Import iphoto library from old mac to new mac?

how can I import my iPhoto library from my old mac to my new mac?

Use the Migration Assistant, either on its own or while setting up the new computer, or move it through an external drive with a volume formatted as Mac OS Extended, or over a network, or use Target Disk mode.
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I copied iPhoto library from old Mac to NAS. I cannot access the library from my new Mac

I've a nice new MacBook Pro (OS X 10.9.5) with iPhoto version 9.5.1. I decided to move my iPhoto library from my old MBP (running iPhoto 7.1.5) to a Synology NAS and expected I'd be able to open it from the new Mac.
I can see the library on the NAS from the new MAC. Unfortunately when I select it using option key on iPhoto launch or trying to open directly from the library in Finder, I end up with iPhoto open and showing "No photos". I've tried using iPhoto Library Manager and this can't select the library either.
I can open the library on the NAS from my old Mac OK.
Does anyone have an idea what I'm missing here?

iPhoto Libraries cannot be located on a NAS driver. Read this Apple document, iPhoto: Issues with FAT32-formatted drives - Apple Support, and note the last sentence of the first paragraph.
They must be located on a drive formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with ownership set to be ignored (if an external HD). A NAS is a headless computer with a file system and file access requirements that are not compatible with iPhoto's Library structure.

Transferring iPhoto Library from old Mac to new Mac

I'm trying to transfer my iPhoto library from my old mac to my new MacBook Air. My old mac (black macbook purchased July 2008 - MacBook4,1) is running OS 10.5.8 and the OS can't be upgraded. My iPhoto (ver 7.1.5) library needs to be prepared using the iPhoto Library Upgrader tool in order to transfer the library, but my OS doesn't support the program. It says the upgrader tool 1.1 requires OS X version 10.6.8 or later. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc) or use an external hard drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - download and run the iPhoto library upgrader (it installs in the utilities folder of your Applications folder - double click it to run it), launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward.
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What is the best way to transfer my iphoto library from old imac to new imac. both have iphoto 9.2.1

What is the best way to transfer my iphoto library from current imac to my new imac. Both imacs have iphoto 9.2.1
os on old imac is 10.6.8. os on new imac is 10.7.2. I want the albums and events to stay intact. I have 4500 photos and 79 videos. 14.9 gb. looking for some advice here. Thanks so much.

Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward.
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Transfering iphoto library from old computer to new

for whatever reason, i'm not able to transfer my iphoto library from my old powerbook g4<iphoto2/os10.3.9> to the new powerbook g4<iphoto5/10.4.3>. it starts the copying process but then freezes or gives an error message. any thoughts?

Hi rusch,
If there is an Albums folder with aliases in it in the iPhoto Library folder, then take that Album folder out and trash it. It is not used by iPhoto 5 anymore.
Hopefully that might help.
Lori

How best to transfer iPhoto Library from old Mac to new Mac

I've just taken delivery of a gleaming new 17inch iMac. (I'm very proud!)
I have an old G3 iMac with approx 1000 photo's on iPhoto. (Not sure which version but that Mac is still running OSX 10.1.5 so it's a fairly early version).
What is the best way to transfer the photo's across? I'd like to keep the album structure in place if possible.
I'm fairly sure I can do this by connecting the macs with an ethernet cable but I haven't got a clue how to do it!
Thanks in advance for any help.
McD
G3 CRT Slot Loading iMac 600Mhz and 17inch iMac Core 2 Duo, 2ghz. Mac OS X (10.1.x)

Bob
Given that you've already started using the iPhoto on the new machine then yes, copying the iPhoto Library Folder from the external HD will certainly affect things. If you copy it to the default location in your Pictures Folder it will overwrite the new one.
So, now you now have two libraries and you want to merge them. How much effort have you put into the new one? If it's only a roll or two you could simply take the rolls out of the NEW iPhoto Library Folder / Originals, then copy the OLD one over - letting it over write, then import the NEW photos.
If you have a lot of work, you can merge the two libraries. For that, you'll need iPhoto Library Manager
Regards
TD
ps - it is quite easy to do... until you create a second library.

