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 to 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. IPhoto puts all its export options into a single dialog box. You can merge multiple libraries, rebuild iPhoto libraries and find duplicate photos here.
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Then set it as your iCloud Photo Library. Here is the complete guide on using iPhoto Library Manager for Mac users. 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’s PowerPhotos ( free for iPhoto Library Manager owners). Pick Export Unmodified Original if you’ve made no changes to photos in iPhoto Export Photos if you have.
This article falls into five parts listed as follows. Select the All Photos album, then Edit > Select All, then File > Export. Here is the complete guide on using iPhoto Library Manager for Mac users.
Export the current Photos library as files.