New Photos app and iCloud backup.

I have recently downloaded a beta version of the new Apple Photos App brought in to replace iPhoto. It stores all your images in the Cloud so they can be accessed and viewed on all your devices without the limitations of photo stream. This is what I gather anyway. What is not clear is whether original copies of all my photos will remain on my hard drive, or will they only be backed up in the Cloud and then deleted from computer? I know eventually everything is going to be stored in the Cloud, but I would still like to all my photographs backed up on my mac as well!

You can't at this time. Photos is still in beta and is lacking quite a few of the features that iPhoto has. I strongly suggest you continue with iPhoto until Photos is officially released and has all of the features in iPhoto that you require. Right now it's really not ready for prime time IMO.

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Will the new photos app and icloud photos library support all formats of pics and videos from my iphoto library?

I will be migrating my whole 200gb iPhoto library 9.5.1 mavericks over to Yosemite iPhoto 9.6.1 and then migrate to the new photos app and hopefully to the icloud.photos online. Does this all support all of my formats such as AVI videos in my iPhoto library. I don't want to lose those through migration.

I have this 31% issue too - when I attempt to update my iPhoto library to the new Photo app.
I have a few libraries - one on my mac, and two on a NAS. I access the NAS via wifi.
The mac based library did update, but the two network albums have yet to be successfully migrated over to Photo.
It's driving me insane!!!

Yosemite new photo app and icloud: uploading photos

I have upload problems: it looks as if uploading c.100,000 photos of c. 1 TB will take 10,000 days at c. 10 photos per day (my current speed) ! What am I doing wrong? I understand I need to not do this on wifi and my upload speed of less than 1Mbps may prohibit a reasonable upload time. Any advice? I'm moving the photos to icloud and not keeping them on the mac to free space (it only has 1 TB) - I therefore need to keep original size which may be a problem if each individual image is large....

Your photos are likely fine, however are you saying your updated your computer and do not back it up regularly? If so then you photo library is not only likely fine it also has a backup. If you have not been backing up, you should begin doing this regularly. Sooner or later without a backup plan you will lose precious data. Apple has included Time Machine in OS X for about 7 years so there is absolutely no reason to not be backing up.
So take a deep breath, relax and let Photo's do it's thing and then learn how to use the app.
Finally, giving idle threats to Apple serves no value. I have asked the moderator to remove that portion of your post as it is off topic and violates the Terms of Use you agreed to.

The new photo app and iBooks Author

I updated to Mac Os-x 10.1.3 and when opening iBook Author, in the media picker under photos the new photo app is missing to pick photos.
Does anyone have a solution? or do I need to be patient for an update.
Brgds, Jelger

OK some progress to report as a temporary fix.
It looks like when you install the Photo update the relationship between iBooks Author and your photos is broken because the media pane shows no images. I had the same issue as Jelger.
However, iPhoto is still in your applications folder so I tried opening it (as I prefer the ability to organise photos in the old program). To my surprise the act of opening iPhoto seemed to restore a link with Author. So now, when I open Author I get access restored to my iPhoto library and can use my old working method.
Of course, this won't last for ever. Apple will not support iPhoto any more so someday an update might affect it. Also, if Apple bring out a fix to link Author and the new Photo this would break the link I have re-established with iPhoto. I'm also concerned that an update linking Author to Photo will make navigation more difficult. iPhoto has a natural structure for finding images to put in books whereas Photo does not.
Anyway, for the time being everything works again..... I hope this helps.

Applescript, the new Photos app and Instagram

I'm using applescript to add images to the new (Yosemite) Photos app. I'm using the following code:
tell application "Photos"
     set ImageFile to POSIX file "~/photos/test.jpg"
     set DestinationAlbumName to "Instagram"
     if not (exists container named DestinationAlbumName) then
          make new album named DestinationAlbumName
     end if
import ImageFile into container named DestinationAlbumName with skip check duplicates
end tell
On the face of it this all works just dandy; album is created if it needs to be, image comes in fine. However, heading on over to Instagram, iphone of iPad, when I look for the image I've just added it's not there, nor is the album. It's in the Photos app on the phone and tablet, just Instagram refuses to see it.
If I add an album with an image in it by hand, Instagram sees it.
Apple have precious little to offer by way of examples on this, does anyone have anything to offer?
Thanks.

If I delete then create the folder by hand back on the Macbook where I ran the script, I can then see it when I browse the Photo library back in Instagram.
Try doing that and then running a script to get the properties of that folder.
tell application "Photos"
properties of container named "Instagram"
end tell
Look at the result. Then delete that folder, run your import script and create the folder, then get the properties again. Compare the two property lists. Is there any difference?

