Cannot access old iPhoto library in external drive that i used white macbook

I just bought new MBP and I tried holding down the command key and selected my old white macbook iPhoto library but it does not show any photos- help? (i already repaired permissions based on some instructions i found here - alt+command and double click iphoto) but still does not show the photos.
Please help, I have almost 200gb of photos here

move the library to the new machine - Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc) or use an external hard drive formed Mac OS extended (journaled) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward.
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fter downloading Tuxera NTFS to be able to use the external hard drive on this computer,
An iPhoto library MUST be on a volume formatted OS X Extended (journaled) in order to be used from there. So your NTFS server won't work. You'll need another external hard drive formatted as I described:
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Cannot access my iPhoto Library. I have tried rebuilding the library and even moved my library back to my local hdd (as it was on an external hdd), but I still cannot access my iPhoto library. I can create a new library so I believe the software is ok.
Repair the iPhoto Library (check); Recover orphaned photos in the iPhoto Library folder (check); Examine and repair iPhoto Library file permissions (check).
I have tried each box in Rebuilding Photo Library, even Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup as I do have a backup system.
Two events took place that may have caused the issue: 1) My external drive was repaired due to some error(s) found on the drive 2) I changed the Computer Name.
Below is a screen shot of what happens in opening up iPhoto. After the initial indication that it is rebuilding something, it goes to this continous circular rotation. But again no access to the library.
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I did what you described. However, the external drive (and copied Library) was not found after holding the Option key and launched iPhoto.
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2) I modified a picture in either icon and the modification appeared in both. It seemed, some how, that both libraries are linked.
3) I used the Disk Utility to verify that the external disk is indeed Journaled. However I do not remember how I erased the old backup files from the external drive. Do I need to reformat ED again to have a clean slate?
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