

Mac 911 cannot reply to email with troubleshooting advice nor can we publish answers to every question. We’re always looking for problems to solve! Email yours including screen captures as appropriate. Just make sure if you pick option three that you have full and current backups of your 6,000-photo Photos library.

Waiting is hard, but it will provide the best outcome to preserve as much data as possible. Wait until PowerPhotos or another tool allows Photos library merging-Fat Cat’s developer is still working on making the feature happen. Upgrade your iPhoto library to Photos and make it your master for iCloud Photo Library, but keep the 6,000-photo Photos library separate, and use PowerPhotos to switch between them. Is it Otherwise open all your old iPhoto Libraries in Photos for Mac and use the new PowerPhotos to manage the migrated libraries. You need a running iPhoto version to be able to use iPhoto Library Manager to manage old iPhoto Libraries. IPhoto puts all its export options into a single dialog box. iPhoto Library Manager cannot work with the new Photos for Mac application. Then set it as your iCloud Photo Library. Make this new superset your master library for iCloud Photo Library.Įxport your 11,000-photo iPhoto library through iPhoto’s export options, which are the same as Photos but labeled slightly differently- File > Export and then select Original or a format from the Kind pop-up menu-and import them into the 6,000-photo Photos library. Then import those 6,000 photos into the master Photos library, and remove duplicates with Fat Cat’sįree for iPhoto Library Manager owners). Pick Export Unmodified Original if you’ve made no changes to photos in iPhoto Export Photos if you have. Select the All Photos album, then Edit > Select All, then File > Export. Export the current Photos library as files.