OSx 10.10.3 Photos app and iCloud storage

What does OSx 10.10.3 Photo app do if iCloud is enabled and photo library exceeds size if iCloud storage?

thank you for the fat response
actually on system preferences it says 52.8gb of photos and videos
and on photos app 70.47gb
when i go to photos app in finder and go to "show package" and then get info for the folder "Masters" it says 55.45gb
a bit weird but according to the thing you mentioned obviously the uploading process involved uploading specific parts of my library and not the whole thing

What exactly is the difference between the new photos app for mac and iPhoto? i'm very confused...

Ever since i've bought my macbook pro i used iPhoto to organize my photos. Now apple added this new photos app and i don't really understand what is it meant for? can someone please explain me the difference? I'm very confused about the purposes of both apps....

Now apple added this new photos app and i don't really understand what is it meant for? can someone please explain me the difference? I'm very confused about the purposes of both apps....
Photos is a completely new designed photo application, designed for Yosemite and the MacOS X versions to come. Many differences are under the hood. It uses the new system libraries and frameworks for more efficient image processing on the new powerful macs, like the mac pro, it is extensible by app extensions, if other developers will add functionality, and most important, it brings integration with iCloud Photo Library. With Photos you can store your photo library in iCloud and sync it across all devices.
Some features are still missing however, and you can continue to use iPhoto, if you like. Or create a small Photos library for testing and explore Photos, while keeping your main libraries in iPhoto.

The New Photo App Not Syncing Properly

I've been pulling my hair out over the last week or so with the new Photo's in the iCloud and how the online database won't sync properly.
This is how I went about the upgrade.
I have a Mac Mini which has been for the past several years drawing down my family's photo's and video etc from all out devices using iPhoto. This has worked very nicely. I've been adding pictures from my stream into albums etc with about 200 or so. All files are stored locally of course in organized folder which is then back up on to a external drive.
After the latest update I opened the new Photo app and it started to convert my library over and started to upload all the photos, some 15000 pictures and a few hundred videos. I started to check my iPad and iPhone which is where I started to see problems, missing albums, missing photos, duplicates etc. Before anyone asks I emptied my trash in iPhoto before I updated as I had read about the new app pulling all the photos from trash in too.
After several days of stopping and starting my iPhone and iPad looked like it should with my albums and the correct amount of files. I checked the online iCloud Photos through my browser which also match, but I had all the old iPhoto months and daily libraries still showing despite me organizing my libraries not to group the photos in these old style albums.
At this point I also looked back on my Mac Mini to find that all the libraries had totally disappeared and there seemed to be a couple of thousand files missing, ie my ipad, iphone and online coun which is at something like 15,634 files and the Mac Mini Photo app was showing about 13,450. Plus, it was now saying uploading some 24,000 files but was in fact doing nothing.
At this point I decided to turn my main iMac on and see if I could get the databases to pull down from the iCloud to see if it matched. Three days later it's stuck at some 3200 files and saying it's still adding 15,000 files. I then went back on to my Mac Mini and started a fresh version of Photo and it's now stuck in the same state as the iMac saying it's adding file but nothing is changing.
Please help.

How did you import the photos?
Are the missing photos perhaps referenced? Then they cannot upload to iCloud.
You can check with a smart album, if you have any photos in the library, that cannot upload to iCloud.

Move Location of New Photos App Library

I migrated my Aperture library into the new photos app, and elected to put all my photos into iCloud Photo. The old Aperture library lived on an external HD and when I open the new Photos app without that HD plugged in, it says it cannot find the library. Why am I getting this error message if everything is in iCloud?
How do I change the "library location"? I still want a local copy on an external drive, but if everything is in iCloud, shouldn't the actual location of the library not matter?

That's not how it works, Photos still needs access to your library, Photos puts photos in the cloud but that's not what you see when you open photos, you see the photos stored locally, if they aren't there it won't work.

Blurry Images in new Photos App

I have noticed a problem with the new Photos app and I am uncertain whether it is unique to my system (iMac 2013 21inch). Photos taken in a portrait orientation do not display sharp on the screen. They look a little blurry as if the software hasn't properly rendered the image for preview. If you zoom in to part of the photo and then zoom out again the issue corrects itself and the image is displayed sharp.
Has anyone else had this problem and have they fixed it?

