Uninstall iphoto

iPhoto crashes after a whole day of consuming the system resources on our iMac. Cannot seem to uninstall it. Also, I cannot find the setting to prevent it from launching when I attempt to sync our iPhones.

What is it you want to do? To uninstall it just drag it to the trash. For reinstalling:
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2. Download it from the App Store to reinstall It's on your Purchases List there.
For older versions that have been installed from Disk you'll need these additional steps:
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 or later they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.

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I can't shut my computer down side my iPhoto app is telling me that it's importing pictures, but not is happening & I wanted to uninstall iPhoto to see if that would work. Please some one help me! This is annoying.

The "Importing" message can be cause by a corruption of your iPhoto library - then uninstalling will not help. Try this:
Force Quit iPhoto:
From the -menu in the upper left corner of the screen:  > Force quit ⌥⌘⎋
Then select iPhoto from the panel.
Then fix your iPhoto library and remove the "Importing" folder from the library -
see this post by LarryHN how to do it:
TS3745 Re: iphoto library error message???

How do i uninstall iphoto? it was preinstalled on my macbook pro when I bought it used and I can only update with the previous owners password.

how do i uninstall iphoto? it was preinstalled on my macbook pro when I bought it used and I can only update with the previous owners password.

Do you have the current MacOS X version 10.10.2?
Then you can simply move iPhoto from the Applications folder to the Trash,
sign into the App Store with your own AppleID
reload the "Featured" main page of the AppStore with ⌘R,
then download iPhoto with your own AppleID.
Make a backup of your iPhoto Library, before your launch the new iPhoto the first time,
If your current system is not Yosemite, you can only buy a boxed iLife 11 version of iPhoto to install it independent of the previous owner.

If I uninstall iPhotos to reinstall it, what happens to all my photos?

If I uninstall iPhotos to reinstall it, what happens to all my photos?

Nothing. The photos are in the library and uninstalling iPhotos should have no impact on the library.
Having said that a backup of the library is a good idea

I have accidentally uninstalled iphoto and I cannot get it back.

I have accidentally uninstalled iphoto and now when I open the app store to attempt to reinstall it, it gives me a message saying " These apps cannot be accepted on this computer." My MBP came with iphoto preinstalled so I don't have any cds to use to re-install the software. Please help.

You need to contact App Store support for help with this. They are the only ones who can assist.
Regards
TD

I have used Adobe Photoshop for some time and want to continue with it. Would I be wise to uninstall iphoto before installing adobe on my new Mac?

I have loaded about 100 pictures into iPhoto on my new Mac (old PC user) but now am certain that I want to continue with Adobe Photoshop which I have used for quite some time. Should I uninstall iPhoto completely as well as removing the IPhoto Library? Please tell me how best to proceed so as to avoid conflicts.
Thanks,
Jerry

I currently have Elements 9, but as I said I am a complete novice on the Mac.
When I bought the Mac, I had all of my photos already on an external hd for securitiy purposes, and have since moved them onto the Mac hard drive. I have not yet imported them into iPhoto, although, as I mentioned above I have loaded some pix into iPhoto from a camera just to see how it works. Also I have not yet installed Elements 9 on the Mac.
If I use IPhoto as the program to upload from the camera, do the photos go directly into iPhoto Library?
Does the library function the same as my storing them in My Pictures/My Documents, etc on a pc? Can I move pictures about within the iPhoto Library?
What is the advantage of using both programs simultaneously? If, as TeenTitan mentions above, I could put iPhoto back into the applications folder and not use it at all, and then use Elements 9 as the total package, what features, etc., would I lose?
If I choose to move iPhoto into the app folder, is it a simple matter or dragging it back? If not, how should I do it?
Thanks for your patience. I just want to get off to a clean start with my pictures.

I want to uninstall Iphoto Library Manager without losing all my Iphotos

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Thanks, that did work indeed! While I'll take your word that it is good software, I was paranoid that if something went wrong Apple Support doesn't support it, and I'd be in a bit of a bind.
Thanks again,
Ed

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can i uninstall iPhoto 9.4 and reinstall iphoto 9.3 from time machine and will my photos still be there?
Janet

Did you try to repair your library after the update to 9.4? Here's what you can try: make a temporary, backup copy of your library if you don't already have one (Control-click on the library and select Duplicate from the contextual menu) and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #3, followed by #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If the above does'nt work and you want to go back to iPhoto 9.3 read this tutorial from iPhoto Library Manager's website: Fat Cat Software - iPhoto Library Manager Help - Downgrading a library to an earlier version of iPhoto
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Now that iphoto seems to have imported all of my photos from iphoto do I need to uninstall iphoto? I don't want it taking up space if I don't need it.

