All Photos in library are "offline or missing"

All photos say that the file is either offline or missing in LR4. Cannot export or do anything with any photos in library. I cannot find the files anywhere on the computer. Need help.

A-M:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions and Merry Christmas (hope this doesn't ruin your Christmas).I get "Unreadable Files
That message comes up because you're trying to import a file that is inside the iPhoto Library folder. That can't be done. That file is the file where your album information is stored. It belongs there. Don't mess with it.
First make a duplicate of your iPhoto Library folder - select it and type Command-D. Now launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select all the options except the last one regarding the orphaned files. That should rebuild your library and keep most of your organizational efforts intact. You may have some files that end up in a "Recovered" roll and/or album. See if that doesn't work. Good luck.

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