Can't find photo's?

Hi,
I have my i-photo library on a lacie hard drive and set up a pathway in the i-photo preferences ( advanced ) to always look for them on here. I recently uploaded 2 photos onto i-photo without the hard drive plugged in as i wanted to play about with them though not keep them, since then when i open i-photo up with the hard drive plugged in it does not find any of the photos on here, though i know there still on there as i can find them in the ' all images ' in finder, though they are now all mixed up. In the preferences on i-photo 08 i can't seem to find this pathway that i originally set up on the older version. Is this the issue??

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
I have my i-photo library on a lacie hard drive and set up a pathway in the i-photo preferences ( advanced ) to always look for them on here
There is no such facility in the iPhoto preferences. Perhaps you're confusing it with iTunes. To select a Library: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
since then when i open i-photo up with the hard drive plugged in it does not find any of the photos on here, though i know there still on there
I'm sorry, but it's not clear what you mean by "on here" or "on there".
Are you looking for these two photos or the rest of your Library?
Regards
TD

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