Hi, i'm struggling to find a way of merging albums in the new photos app does anyone know how to do this?
Make the sidebar visible. View > Show Sidebar ⌥⌘S
Select one of the albums and all photos in it.
Drag the selected photos to the other album in the sidebar to merge the photos into it. Then delete the now empty original album.You can delete an album by selecting it in the Sidebar, ctrl-clicking it, then use "Delete album" from the contextual menu.

Geotagging in new Photos app

Hi All,
I recently upgraded to the new Photos app and realised that there doesn't seem to be a way to add location to a photo's metadata (geotagging). Can any confirm if this is true?
Also any work arounds (e.g. other applications etc ) would be helpful. Thanks

It's true. The only workaround is to do your geotagging before import.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
And offer feedback on missing features.

Iphoto to new photo app help!

With the recent update and the new photo app installed on my imac, I can no longer open up any of my old iphoto libraries that I have backed up on an external hard drive. How do I do this? Iphoto has disappeared so I can no longer do it that way, and i've tried to re-install it but its no longer available on the app store! I want to be able to open up the libraries with the new photo app and so I can save them in this new format to make sure they are not lost. Any help greatly appreciated
ios. OX Yosemite 10.10.3

1. iPhoto should still be in your Applications folder. If it's out-of-date:
Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1
If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.
2. Photos can also open and migrate libraries on an external that is correctly formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). To do this simply open them: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch Photos. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'

New Photo App Permissions Across Users

What have Apple done to my iPhoto permissions?
I have a shared photo library which used to be accessed by all users. We have an iMac that is used by the whole family. Everyone takes and loads photos to the shared library - this worked a dream in iPhoto.
Now we have the new Photo app and all of a sudden, I'm the only one who has access to the library. When my wife opens the app on her account, she doesn't get the choice of what library to attach to - the app bypasses that. I have looked at the permissions for the Photo Library and added all users to read/write. When my wife tried to access this using File/Import, the photos library icon is blanked out - still no access!
The library is located here:
macintosh HD/users/shared/photos library
It has 80Gb of memories that my wife can't now access if she wants to when going about her daily stuff on the machine.
Seriously, I love Apple but their views on who should be able to see what drives me nuts. This is my machine, used by my family - I should be the one to decide who sees what. Just let ME make these decisions PLEASE!
How can I fix this?
Any help/insight would be appreciated.
Ta.

What system were you running prior to upgrading to 10.10.3? Using the Shared folder for iPhoto Libraries was discontinued by Apple several versions back. Users would run into permissions issues each time a different user added photos to the library or made any edits.
Now the only way is to put it on an external HD formatted OS X Extended (journaled) and have it hard wired to the computer, i.e FireWire, USB, etc.

Where can I find the "event" information I had in iPhoto events in new photos app?

Just upgraded to OS X and the new Photos app and I am having a hard time adjusting from iPhoto where I had (happily) organized years of photos into events. I can see my 771 "events" now called albums in a sub-album called "iPhoto events" HOWEVER, I cannot seem to find/view the little notes or summaries of event information that I had inputted in iPhoto. I often wrote a brief (or detailed) bit of information, anecdotes or fond memories about various "events" and now I am frustrated that might all be gone. Can anyone help?

Oops Sorry Jumped the gun again! i found out how to do it. I was using my jot touch styles which mean you have to hold down the icon on the upper left with the styles then use your fingers to do the pinch and zoom gesture to make it work

I have tried everything I know to retrieve the iPhoto Library app. I detest this new Photo app, which obviously wasn't designed with photographers in mind. I desperately need help in retrieving the old app and have not been able to do it so far.

I have tried everything I know to retrieve the iPhoto Library app. I detest this new Photo app, which obviously wasn't designed with photographers in mind. I desperately need help in retrieving the old app and have not been able to do it so far. I have gone to my app folder and tried to update my iPhoto Library. I have gone to my trash and brought it over to my desktop and still cannot use it. Please help!

Try this fix discovered by User photosb189:
From Finder, hold down the option key on your keyboard and click on the Go menu at the top of the screen
Select Library from the drop down menu
Then navigate to Application Support > iLifeAssetManagement > assets
Right click on the 'sub' folder and choose Compress
Drag the resulting zip file to your Desktop (as a backup)
Go to your System Preferences and choose iCloud
Turn OFF the iCloud Photos option
Go back to Library > Application Support and DELETE the iLifeAssetManagement folder
Now, in System Preferences, turn the iCloud Photos option ON
iPhoto should now be able to launch. Give it enough time to re-download your Photo Stream content. if you are missing any of your My Photo Stream photos (more than 30 days old), unzip the sub folder on your desktop and drag that into iPhoto.

New Photos app and iCloud backup.

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