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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1811234" data-attributes="member: 396914">Yep, and you CAN do a migration later, but later is not the same as NOW. I agree the offer to migrate is confusing, and you are NOT the first person to come here and say, &quot;Where did my data go?&quot;&nbsp; I'm not sure a 2017 MBA can actually run ElCap. Booting from an external briefly is much different from actually running El Cap. Sooner or later something will fail, and spectacularly, I fear. The move from iPhoto to Photos was a struggle for some, but all the functionality of iPhoto is there in Photos, just in different places. Frankly, I think it would be much lower risk of losing everything if you left it at HS and Photos and the family member spent some time learning to use Photos. I am fearful that when that eventual incompatibility with ElCap raises it's ugly head you or that family member will lost everything.&nbsp; There was and probably still is a way to migrate from iPhoto to Photos. Here are some links:<a href="https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8461" target="_blank">https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8461</a><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204887" target="_blank">https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204887</a><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2015/04/17/move-iphoto-library-to-photos-mac/" target="_blank">How to Move an iPhoto Library into Photos for Mac</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1811234, member: 396914"] Yep, and you CAN do a migration later, but later is not the same as NOW. I agree the offer to migrate is confusing, and you are NOT the first person to come here and say, "Where did my data go?" I'm not sure a 2017 MBA can actually run ElCap. Booting from an external briefly is much different from actually running El Cap. Sooner or later something will fail, and spectacularly, I fear. The move from iPhoto to Photos was a struggle for some, but all the functionality of iPhoto is there in Photos, just in different places. Frankly, I think it would be much lower risk of losing everything if you left it at HS and Photos and the family member spent some time learning to use Photos. I am fearful that when that eventual incompatibility with ElCap raises it's ugly head you or that family member will lost everything. There was and probably still is a way to migrate from iPhoto to Photos. Here are some links: [url]https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8461[/url] [url]https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204887[/url] [url=http://osxdaily.com/2015/04/17/move-iphoto-library-to-photos-mac/]How to Move an iPhoto Library into Photos for Mac[/url] [/QUOTE]

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