Can't see IPhoto library in IMovie media tab

I'm unable to view my IPhoto library in either IMovie or IDVD. They are all the most recent versions...6.06.
How can I fix this?

The information that iMovie and iDVD uses from iPhoto is stored in a file in your library called AlbumData.xml. If this file becomes corrupt, other programs will have trouble seeing your photos. This file is only written to by iPhoto, never read back. You can try dragging it out of your library folder (without iPhoto running) and then run iPhoto, make a change to something in your library, and iPhoto will recreate a new AlbumData.xml file. If something goes wrong, you can always drag the original file back into your library.
The online help for iPhoto Library Manager has a good section on this here: http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/Documentation/iPLM/pgs/albumdata.html

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Is your hard drive formatted correctly? To find out connect the external drive and then launch Disk Utility found in Applications/Utilities. Your external drive while show up in Disk Utility's side bar.
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Is there any chance you launched iPhoto while the external hard drive was not available? If so you may have created a virtual EHD - if so unmount your EHD and in the finder go menu ==> go to folder == /Volumes and if you see your EHD there drag it to the desktop - then remount it and launch iPhoto and see if you see both libraries
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In Microsoft Windows, you don't have any original program as Iphoto, so you have all your transfered photos in folders on "my computer".
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R_ H
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
I'm afraid it sounds like the library file has been damaged.
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
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 back.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
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When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
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Navigate through the iPhoto Library folder and see if all your photos are in there. I just want to make sure that the backup library does indeed have your photos in there. If it does, and iPhoto still can't see your library, maybe a data file got messed up.
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Close iPhoto
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Go to File>add to library
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Good luck!

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Simply export some photos from iPhoto to a folder on the desktop and experiment.
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Randy,
try to isolate the problem. We do not know yet, if your drive is malfunctioning, if the particular iPhoto/Aperture library is corrupted, or if you are having a general problem with your system.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Sounds like iPhoto is not seeing a valid database there.
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
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Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
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