No. The application won't take up much space, and the Photos library mostly uses the same on-disk files as the iPhoto one(they're hard-linked), so it won't take up much additional space either.
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How to uninstall iPhoto 6

Dear Forum,
How do I uninstall iPhoto 6.0.6? I can't find a Add/Remove application or an uninstall program.
Thanks,
Steve

Steve
New to the mac?
Just drag it to the trash. Empty the trash. End of story.
Are you doing this to update? If so, it's not necessary.
Regards
TD

Can I safely uninstall iPhoto?

I just started using iPhoto when Apple "upgraded" to Photos. I have seen the various issues with the new software but don't want to stick with an unsupported product (and will probably mostly use Canon DPP anyway). iPhoto keeps launching and jumping up in the dock with the the message that my library has been migrated to Photos. I don't know why it does that (maybe to do with my photos being stored on a NAS). Can I simply uninstall iPhoto or will there be any backward compatibility issues/data loss in terms of my library?

. I don't know why it does that (maybe to do with my photos being stored on a NAS)
If your Photos are stored on a NAS, then you are using both Photos and iPhoto in an unsupported way. I would not uninstall iPhoto before you are convinced that your iPhoto Library migrated well to the new Photos.app and you have checked each and every Photo in the Photos library, if it has been migrated to Photos and can been accessed in the new library.
You will have no easy way to reinstall iPhoto, if you notice that the new library has issues that only can be solved by fixing the problem in your original library with iPhoto.
. iPhoto keeps launching and jumping up in the dock with the the message that my library has been migrated to Photos.
This message will pop up, if you are trying to open the original iPhoto Library, that can only be read by iPhoto and not trying to open the new Photos library, see this help document: If Photos won't open a library that you already migrated - Apple Support
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Move the library to a drive with a supported format - the drive should be formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled) and it should be locally mounted, not using a network connection.
After Photos migrated your library successfully, you should be seeing a new library with a colourful icon, the same as the Photos.app, on the same drive as your iPhoto Library and with the same size and the filename extension ".photoslibrary". The original iPhoto Library will have the filename extension ".migratedphotolibrary" and still show the original iPhotolibray icon.
If you don't see a large library like this, your iPhoto Library has not yet been successfully migrated:

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I would like to uninstall iPhoto 5 and go back to iPhoto 4. I am using a Pentax Optio S4 Camera and have 3500 pictures in iPhoto 5 and am very unhappy with the performance since upgrading to iPhoto 5. I have read others are also having problems with certain cameras because of EXIF information used to create Maker Notes. With iPhoto 4 my system was very responsive, fast, and reliable. I've decided that the functionality of iPhoto 4 out weighs the features I will loose with iPhoto 5. So, I am wondering what the process is to uninstall iPhoto 5 and reinstall iPhoto 4. I am running Tiger 10.4.3. Has anyone else done this?

Hi xjfo,
To go back to an older version of iPhoto, you must have a backed up Library from that version. An older version of iPhoto will not open newer versions libraries.
If you have newly imported photos in your 5 library that are not in your backed up library you will need to share/export them now. Export the Original to the desktop. These can be imported once you are back in the older version of iPhoto.
Navigate to /Applications and drag iPhoto to the trash
Navigate to /Library/Receipts and drag all of the iPhoto receipts to the trash
Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences and drag com.apple.iPhoto.plist to the trash
Navigate to ~/Pictures and drag your iPhoto 5 Library folder to the desktop. You can keep it on your hard drive in another folder, or you can rename it and keep it in the Pictures folder, or you can move it to an external for safe keeping or you can burn the entire iPhoto Library folder for safekeeping.
Insert your older iLife CD/DVD and choose to do a custom install.
Install iPhoto
Run Software Update and update iPhoto to the latest version. that means if you installed 4 there should be some updated version of 4
Put your backed up iPhoto Library in the Pictures folder. If it is named iPhoto Library then it should open when iPhoto is launched.
If you renamed it, then launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and have it open the library you navigate to.
If you don't have a backed up version of the iPhoto Library of the version you want to install then you have a lot more steps to do.
If done this way, all albums, keywords, folders will have to be redone because you are starting from scratch with a new library and importing these photos into the new library.
Close iPhoto
Rename your old iPhoto Library to "iPhoto Library_old"
Drag this library to your desktop
Hold down the Option key and launch iPhoto
This is the window you will get
Create a new library or choose a library to open
Choose to create a new library
Once this new empty library is open it is time to import the images from your old library
Go to File>add to library
Navigate to the old library on your desktop and choose it.
iPhoto will start importing the images from your old library
This is what to expect:
Your images will be imported in nice dated rolls. (make sure your view is set to sort by rolls to see it) There are a couple of caveats to this. You will get rolls named "Originals" These rolls will contain your video clips and your original images that you had edited. If you had RAW files they would be in those rolls too (I don't do RAW, so I don't know for sure) Delete what you don't want from those rolls. You will also get the jpeg pointer files to your video clips imported. They will just be jpegs and will not point to the video clips anymore as iPhoto made new ones when the clips were imported again. You can delete those. they should be in a roll right next to the newly imported video clips so they are not hard to find. The thumbnail files don't get imported as iPhoto makes new ones when the images are imported.
Once all you images have been imported, check through the library and make sure everything looks ok.
You can now start making your Albums, and do your keywords or any other organizational steps.
You can also delete the old library on the desktop.
It is also a good time to backup this new library to CD/DVD by burning the iPhoto LIbrary folder in the Finder, or copying the iPhoto Library folder to an external drive formatted for Macs, or copying the iPhoto LIbrary folder to an iPod.
Good luck!
Lori

