How can I import my iPhoto library into Lightroom 5?

[nlongo1167]

How do I mimport my iphoto library into Lightroom 5?

[XR_Racer]

Where do I find the Photo Log to do this?

[ice-cold]

@pagetki​

thanks for the tip Ståle F. That soft link is a perfect solution to let LR recognize the photos.

In my case it looked like this using a terminal window:

cd /Users/arnthor/Pictures

ln -s iPhoto\ Library/Masters/ ./xiPhoto

Making a second copy of the photos is a messy workaround

Should remember to use my old Unix skills more often on the Mac

cheers,

Arnthor

[kbstreng]

I do not have an option on my Lightroom menu to "upgrade Photoshop Elements Catalog", is there a new way to do it?

[Augery]

i have the same Problem. Nobody is answering.

[lindayoshi]

I've had the same question but I just tried to drag and drop and it worked!  Pretty easy.

[Fredman1]

lindayoshi

when you said you dragged and dropped. Did you select the photos you wanted in I-Photo and you dragged them to where, specifically?

[Genazvale]

Drag from iphoto to any folder you want, each event separately (better to crate new folder for each event). Then import each folder separately in lightroom.

That is it.

[Genazvale]

Actually, there is a simple way - just select all your events, export it as originals, and choose - create folders with events name. Then this folders import in Lightroom. That's it.

A piece of cake.

[Fredman1]

Can you help me on this issue: I made a soft proofing copy, edited my photo, deleted the original. Then by accident deleted the edited copy. Is there anyway to retrieve my deleted copy>

[kalel20007]

Can someone help me and walk me through this all i want to do is

import all my photos from the new photos on  my mac to my Lightroom 5.7

kinda new at this and not sure on how to do this

Help please

[Johnjacob299393]

I have my Photos Library in an external hard drive. How can I use the terminal path below from the external hard drive?

cd ~/Pictures

ln -s "Photos Library.photoslibrary"/Masters/ ./xPhotos

[alexandram54634931]

Hi,

I am trying to download photos directly from my camera card into Lightroom, but since I already have iphoto set up on my desktop, it tries to open and import the photos directly into iphoto. How do I intervene to send photos directly into Lightroom? Thanks for any help!

[Michael J. Hoffman · Accepted solution]

You can just cancel out oh Photos (without importing), and proceed with your Lightroom import.

Photos has has an option to "not" run automatically when a card is inserted I've had mixed luck with that.

Mike