Ok, noted Ronni, thanks I will get her to do this and revert probably later today. Thanks again Pete.
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To:"[email protected]" Cc: Sent:Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:22:53 +0800 Subject:Re: iPhoto to Photos migration Hi Peter, My comments in situ On 27 Apr 2015, at 8:45 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: 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. The suggestions and steps I've given you need to be carried out by your Wife on her MBP.Not your MBP! You already have set up Photos on your MBP, so your Photos & iPhoto libraries would have the same titles... On 27 Apr 2015, at 5:18 pm, Ronni Brown wrote: Thanks Peter for answering my questions. On 27 Apr 2015, at 1:26 pm, [email protected] [3] 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... Sorry I meant don't go any further if PHOTOS opens and everything looks correct in Photos. If not please continue.So please ask your wife to continue and do step E) & if necessary step F) 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. Not yet Peter and definitely not on your MBP. Cheers, Ronni Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 Links: ------ [1] mailto:[email protected] [2] mailto:[email protected] [3] mailto:[email protected]
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