To combine Photos libraries, export the photos from a previous library or library you no longer want to use, then import the photos to your primary library.
Press and hold the Option key as you open the Photos app.
Select the Library that you no longer want, then click Choose Library.
Choose View > Photos > Library, then click All Photos.
Choose Edit > Select All to select all items in your library.
Choose File > Export, then choose an option:
To export your photos as-is and preserve any edits, choose “Export [number] Photos,” then select any additional options.1
To export your photos as unmodified originals (without edits), choose “Export Unmodified Original for [number] Photos,” then select any additional options.2 If your photos include IPTC metadata (such as titles or keywords) that you want to keep, select the Export IPTC as XMP checkbox.
Click Export, choose a destination to save your photos, click New Folder and enter a name for the folder, click Create, then click Export.
In The Old Days, We Only Printed the Good Ones. Next, enable this new Photo Library to use iCloud. When this is done select the Import New Items option to add these to your Photos Library. Now you will see the photos in the new iPhoto Library or in a new computer's iPhoto Library. Delete the original iPhoto Library if necessary. Moving iPhoto Library complete. Note: If deleting the old library from the computer's hard drive makes you nervous, you can backup iPhoto to CD/DVD by clicking Share - Burn before you erase.
Import photos to your primary library
Quit Photos, then press and hold the Option key as you open the Photos app.
Select the library that you want to import your photos to, then click Choose Library.
Choose File > Import.
In the Import window, navigate to the Finder folder that contains the photos and videos that you want to import.
Select the photos and videos to import, then choose Review for Import.
Click Import All New Photos.
If you created subfolders when you exported the items and you want to create an Album for each subfolder, follow these steps:
In the Import window, select the folders you want to import as albums.
Select the Keep Folder Organization checkbox in the upper corner of the window. The top level folder is imported as a folder in Photos, and subfolders are imported as albums.
Save space by deleting the previous library
After you combine libraries and confirm your photos imported successfully, you can save space by deleting the library that you no longer need. Find the first Photos library and move it to the trash, then choose Finder > Empty Trash to permanently delete the files.
1.To find only edited photos in your library, you can create a smart album that has“Photo is edited” as a criteria for the album.
2. If your photos aren't captured on an iPhone or iPad, you may need to export photos in their original format.
How To Transfer Iphoto Library To New Mac
By default, iPhoto is a photo management program which comes standard on every Mac computer. But if you want change your Mac computer to Windows PC, then you need to transfer you all data from Mac to Windows PC. The most important thing is your photos and videos. You can transfer all your photos from iPhoto to Windows with simple steps. To do so, open 'iPhoto' on your Mac and select all your photos to transfer. Click 'File' menu and select 'Export' option. A 'File Export' window opens up. Select 'Original' option in 'Kind' and 'Event Name' option in the 'Subfolder Format' and then click 'Export' button. This will give you the photos in folder which represents the 'Events' in your iPhoto Library. Now you must export the entire event to Windows PC. Go to 'Events' view and select the event which you want to export. You may have to export all photos by year to make file management easier on the Windows PC. Make sure that you have enough storage space on your hard drive before doing this procedure. If you don't have enough storage space, then hust export a few albums from iPhoto and then delete them. If you choose 'Original' in 'File Type', iPhoto will not embed the keywords and GPS data in your exported photos. Quick Tip to ensure your Photos never go missing Photos are precious memories and all of us never want to ever lose them to hard disk crashes or missing drives. PicBackMan is the easiest and simplest way to keep your photos safely backed up in one or more online accounts. Simply download PicBackMan (it's free!), register your account, connect to your online store and tell PicBackMan where your photos are - PicBackMan does the rest, automatically. It bulk uploads all photos and keeps looking for new ones and uploads those too. You don't have to ever touch it.