Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference to kick off June 10 at 10 a.m. PDT with Keynote address
The Keynote will be available to stream onapple.com, the Apple Developer app, the Apple TV app, and the Apple YouTube channel. On-demand playback will be available after the conclusion of the stream.
The Keynote will be available to stream onapple.com, the Apple Developer app, the Apple TV app, and the Apple YouTube channel. On-demand playback will be available after the conclusion of the stream.
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User profile for user: johnmoran8
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OS X 10.11.3
Photos 1.3
iPhoto 9.6.1
what is the difference between Photos and IPhoto ?
I have both and am never sure which to use, should I ge t rid of one ?
they are backed up to Time Machine am I just duplicating all my photos ?
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Posted on Mar 13, 2016 12:19 PM
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User profile for user: léonie
léonie
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Posted on Mar 13, 2016 1:15 PM
See Old Toad's user Tip: Photos 2.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities
Photos and iPhoto are very different applications
Apple stopped the development of iPhoto. It is no longer sold and updated. Apple is now developing and supporting Photos as the successor. New Macs come only with Photos. Currently iPhoto 9.6.1 is still working on El Capitan, but any new system update may break it. At the end of March you will no longer be able to order print products from Apple using iPhoto.
While iPhoto is still working, keep it installed, if you are still having iPhoto Libraries. You may need it, if you have problems to migrate a library to Photos and have to fix the problem running iPhoto.
am I just duplicating all my photos ?
If you migrate an iPhoto Library to Photos, the libraries will be sharing the photos by hard links not not needing much additional storage. (Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support)
But in the long run be prepared to switch to Photos for Mac. You cannot rely on iPhoto being available in future system versions. Start using Photos for Mac now, while you are still having both options and the migration is easy.
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User profile for user: léonie
léonie
User level: Level10 195,311 points
Mar 13, 2016 1:15 PM in response to johnmoran8
See Old Toad's user Tip: Photos 2.0 vs iPhoto 9.6.1: Features and Capabilities
Photos and iPhoto are very different applications
Apple stopped the development of iPhoto. It is no longer sold and updated. Apple is now developing and supporting Photos as the successor. New Macs come only with Photos. Currently iPhoto 9.6.1 is still working on El Capitan, but any new system update may break it. At the end of March you will no longer be able to order print products from Apple using iPhoto.
While iPhoto is still working, keep it installed, if you are still having iPhoto Libraries. You may need it, if you have problems to migrate a library to Photos and have to fix the problem running iPhoto.
am I just duplicating all my photos ?
If you migrate an iPhoto Library to Photos, the libraries will be sharing the photos by hard links not not needing much additional storage. (Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support)
But in the long run be prepared to switch to Photos for Mac. You cannot rely on iPhoto being available in future system versions. Start using Photos for Mac now, while you are still having both options and the migration is easy.
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User profile for user: Csound1
Csound1
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Mar 13, 2016 12:26 PM in response to johnmoran8
iPhoto is an older (now obsolete) image management app, Photos is its replacement.
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User profile for user: henrietta68
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Mar 19, 2016 8:50 AM in response to léonie
What about the issue of not being able to email photos straight from Photos like we used to be able to on iPhoto?? this is super annoying...
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Mar 19, 2016 11:18 AM in response to henrietta68
Make Mail your email client for whatever email provider your using and you can select the images you want to email, click on the Share button, select Mail and the rest is self explanatory:
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difference between photos and iPhoto
