A BIG WHOOPS!!!! with iphoto 6

I have iphoto 6. The library was called photos. Well my husband moved a folder from the desktop labeled photos into the pictures folder and replaced the existing folder, now have no pictures in iphoto. I have almost all my pictures on my ipod. Is there a way i can get them back in iphoto from my ipod. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

Hi p&t,
That is a big whoops!
Did you just use the sync feature in iTunes to sync the library?
Did you also check the Option to copy the full size photos to the iPod?
if you checked the option to copy the full resolutions to the iPod, then they are in a folder called "Photos" on the iPod.
To see the Photos folder on the iPod, connect your iPod and when itunes opens, click the iPod pref icon on the bottom right. In the next window that opens, choose the General button, then enable the disk mode. This way the iPod will mount on the desktop so you can double click it to open it. When it opens, you can drag the Photos folder to your desktop.

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