If you've purchased iPhoto or Aperture from the Mac App Store, you might notice it's missing from your Purchased list.
*Update: The missing previously purchased but no longer for sale apps have been restored, and you should once again be able to find them in your purchased tab in the Mac App Store. *
Both apps, along with many other no longer for sale apps, recently went missing from the Purchased list of Mac App Store account users. But don't worry, they'll be back. Sources indicate that Apple knows about the problem and is taking steps to correct it.
In the interim, if you have iPhoto or Aperture currently installed on your Mac, you need to do precisely nothing. Both apps work just fine and will continue to work in the future.
If you're trying to set up a new Mac install with these apps, however, you've found that you can't. And you won't be able to until Apple resolves the Mac App Store backend issue that caused the glitch. The glitch has apparently also deleted versions of OS X prior to Yosemite. Mavericks, Lion and Mountain Lion were all distributed via the Mac App Store.
iPhoto and Aperture were both discontinued earlier this year when Apple released Photos for OS X Yosemite. While Apple no longer sells the apps, it continued to make them available for download for users who had bought them. At some recent point, those links — in Mac App Store users' Purchased list — disappeared.
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iPhoto and Aperture temporarily disappear from Mac App Store, but they'll be back!
I was an Aperture user for many years, ever since "Photos" was released I quit using Aperture and and grudgingly payed the subscription fee and converted to CC Lightroom/Photoshop. I must say it's the perfect solution for me. Peter I'm still one of those people who actually still plug my iPhone into my iMac to do regular back ups and sync through iTunes. The problem with this method, is CC Lightroom is where I import all photos taken with my iPhone. Without using Apple Photos in conjunction with iTunes there's not an easy way to delete my photos from my iPhone. I haven't run out of memory yet on my iPhone but there's no need to carry around 1000+ photos. Especially when Adobe gives you 1TB of CC storage, which I definitely take advantage of. Is there an easy way to delete your photos from your iPhone with out using Photos? or sitting for hours manually deleting them.
I really was hoping Apple would have taken the next step with Photos App to make it comparable to Aperture. I'm very frustrated with Photos, iTunes, and Apple Music right now. I wish they wouldn't release Apps that don't perform as well as previous Apps.
You can use Image Capture. With Image Capture, you can choose the app to import to, or simply import to a folder.
I have two situations (one even more crazy than the other):
- I can't make Photos empty the camera roll on my iPhone. The setting is just not there and hasn't been since I started using Photos.
- I have iCloud Photo Library turned on so I can look at my photo collection and download a photo when needed. Whenever a photo is added, Photos on my Mac thinks the copy on my iPhone is a new photo from the camera roll and wants to import it. The imports end up (as previews) on my iPhone and Photos sees them as new ones to be imported, etc, etc.
Silly or what?
Apparently already solved, still 23:00 to Chile, I see my listing in the AppStore and are all that had been deleted
iPhoto, Aperture, Maverick, Lion, Mountain Lion
I have never seen iPhoto on the App Store. Is it only available in the US?
@SprSynJn - iPhoto was in the store, now not appear.
but if you download it before you buy it .. or .. you can always continue download from the purchased tab. The thing was that had disappeared even from that tab and it was impossible to re-download