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Photos for OS X will prepare the converted library for you and place the container in the same directory as the original library.

Click on the Library you want to convert, then click on the Choose Library button.

Look for the Library you want to convert in the Choose Library dialog box.

Hold down the Option key and relaunch the Photos application.

Quit Photos for OS X and make sure Aperture and iPhoto are closed too.

However, if you want to practice converting an iPhoto or Aperture Library, here are the steps. There's an advanced technique that's really a workaround, but I haven't tested it enough to write about at this time. There is no easy way to merge the Converted Library with the existing System Library. If you want to test this feature, I recommend that you use a small library that will allow you to practice the ins and outs of this procedure without processing gigabytes of information.

Launching Photos with the Option key pressed presents you with a dialog box similar to this. You can switch back and forth between the System Library and the Converted Library by relaunching Photos for OS X while holding down the Option key. The Converted Library might be best considered a special project that's its own container.

The System Library is the default Library that also communicates with iCloud services and allows you to share images across devices. Keep in mind that the converted Photos library is different than your Photos System Library that's located in your Pictures folder. Photos will create its own version of the library, leaving the original Aperture or iPhoto library intact (as shown above). By doing so, you can switch to a new library or convert an existing iPhoto or Aperture library. Rather, you close the Photos app, then relaunch holding down the Option key. The command to do so isn't part of the Photos for OS X menu system. You can open your current Aperture or iPhoto libraries in Photos for OS X.