Can Iphoto be used with the photos already stored on my current ext hard drive?

I have stored thousands of photos on my passport external hard drive over the years.
Recently I bought an Imac and I like the idea of using iPhoto as the program, however I would like to keep all my photos on my external hard drive. These current photos have been organised in folders already.
How can I start using iPhoto so that it sees my current photos on this ext hard drive? (I've already reformatted my passport to OS/X journaled)
Any specific help would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Henk

first off - I'm not sure where you got the idea that a referenced library is recommended - it is not - in fact it is very strongly NOT recommended - re-resd the link I gave you - expecially
At face value, and especially for new users and folks who are migrating from Windows or Linux systems the second, Referenced mode seems more attractive.
It's not. It really should be avoided, especially by those to whom it's most attractive - the inexperienced user.
And you really are not understanding how iphoto works
iPhoto is not a photo viewer - it is a SQLite Database program and can only work with photos imported into its database - see iPhoto and File Management for more information
I'm guessing you are looking inside the iPhoto library - you never ever go into the contents of the iPhoto library
iPhoto totally replaces the finder (a file manager rather than a photo manager ) for the photos you import - if you want to manage and access files then you can not use iPhoto - you need a different photos system
You can also read How to Access Files in iPhoto for mor info
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