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I've just upgraded from Mountain Lion to El Capitan (which is as far as I can go with my iMac) and one of the requirements was the change from iPhoto to Photos. However, the software did not convert all my albums. It kept 2 dozen of them and disregarded about 40 or 50 others.

It appears that all of the photos have been retained but simply in order of the dates. I am not anxious to try and figure out what albums I had and getting the right photos back into them....so I'm looking for an easier fix.

I still have a Super Duper backup (OSX 10.8.5) on a separate drive. Can it be of help?

So, it appears the panic may have been a bit premature. I rebooted from Super Duper to get a complete accounting of albums/folders/nested folders and brought the list back to the El Capitan conversion. After spending some time with the very different interface I figure I got it all.

Now I just need to work my way through adding and filing new material. However, I see there is a columnar sidebar, which I figure Apple threw in for intransigent "sticks in the mud", like me...although, so far, it's not turning out to be as intuitive as I would hope.

And thanks for your thoughtful questions. They pointed me to the answer.