IPhoto 8 on MacBook Pro running 10.9

Question

Can you install and run iPhoto 8 on a MacBook Pro running 10,9? The laptop came with iPhoto 9 but I think I like how 8 works, better.

Answer 1

I edit photos with Photoshop. In 8 you can just double click on a photo in iPhoto and it opens in Photoshop. In 9.5 you have to select a photo then go hit the edit button to get it to open in PS.
that works in iPhoto '11 version 9.5.x too - in the iPhoto preferences set PS as your external editor
Also, in 8 when I import photos from a camera card, whatever I type in the "Event Name" line is what the folder is named in the "Year" folder, in the "Originals" folder of the iPhoto library. 9.5 names the import folder with a string of numbers. That folder is in a nest of folders, "Masters> Year> Month> Day>" then the folder with the photos. Is there any way to make 9.5 work more like 8 in this respect?
No - but then there is no reason to do that - what you are doing is not supported and never has been - and is dangerous as a simple mistake on your part can damage or destroy your library - there is no reason to ever go directly into the contents of the iPhoto library - the many supported methods are described in the user tip on accessing your iPhoto files
I burn discs from the imported photo folders with toast. It's a lot easier to alreday have a folder titled by the event name, instead of figuring out what a string of numbers is.
Specifically to do that correctly you select the photos in iPhoto and export to a desktop folder named as you please - then burn that folder to disk - and delete it after you are finished
LN