Attachments from mail to iPhoto won't copy

I'm using OSX 10.8.2 and iPhoto 11 Ver 9.4.1. (701.67) and Mail Ver 6.2
Just recently when I tried to move Mail Attachments to iPhoto, nothing happens. I can drag and drop either individual photos or a group but when I try either add to iPhoto or save all, the iPhoto library is gray.
Is there an easy fix?
Thanks in advance

No. It's a known bug and hopefully they'll fix it soon. In the meantime just drag the pics to the iPhoto Window or Dock icon

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