Metadata - Places: The new Photos.app does not support geotagging as well as iPhoto.Use only locally mounted volumes for the Photos Library: Just like iPhoto or Aperture, the Photos Library cannot be stored in a Cloud storage like Drop Box, iCloud Drive, Google Drive ( Updating from iPhoto to Photos for OS X - Apple Support).Even if you do not want to use iCloud Photo Library, the migration will only work on a correctly formatted drive. Move your iPhoto Library to a correctly formatted locally mounted volume, if necessary. If you are planning to use the library with iCloud Photo Library, the drive must be formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled). Photos may have problems accessing the drive, if it is on a network volume and not locally mounted. Prepare the volume: If your iPhoto Library is not in your Pictures folder, but on an external drive, check the drive for compatibility.Repair the permissions, and repair the database. Prepare the library: Ensure that your iPhoto Library has no issues before the migration.Make a Time Machine backup or a bootable clone. Backup: First of all, as always, when upgrading the system, make a full backup, so you can revert to the previous state.(this link is broken: Updating from iPhoto to Photos for OS X - Apple Support)Īnd: Wayback Machine: How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture Get started with Photos for OS X - Apple Support, also see: Updating from iPhoto to Photos for macOS (archive copy). Your migration from iPhoto to Photos will be smoother, if you take a few precautions.

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