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Plan on going back in time, what becomes of current libraries?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1947888" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>If you go so far back that Photos is replaced by the older iPhoto, you will have to export every picture and video in Photos to an external location that Mavericks can read (HFS+), then import them back into iPhoto from there. You will lose all organization like albums, faces, locations, etc, but iPhoto will allow you to redo the various things you lose in the process, albeit slowly and with a lot of work on your part. There is, AFAIK, no way to get iPhoto to open the Photos library at all. </p><p></p><p>Frankly, going back is going to be a lot of work and zero, if not negative, gain. You will have to find a working Mac that can run Mavericks (get the newest you can so that will last as long as possible), then find the Mavericks installer and then find any third party software you have that you want on Mavericks and install it. TM won't help as the format changed, so you'll need to export all of the OTHER stuff that aren't pictures to an HFS+ drive to be read into the Mavericks system once you have it up and running. </p><p></p><p>Again, given the issues you have expressed here before, trying this is fraught with all kinds of peril for you. </p><p></p><p>Can I suggest you look for a Mac user group, or just a Mac user, anywhere nearby that might be able to provide some tutoring for you to get you more comfortable with your Mac as it is? I assist a woman in my neighborhood with just that sort of thing, as her husband is clueless on Mac, so I have become "tech support" for her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1947888, member: 396914"] If you go so far back that Photos is replaced by the older iPhoto, you will have to export every picture and video in Photos to an external location that Mavericks can read (HFS+), then import them back into iPhoto from there. You will lose all organization like albums, faces, locations, etc, but iPhoto will allow you to redo the various things you lose in the process, albeit slowly and with a lot of work on your part. There is, AFAIK, no way to get iPhoto to open the Photos library at all. Frankly, going back is going to be a lot of work and zero, if not negative, gain. You will have to find a working Mac that can run Mavericks (get the newest you can so that will last as long as possible), then find the Mavericks installer and then find any third party software you have that you want on Mavericks and install it. TM won't help as the format changed, so you'll need to export all of the OTHER stuff that aren't pictures to an HFS+ drive to be read into the Mavericks system once you have it up and running. Again, given the issues you have expressed here before, trying this is fraught with all kinds of peril for you. Can I suggest you look for a Mac user group, or just a Mac user, anywhere nearby that might be able to provide some tutoring for you to get you more comfortable with your Mac as it is? I assist a woman in my neighborhood with just that sort of thing, as her husband is clueless on Mac, so I have become "tech support" for her. [/QUOTE]
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