Hi Ronni,yes a typo on my part, see below corrected now with underline for my input.
Regards Pete > On 15 May 2015, at 11:20 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > I might have to take this ‘Offlist’ as I’m not too sure if you are giving me > the correct information. > Check what I’ve mentioned below and reply to the list please. > > I’ll send you a document ‘Offlist’ showing screenshots of my iPhoto Libraries > BEFORE & AFTER Update/transition to Photos. > And the Option Key open Photos App to ‘Choose Library’ FYI > iPhoto Libraries before & After transition to Photos Libraries.pdf > >> On 15 May 2015, at 5:53 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni, I am back home now so feedback now is first-hand off my wife's >> MBP. Responses to questions inserted below. >> >> Regards >> >> Pete. >> >> >>> On 5 May 2015, at 4:44 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> Just to clarify a few things before I suggest anything else. >>> >>> On your wife’s MBP - In her Pictures Folder there is NOT a “iPhoto >>> Library.photolibrary” Or "iPhoto Library”? > >>> In the Pictures folder there is an iPhoto.photolibrary of size 291.94GB > Are you SURE iPhoto.photolibrary is correct - or is it iPhoto > Library.photolibrary of size 291.94GB. Yes it is in fact "iPhoto > Library.photolibrary". >>> and there is a Photos Library.photoslibrary of size 292.84GB. > That looks correct! > >>> Hold Down the Option key & keep it down as you click Photos to open and see >>> the ‘Choose Library' dialog window. >>> Two options shown. Photos Library and iPhoto Library. > Are you SURE - or are they named Photos Library.photoslibrary and iPhoto > Library.photolibrary. Yes, it is as you say when holding Option whilst > clicking Photos there are two listed libraries. "Photos > Library.photoslibrary" and "iPhoto Library.photolibrary". > > If they are named as I mention above- that is correct… that is what you > should see! > Select 'Photos Library.photoslibrary' and click Choose Library > > The file sizes on the two Libraries indicate the update/transition has > completed - you should be able to select ‘Photos Library.photoslibrary’ to > open Photos with all your previous iPhoto photos & albums etc. Yes, I would > have thought so too. I selected "Photos Library.photoslibrary" and no photos > presented. When i click the triangle toggle for 'iPhoto Events', all of the > Events folders dating back to 2004 as they used to present in iPhoto show as > a greyed out icon beneath the 'iPhoto Events' header (about 200 of them). If > I select any one of these greyed out event folders, i get an empty white > panel to the right side. If I select 'All Photos', also no photos are shown. > The photo images are not shown. > > I’ll send you the document in another email to you ‘Offlist’, but please post > back to the list otherwise it is a consult fee. > This has taken a lot of time trying to send & receive information through a > third party is always difficult. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > >>> What shows there? Also what shows there if you click “Other Library”? Takes >>> me to a browser window Pictures to select form the same two Photos Library >>> and iPhoto Library. >>> >>> It seems as thought the transition/import of iPhoto Library has not fully >>> completed. If it had, the next time you opened the Photos.app everything >>> would look similar/ but a bit different to iPhoto.app. I agree i think the >>> two libraries are in a transitional state. >>> >>> Also if it had, you would have been able to double-click on iPhoto >>> Library.migratedphotolibrary and you would see this message “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” and the 'Open Photos’ button would be BLUE for you to click. >>> >>> Was the only iPhoto Library backup on the Time Machine sparsebundle that >>> you deleted? Yes, the only iPhoto library backup was within the >>> sparesebuydle I blew away, there is no backup. >>> I would much prefer to know there is a backup.... >>> >>> Let me know the answers to above queries before I perhaps suggest you try >>> to Repair the Photos Library. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni > > -- 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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