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Couldn't you try importing your iPhoto library in a VM or on another machine? I realise the situation you find yourself in is less than ideal, but there are sol

by wrboyce 11y ago

Couldn't you try importing your iPhoto library in a VM or on another machine? I realise the situation you find yourself in is less than ideal, but there are solutions.

lisper 11y ago
Yes, of course two machines would "solve" the problem. But that's an awfully expensive solution to what should never have been a problem in the first place.
- abakker 11y ago
  As an Aperture/iPhoto/Lightroom user, there _is_ a perfectly viable way to test this out. First, find your iPhoto library, then copy it to an external drive. then, attempt the iPhoto upgrade. iPhoto libraries are self-contained, as are aperture libraries, so you can very easily duplicate folders. I suggest you run a library rebuild through iPhoto before copying it, and if you want to be extra sure, I also suggest moving it with a utility that can tell you if certain files have errors while copying. In the past, I have found Ditto to be pretty good for this. I did this recently, as every few months I take a complete copy of my aperture library and migrate it to an external drive which I keep off-site at a friends house. He, in turn keeps his library at mine. The overall point is that iPhoto > photos is fairly trivial to test it out, and see how it works for you. (PS. this is even easier if you have enough space to just duplicate the drive in-place. If you do that, though, I still recommend library rebuild before duplicating.)
  - lisper 11y ago
    The data is not the problem, the application is the problem. I'm running iPhoto 8. I tried upgrading to 9 when it came out and it was a disaster. Now iPhoto is gone from the app store so I can't upgrade any more. iPhoto 8 won't run on El Capitan (I had to hack it to even run under Mavericks). So now my only options are Mavericks + iPhoto 8 or El Cap + Photos. Those are mutually exclusive options. [EDIT] I actually considered moving to Lightroom, but the only way you can buy it is as a subscription so that doesn't actually solve my problem. The whole point here is that I want to be able to access my photos 30 years from now, and I don't want to have to pay rent to Apple or Adobe for the privilege.
    - rrauenza 11y ago
      Not true, Lightroom is still available as a 'perpetual license.' Adobe just works hard at hiding it. http://protogtech.com/adobe-lightroom/adobe-lightroom-6-perpetual-license/ http://protogtech.com/adobe-lightroom/adobe-lightroom-6-perp... Edit: FYI, the Lightroom database is SQLite. Also, if you do go with Lightroom, enable the side car feature to also keep the metadata along side the photo: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS638E3AC9-A04C-4445-A0D3-F7D8BA5CDE37.html http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS638E3AC9-A04C-...

by wrboyce 11y ago

Couldn't you try importing your iPhoto library in a VM or on another machine? I realise the situation you find yourself in is less than ideal, but there are solutions.

lisper 11y ago

Yes, of course two machines would "solve" the problem. But that's an awfully expensive solution to what should never have been a problem in the first place.

abakker 11y ago
As an Aperture/iPhoto/Lightroom user, there _is_ a perfectly viable way to test this out. First, find your iPhoto library, then copy it to an external drive. then, attempt the iPhoto upgrade. iPhoto libraries are self-contained, as are aperture libraries, so you can very easily duplicate folders. I suggest you run a library rebuild through iPhoto before copying it, and if you want to be extra sure, I also suggest moving it with a utility that can tell you if certain files have errors while copying. In the past, I have found Ditto to be pretty good for this. I did this recently, as every few months I take a complete copy of my aperture library and migrate it to an external drive which I keep off-site at a friends house. He, in turn keeps his library at mine. The overall point is that iPhoto > photos is fairly trivial to test it out, and see how it works for you. (PS. this is even easier if you have enough space to just duplicate the drive in-place. If you do that, though, I still recommend library rebuild before duplicating.)
- lisper 11y ago
  The data is not the problem, the application is the problem. I'm running iPhoto 8. I tried upgrading to 9 when it came out and it was a disaster. Now iPhoto is gone from the app store so I can't upgrade any more. iPhoto 8 won't run on El Capitan (I had to hack it to even run under Mavericks). So now my only options are Mavericks + iPhoto 8 or El Cap + Photos. Those are mutually exclusive options. [EDIT] I actually considered moving to Lightroom, but the only way you can buy it is as a subscription so that doesn't actually solve my problem. The whole point here is that I want to be able to access my photos 30 years from now, and I don't want to have to pay rent to Apple or Adobe for the privilege.
  - rrauenza 11y ago
    Not true, Lightroom is still available as a 'perpetual license.' Adobe just works hard at hiding it. http://protogtech.com/adobe-lightroom/adobe-lightroom-6-perpetual-license/ http://protogtech.com/adobe-lightroom/adobe-lightroom-6-perp... Edit: FYI, the Lightroom database is SQLite. Also, if you do go with Lightroom, enable the side car feature to also keep the metadata along side the photo: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS638E3AC9-A04C-4445-A0D3-F7D8BA5CDE37.html http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS638E3AC9-A04C-...