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Make sure you select Use separate password, enter it twice in the spaces provided, and then click Create User. The Full Name and Account Name can be anything you’d like – this account will be deleted after iPhoto is working again. So create the user and make sure the New Account: is set to Administrator.

What you’ll be doing is creating a new account, installing iPhoto on it, and then your account will wind up with a functional version as well.

Now click the “plus sign” ( + ) directly below the Login Options text (as illustrated in the screenshot below).Click the Lock icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. In order to make changes (or add a user, which is what we’ll be doing) – you’ll probably need to “Unlock” this section first.Open your System Preferences and locate the Users & Groups option. Exit out of the App Store, and close down all open Apps (saving work if needed etc).

#How to clean install os x el capitan update

Give it a few minutes, but if the update doesn’t seem to be happening – fear not – and keep reading. To everyone else: there’s a big chance it isn’t working.

If all goes as planned, your Mac is now downloading and installing a functional version of iPhoto.

Now scroll through your list of Purchases.

If you’re already signed in, skip the next step.

If you aren’t signed in, you’ll be prompted to do so.

Click the “Apple Icon” in your Menu Bar and select App Store….

Regardless – here are the steps to turn iPhoto back into a functional App. Once you have iPhoto working again, maybe you’ll want to take a closer to look at Photos. It’s unlikely that it’ll receive another update (perhaps bugfixes, feature updates far less likely) and it would seem the future is “Photos”. NOTE: Apple is sending a clear message – iPhoto is gone. Following these instructions, you’ll have iPhoto working in Yosemite in no time. Update: this guide/method also works for OS X “El Capitan” (10.11)Īfter Photos came out, you might have noticed that iPhoto no longer wanted to run.įear not.

#How to clean install os x el capitan how to

For whatever reason you’ve wound up here (probably not a fan of Photos) – this step-by-step guide will show you how to install/re-install iPhoto on your Mac running Yosemite (OS X 10.10.x).