Imported mail library from old Mac to new one ... how to ...

I imported my "mail" and "mail downloads" folders from my old mac's library to my new one ... all my messages are still in there, but im just wondering on how to make them show up in my new mail
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You talk about “importing”, but it looks like what you really did was just copying those folders. Also, it looks like you copied the folder where the messages are stored, but not the file where the account settings are stored...
Mail stores most preferences and all account settings in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (except the passwords, which are stored in the keychain). Everything else, including all your messages and mailboxes, is stored within the ~/Library/Mail/ folder.
If both computers are running the same major version of Mac OS X, copying these (the preferences file and the entire Mail folder) from one computer to the other is all you need to do in order to have an exact copy of all your messages, mailboxes and Mail settings on both computers.
Similarly, Address Book (which you may want to transfer as well) stores the settings in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist and the data in ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/.
In order to avoid potential permissions issues, copy the files operating on the destination computer and while logged in as the user that’s going to use them. Also, be sure the affected applications aren’t running on either computer while doing that.
Alternatively, you may use Migration Assistant:
Transferring data with Setup Assistant / Migration Assistant FAQ
BTW, there is no point in transferring the ~/Library/Mail Downloads folder. The files that Mail puts there are just temporal copies to let you open the attachments in other applications without having to manually save them first. Unless you’ve modified any of those attachments after opening them and haven’t saved them elsewhere, there is nothing in that folder that needs to be preserved. The attachments themselves are kept as part of the messages.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library.

Importing iTunes library from old powerbook to new macbook pro

What is the best way to import my old itunes library (from my 10.4.7 powerbook) to my new macbook pro?
Thanks!

I'm still having some trouble, can someone give me guidance? Here is what I did:
1. Connected old mac (PowerBook G4) to new mac (MacBook Pro) via firewire 800 and target mode.
2. Located "iTunes Music" folder on old Mac and pulled the entire folder into "iTunes Music" on the new Mac.
3. I restarted.
4. iTunes didn't find the new music, it does find the one song I've purchased using the new Mac. I think this makes sense, because now the folder structure has an embedded "iTunes Music" folder (from the old Mac) in my new mac's "iTunes Music" folder. The structure looks like:
-iTunes Music
----[folder for the one song I've purchased on the new mac]
----iTunes Music (this is the folder from the old mac)
---------[folders of music from the old mac]
5. So I went into the iTunes Music folder I just imported, selected all the music, and copied it one level up.
6. The result is on my new mac, my "iTunes Music" folder now contains all the music from the old mac, plus the one song I've puchased using the new mac.
7. I restarted my new mac. Restarted iTunes, but still the only song that's recognized is the one I've already purchased. The others aren't showing.
8. I've gone into preferences/advanced and confirmed I'm pointing at the right target folder.
Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong here?

Restore Iphoto library from Old HDD to new Machine (How 2?)

I crashed my MacBook Pro and have the HDD in ICYbox IB223 module.
With my new MacBook Air I wish to extract the old Library to th enew machine.
How do I do that?
//Thomas

