Help? Restoring Accidently Deleted iPhoto Keyords

I use Keyword Manager to manage my keywords in iPhoto 6 and accidenitly deleted a category named "Persons". This has a lot of data in it.
How doi I resore this data from previous backups? Please.

gwj312:
Once you restore the keywords you can try following the first part of Tutorial #1 to write the keywords to the original files. This will keep them with the files from then on and can be recovered by reimporting the files into iPhoto. As the demo is only good for 20 days you can plan ahead and get all of the keywords assigned before starting the process (at least for the photos currently in the library).
Hopefully the next version of iPhoto will handle the IPTC metadata better.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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