I have uninstalled iPhoto and reinstalled from the app Store, but still don't have the cards, calendar etc option under Share. Any other suggestions please?

I have uninstalled iPhoto and reinstalled from the app Store, but still don't have the cards, calendar etc option under Share. Any other suggestions please?

With iPhoto 9.5.1 I have those both places - under the file menu and in the Share section
LN

Need help Uninstalling iPhoto 6

Another bummed out iLife 06 customer. I had to uninstall iMovie 6 because it was sluggish and crashing. So with that said, I did uninstall iMovie 6 only... and back to normal.... almost. My problem is I can't get to my pictures now that I am running imovie 5. Can anyone help me unistall iPhoto 6?
Thanks a million to who ever can help me with this.
Beth

Alberto,
iLife: Cannot See iPhoto Files in Other iLife Applications
If this doesn't work try this:1 - delete the iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD preference files. Also delete the com.apple.iApps.plist file in your User/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - open the iApps in the following order: iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, then iDVD.
If that doesn't work then rebuild your iPhoto Library:
Try this:
Before doing a rebuild make sure iPhoto's trash bin is emptied. You can do this by control clicking on the trash bin, or from the menu bar under iPhoto.
Close iPhoto
Duplicate the iPhoto Library folder
Drag the duplicate to the desktop (hopefully you have enough room on your hard drive for the duplicate.)
Launch iPhoto holding down the Command and Option keys until you see the rebuild options screen.
Choose the first three options. If you were missing photos in your library, also choose the last option. Be advised that you will get a roll of orphaned photos and it might be quite huge. Most of them will already be in your iPhoto library, but use caution when deleting anything from this roll until you are sure the photos are still in your library in another place. It might be a good idea to share/export this roll of photos just in case you need to import them again.
Back to the rebuild, depending on the size of your library it might take some time. When it is done, hopefully your photos will be there.
You might see some unexpected results as I did when I did a rebuild. Photos had been moved to wrong dates, video clips had lost their duration info and some were even orphaned from the jpg pointer file. It took me some time to straighten it out again.
This is the reason to make a duplicate before you rebuild, in case you do not like the result. If you don't like the result, close iPhoto, then delete the rebuilt library and drag the duplicate back into the Pictures folder making sure the name is iPhoto Library. Launch iPhoto and it should open the library in the Pictures folder.
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Uninstalling iPhoto 6/Reinstalling iPhoto 5

I have an old G4 400 running 10.4.5. I decided to update iLife 05 to 06, which was a mistake. It took up way too much disk space and iPhoto and iDVD were so sluggish that they were practically useless. Fortunately I had made a backup of the entire Pictures folder prior to the upgrade. This question may actually fall into v05 territory, but since it began as an uninstall of v06 I thought I'd start here.
I have followed some of the instructions found here on the uninstall and reinstall. I have copied the backup Pictures folder into the correct location and have Trashed all v06 prefs and receipts described. When launching iPhoto v05 the first time after the reinstall, the window says "Loading Pictures" or something to that effect. I let sit overnight and the next morning the Mac had rebooted. Not good. I did it again that morning and let it run for over 13 hours and it still displayed the same "Loading Pictures" message. I force quit, trashed prefs and receipts and let it run overnight. 8 hourse later it still displays the same message. I'm letting it run, but something isn't right. I would like to be able to keep the same album and slideshows I had, but know that I should be able to import the photos into a brand new Library and start all over.
I also have a lot less disk space than I had before, so I don't think that I removed everything that was installed. I did remove the iDVD 06 themes, but I had also made the mistake of installing GarageBand loops and sounds (but not the app). I'm not sure if all of them have been removed. Any help in any of these areas is appreciated. Thanks.

The problem for this was resolved here:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1878466#1878466
which actually referenced the solution found here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=193522&tstart=0

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