All my pictures have disappeared all that i see is gray screen with dashed boarders but picture titles are there

I am running on Lion and iphoto. My 13000 pictures seem to have disappeared except for a dashed boarder where each picture should be and the title of the photo. I use timemachine for backup but when I try to restore I get an error message saying I don't have privileges for iphoto. What should I do?

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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