Editing my iPhoto library on someone else's Mac

I have my iPhoto library on an external hard drive since it's so big. My Mac is quite a few years old and I have lots of friends who have newer, more powerful machines. If I use a friend's Mac and hold down Option when starting up iPhoto, it asks me to choose an iPhoto library. I was wondering, does doing this affect the local preference file or Application Support folder on my friend's Mac, or can I do this without it modifying the files on the Mac at all? Since the iPhoto library is on my external, I figure that loading that library will modify only files and settings within that package file itself. Since I don't want to modify the settings on a friend's computer or leave any of my own information behind on a public computer, I thought it would be smart to ask how that works. Thanks for your help!

Opening your iPhoto library will not modify your friend's computer (except iPhoto always opens the last used library so be sure to switch back before disconnecting the EHD and leaving
Also note that if you open your library with a later version of iPhoto it will be converted and then will no longer be able to be opened with the older version
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