Factory Restore deleted iPhoto?

Hi,
For some time back, like some months, i factory restored my mac. I remember having iPhoto on my Macbook, but I think it was installed already when I got the Macbook for the first time. After the factory restore I didn't have iPhoto on my harddrive anymore, and need to buy it if I want to use it. I don't understand what happened. Does anybody know what I should do to get it back? Do I really have to buy something I owned?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
OS X doesn't include iPhoto preinstalled, although your Mac may have come with it preinstalled. This is the reason why you lost iPhoto.
If your Mac came with DVDs, insert the Applications disc and install iPhoto. Then, open  > Software Update, and install the latest version.
If your Mac came without DVDs, open the Mac App Store, log in with your Apple ID, go to Purchases and download iPhoto for free.
If your Mac came with DVDs and you haven't got them, call Apple to get replacement DVDs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57

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thank you very much for your support!

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
If you are using Time Machine and you have a MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with OS X Lion or Mountain Lion, local snapshots are created in the hard drive > http://pondini.org/TM/30.html
Although there's no reason to delete them because they are deleted when there isn't enough space, in your case you must delete them if you want to recover the iPhoto library. To delete them, open System Preferences > Time Machine, and turn it off. Then, turn it on and restore the iPhoto library

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HT2731 My daughters iPad has just been factory restored from the apple shop, she was on my iTunes account with her email address but now she is the correct age for her own account. We have started up the iPad and with trying to create her own with her own

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