Iphoto transfer from disc says need latest version?

Question

Hello--it took me days to figure out how to post so I apologize if messing up protocol, but have looked for hours and can't find an answer that isn't too confusing technologically.
My sister burned photo's from my LG onto a disk with her Mac laptop. When I insert the disk I get a message saying I have iphoto 9 but need the latest version. I thought that was the latest version and don't know where to find it if it's not.
Have never used iphoto before. Checked software updates and read answers in other posts but still confused. I am on Mac OSX 10.5.8. (I'm afraid to try anything not spelled out as my husband already managed to lose photo booth icon on dock and in apps.)
Can anyone help a girl/moron out, even she probably won't be able to find the response?

Answer 1

Welcome to Apple Discussions Joan,
If your sister burned pictures from iPhoto to a CD/DVD then you would need to have at least the same version of iPhoto that she has to read the disk in iPhoto.
To find out what version of iPhoto you have:
- Open iPhoto
- Go to the menu "iPhoto" and choose "About iPhoto"
--- You will probably have iPhoto 7.x.x or 8.x.x
The most recent version of iPhoto 7 is 7.1.5 . The most recent version of iPhoto 8 is 8.1.2.
If you have a lower number than either one of these then go to the Apple menu and run all your software updates.
If you still cannot load the disk into iPhoto directly you can still get the pictures off.
Double-click on the disk on your desktop. Go into the folder called "library" and drag the folder called "Originals" to your desktop. Allow this to copy. Once the copy is complete eject the disk.
Now drag the folder "Originals" from the desktop into the open iPhoto window. This will copy all the pictures from the folder on the desktop into iPhoto. You can then put the originals folder in the trash.
In the future if your sister wishes to give you pictures on a CD/DVD she can follow this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1257.
Hope that helps.