I have built 50 or 60 computers since then from bare-metal components. I built my first computer, a Motorola MK-6800 in 1977, it could only be programmed in Assembler, and it stored programs on an audio cassette player using standard audio cassettes. Programs were stored on punched cards in those days. I started using computers in 1973 with a PDP-11/10 running the operating system RT-11, and connected to a mainframe 400 miles away. If your experience is significantly 'more' than mine I might bow to your proficiency.įirstly I am an engineer and a competent computer user. However to help in assessing this I have listed my experience below. That is an interesting proposition because when I make make my comments and suggestions I do not know if 'people' are 'more experienced' than me or not. You suggest that before I 'challenge more experienced people' I should. I have used both Windows and Linux to read many different iPhoto libraries and restore all of the photos that they contained, and save them to other places. If you have a computer with Linux installed, Linux will be able to read the HFS+ drive easily. Paragon makes a very good HFS+ file system reader. If the drive that contains the backup is formatted to Fat32 or ExFat, Windows should be able to read the drive as soon as you plug it in, BUT if the Backup drive is formatted to the Mac default File System of HFS-Plus, you will need to install other software to enable Windows to read the HFS+ file system. HOWEVER, the File System of the external drive where you made your Backup is important.

If you edited any photos they will be in a folder called Modified, or some other name that is similar to Modified, but means the same thing.

Your photos will be in sub-folders under the Originals folder or the Masters folder. You will find a sub-folder called either Originals or Masters (depending on which version of iPhoto was used to create the iPhoto library). When you open that Folder you will find many sub-folders. On a Windows computer the iPhoto library will appear in Windows Explorer as a Folder with the same name as the iPhoto library. People who say you cannot do it are wrong. The real answer is that you can get to your photos easily on a Windows computer and copy them easily to any folder (directory) you want.

Is there some software which I can use to open the Library with? Also, I don't have any Apple computer anymore. It seems not possible to open the Library on Windows. Now, I want to open my backup iPhoto Library on Microsoft computer. On December 7th 2017 DIPSAUS (Floris) asked the following question and received many answers that were unhelpful, misleading or just plain wrong.

Open mac files in windows 7