i Photo

When you open Photos it will ask you if you want convert an iPhoto library to a Photos library.

the time it takes to convert the iPhoto library to a Photos library will depend on how many images

you have, let's hope it is not thousands upon thousands.

Switch to Photos from iPhoto on Mac - Apple Support

And yes you can edit images in Photos.

Once your Photos library has been created you can open an image and double-click on it,

the image will open on its own, at the top right of the screen is the Edit button.

The rest is up to you.

malize96 wrote:

can i continue using I Photo or is it being phased out? I have version 9.6.1 and don't use Photos

version 9.6.1 is the last iPhoto. It is no longer developed or supported—and was deprecated over 4 years ago.

Open Photos and the library is shared from the iPhoto. You can keep both, but I would suck it up and embrace the Photos.app to move forward.

Get this done before you move to Catalina

Switch to Photos from iPhoto on Mac - Apple Support

Catalina is 64 bit apps only—iPhoto is 9.6.1. is 32-bit. All 32-bit apps will be unusable with Catalina.

32-bit app compatibility with macOS... - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436

iPhoto has been discontinued by Applr and replaced by Photos app.