Cant import iPhoto library. Locks up while "upgrading Library"

I have a new macbook air running OS X Mavericks. I tried to just copy the iphoto library from old mac to the pics library of new mac. I photo locks up while "upgrading library"
Tried to use migration assistant and it says I must first upgrade the OS of the old mac. My old mac cannot upgrade to mavericks, it is too old.
Suggestions?

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
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Given that the upgrade stops at the same point it suggests there’s something in the Library that is causing the problem.
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It's hard to know how to proceed here.
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Anonymous UUID:       37EDCB5B-4530-1EB7-545B-62344ACA2B82
Thu Jan 23 13:44:51 2014
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff800a8dc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800a8c422b, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007fff7bbb8fe0, CR3: 0x0000000029c9e08f, CR4: 0x00000000000206e0
RAX: 0x3252be3b46c15547, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0xffffff800aed2a24, RDX: 0x0000000000007449
RSP: 0xffffff816b76bb10, RBP: 0xffffff816b76bc70, RSI: 0x000000002f908380, RDI: 0xffffff800aed1738
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x00007fd649506390, R11: 0x00007fff7bc39420
R12: 0xffffff800aed27c4, R13: 0xffffff800aed27d0, R14: 0xfffffe99c0308dc0, R15: 0xffffff801d83d920
RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff800a8c422b, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x00007fff7bbb8fe0, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8162cbddf0 : 0xffffff800a822f69
0xffffff8162cbde70 : 0xffffff800a8dc19e
0xffffff8162cbe040 : 0xffffff800a8f3606
0xffffff8162cbe060 : 0xffffff800a8c422b
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0xffffff816b76bd50 : 0xffffff800a878bef
0xffffff816b76bf20 : 0xffffff800a8dc5dc
0xffffff816b76bfb0 : 0xffffff800a8f350b
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hi i upgraded iphoto and now when i open it it says library locked no permission ect,
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troynelson
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