Are you using the same user name for your account as you used to use on the old machine? Then you can simply copy your iPhoto Library using the Finder.
Connect the box to your new mac as an external disk.
Select the disk in the Finder and navigate to the folder where you stored your iPhoto library. Assuming you used to have it in the "Pictures" folder, open the folder "Users" on the drive, then "Your Home Folder", then "Pictures" and drag the iPhoto library to the folder where you want to store it. If you already created anew Library with a different name, rename the old library before you drag it to your Mac.
Then select the library in the new location and double click it to open iPhoto and point it to the library.
If you are using a different user name now than previously, you will need to set the "Ignore ownership on this volume" flag on the drive you copy from. This can be set in the info panal for the drive (File > Get Info").
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Hey guys,
I just recently upgraded my computer and have Windows 7 64bit. I have taken my old iTunes library folder and placed it on my iPod using Disc mode. I than have taken that library and have placed it in my music folder on my new computer. But when I open up iTunes none of my content is in there. I go back and look at my music folder and iTunes has created another folder.
Can anyone help me solve this problem?
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I have taken my old iTunes library folder and placed it on my iPod using Disc mode. I than have taken that library and have placed it in my music folder on my new computer
Did you copy the entire \Music\iTunes\ folder?
If so, hold Shift and launch iTunes.
Select *Choose library*.
Select the _iTunes library.itl_ file in \Music\iTunes\ folder.

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Here's an Apple article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527?viewlocale=en_US

IPhoto transfer from old mac problem

I just bought a new mac, and want to transfer all my old photos from my old iphoto, when i copied iPhoto library from HDD to my new mac new location, it would stop copying halfway through due to -36 error. I have read up a little regarding iPhoto library manager as the solution, but other than that is there another way to transfer all my iPhotos pictures into my new mac? NEED SOME HELP PLEASE.

IO error
1) Corrupt file system
2) Failing drive
The former is much more likely in your case.
'The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “iPhoto Library” can’t be read or written.
See this article for more information:
iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users - Support - Apple
And:
If the permissions on your iPhoto library are incorrect, you may be able to resolve this issue by using the instructions in this article.

How can I transfer my iphoto library from a Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) harddrive to a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) hard drive?

Community,
Every time I try to transfer my iphoto library from a Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) harddrive to a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) hard drive, I receive the attached message: "You can't copy 'iPhoto Library' because it has the same name as another ideon on the destination volume, and that volume doesn't destinguish between upper- and lowercase letters in filenames."
My theory is, if I am able to unpackage my iphoto library, I can transfer each folder one at a time so that I can trouble shoot any "duplicates." Will this work?
Let's say that works. How can I repackage the library so iphoto recognizes it?
Is there a better way?
Thank you,
Jonathan

Can we assume that I don't have any naming conflicts? Clearly there are or else I wouldn't get the error I'm getting.
The error doesn't mean you have name conflicts. It means that the Finder won't take the chance that you might have them.
You're suggesting that all I would need to do would be to use Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer the files from the case-sensative harddrive to my Extended Journaled harddrive?
Yes. But I would just use the built-in rsync shell command. First, back up all data if you haven't already done so. Launch the Terminal application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Copy or drag -- do not type -- the line below into the Terminal window, then press the space bar:
rsync -aE --delete
Now drag the iPhoto library you want to copy into the window. You should have something like this:
rsync -aE --delete /Users/you/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library
Drag the Pictures folder on the destination volume into the window. Now you have this (line will wrap on the page):
rsync -aE --delete /Users/you/Pictures/iPhoto\ Library /Volumes/something/Users/you/Pictures
Press return. The copying operation will start. When it finishes, you'll see a new dollar-sign ("$") prompt below what you entered. If there were no errors, you're done.

How can I move my iPhoto Library from one Mac to another without losing the comments on the individual photos in the process?

How can I move my iPhoto Library from one Mac to another without losing the comments on the individual photos in the process? The source Macbook (OS 10.4.11 and iPhoto 6.0.6 (3.2.2.)) is with my husband in Germany, the target MacBook Pro (OS 10.8.5, iPhoto 11) is with me in Japan. Thanks for your help.

I copied the iPhoto Library to a CD and from there to the new MacBook
If you copied the library to the CD via the Finder it would be no different than the methods Terence suggested. If you used the Share ➙ Burn menu option from inside iDVD you'll get a mini library that has to be accessed from the open library and the events/alubums copied into the destination library. Not the same as the other methods.
The Share ➙ Burn method is no longer supported with iPhoto 9 and later.
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