. I did not select Use iCloud, I never do. > > I presume you mean when you open Photos from the Dock? Yes I mean Dock, sorry > that’s the unfortunate byproduct of being sat in front of a Windows machine > all day. > > OK, has your wife tried the suggestions below yet? > > D) On her MBP - If she double-clicks on the "Photos Library.photoslibrary” > (in her Home > Pictures folder) does it open in PHOTOS? Yes, Photos opens > properly and sits with no photos showing (when Photos Tab selected) but the 4 > options of what to do for a new user. As I noted prior, when I select the > “Albums” tab, it shows in grey form the panels reflecting the Events as was > the case in iPhoto previously. > If PHOTOS app opens don’t go any further with my suggestions... > > If Photos app DOESN’T open continue with suggestions below > > E) On her MBP - If she double-clicks on "iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary” > (in her Home > Pictures folder) does it open in PHOTOS? > By doing this - If it has completed the preparing & migration you will > receive a dialog window saying: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > “Your photo library has been migrated to Photos.” > You can open it in iPhoto, but any changes such as editing or adding new > photos will not appear in the Photos app. > Your options will be ‘Quit’ - ‘Open iPhoto’ - and a BLUE ‘Open Photos' - > Click the BLUE ‘Open Photos' > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > If E) doesn’t work try > > F) Hold down the Option key as you open the PHOTOS app in the Dock to see the > 'Choose Library dialog' window. > Click 'Other Library' > Select the 'iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary' > See if that completes the ‘preparing for import’ > > If none of the above sort out the Photos Library on your wife’s MBP, we could > try to Repairing the Photos Library. > If Photos begins misbehaving, Apple has provided the capability for Photos to > repair its own libraries. > > From what information you have given me, it indicates by the size of each > Library (the 'iPhoto Library' file & the 'Photos Library’ file), that all the > Data appears to be there but for some reason not visible. > > I will send details how to ‘Repair the Photos Library’ if we do find we need > to try that. Seems I need to try a Repair Library. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 > 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD > > OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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