Cannot read remote iPhoto library after upgrade

I have an iPhoto library on a remote hard drive which was completely readable and accessible prior to the recent upgrade of iPhoto.  I can access and read the library on my MacBook, but now, cannot read the iPhoto library on the remote drive.  It will not convert to the new 'format' to allow it to be readable.  Help.

I had the same problem. Luckily, my remote drive was connected to another Mac Server. I used Screen Sharing to login and open iPhoto remotely to upgrade my libary. Unfortunately, I was not able to. It hung for days not being able to upgrade. What I then did was copy the library to another location. I then created a new library and imported all my photos from the old library. I now had a new library I could work with much to the loss of my previous database. The trouble does not end though. I tried remotely accessing the new iPhoto library and iPhoto would continuously crash and/or was extremely slow. I thought then that maybe it might be because the enormity of photos I had. I decided I would break up my photo library then by year. I started with 2013. Once I'd created my 2013 library, I tried to access this remotely. I had the same problem. iPhotos was extremely slow and volatile. Keep in mind, this is an all new iPhoto library with only my 2013 photos in it. It's lean and new and still causing problems.
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I installed picasa. I'm happy. Sorry iPhoto. I wanted to make it work with you.
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