This thread is about how to run software that I own and a newer computer, and the software is associated with an old AppleID but the new computer I have uses a new AppleID. This is not about the merits of the software.
I was a die-hard longtime user of iPhoto since its first version, so you could call me an early adopter. I still posses the last version of iPhoto ever made. (v. 9.6.1)
I bought a refurbished M1 Mac Mini, loaded, from Apple last spring. I proceeded to download Retroactive 1.9, to make iPhoto capable of running on Apple Silicon. I ran Retroactive on iPhoto. I tried to launch iPhoto, but it would not launch. The error message said that this software was associated with my old AppleID. So I set this project aside.
A thought recently occurred to me: Could I create a separate user account on my Mac Mini and have that user account connect to my old AppleID (the one that works with iPhoto)? Would that work?
Apple Photos and Google Photos suck, and I do not want to rely (and have to pay for) Lightroom just to manage digital photos. I used to take digital photos all the time with my Canon Digital Rebel, and I would like to do so again. I also enjoyed taking photos and video with the iPad Mini and my iPhone SE more recently.
MY HARDWARE:
Apple iMac (late 2013; Core i5 @ 2.9 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 1.0 TB HDD, runs MacOS 1014.6 Mojave, unwilling to upgrade MacOS further; iPhoto 9 runs but slowly)
Apple Mac Mini (2021; M1, 16 GB RAM, 2.0 TB SSD, Runs MacOS Ventura)
Canon Digital Rebel
iPhoto SE (2022; A15 processor, Lightning)
iPad Mini 2
My iPhone library stretches back 20 years and contains over 60,000 photos.
I was a die-hard longtime user of iPhoto since its first version, so you could call me an early adopter. I still posses the last version of iPhoto ever made. (v. 9.6.1)
I bought a refurbished M1 Mac Mini, loaded, from Apple last spring. I proceeded to download Retroactive 1.9, to make iPhoto capable of running on Apple Silicon. I ran Retroactive on iPhoto. I tried to launch iPhoto, but it would not launch. The error message said that this software was associated with my old AppleID. So I set this project aside.
A thought recently occurred to me: Could I create a separate user account on my Mac Mini and have that user account connect to my old AppleID (the one that works with iPhoto)? Would that work?
Apple Photos and Google Photos suck, and I do not want to rely (and have to pay for) Lightroom just to manage digital photos. I used to take digital photos all the time with my Canon Digital Rebel, and I would like to do so again. I also enjoyed taking photos and video with the iPad Mini and my iPhone SE more recently.
MY HARDWARE:
Apple iMac (late 2013; Core i5 @ 2.9 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 1.0 TB HDD, runs MacOS 1014.6 Mojave, unwilling to upgrade MacOS further; iPhoto 9 runs but slowly)
Apple Mac Mini (2021; M1, 16 GB RAM, 2.0 TB SSD, Runs MacOS Ventura)
Canon Digital Rebel
iPhoto SE (2022; A15 processor, Lightning)
iPad Mini 2
My iPhone library stretches back 20 years and contains over 60,000 photos.