MacOS – Downloading an old version of iPhoto onto Mac OSX Lion (10.7)

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I'm in a very frustrating situation. About a year ago I acquired a white Macbook (model A1181, 2007 version) running OS X Lion. I was using it happily until last week, when my hard drive suddenly failed. I installed a new drive into it, and got it going again, though I had to start from scratch. A lot of my stuff is saved in Google Drive, so for the most part I was ok, but one really annoying thing is that iPhoto was no longer on my computer, which I use quite a bit. I went to the App Store to re-download it, but it said you need OS X 10.10 to download iPhoto. And my computer doesn't support any OS past 10.7. So I'm kind of stuck. I don't know what to do, but I need iPhoto. It seems ridiculous to get a whole new computer for just a single app, and one that I had before my hard drive failed! Is there any place I can download an older version of iPhoto?

PS, I'm having the same issue trying to download 1Password and Pixelmator. I was able to get a 30-day trial of pixelmator online, which I'm using for now.

Best Answer

Here is a download link for an older version of iPhoto: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1589?locale=en_EN (this is an update only; you still need the original, older iPhoto software to support this or it will not work.)

These are the release notes:

What's New in Version 9.4

Adds support for Shared Photo Streams on OS X Mountain Lion Comments can now be added to photos after publishing them to Facebook New card and calendar themes have been added A new File menu command can be used to open the current photo library in Aperture (if installed) Includes performance and stability improvements

Post Date: Sep 19, 2012

File Size: 757.61 MB