Help with using iphoto from an external hard drive

As my iphoto library became too big for my Powerbook I have moved picture folders to an external drive then deleted them from the PBook. My situation now is that I have created a new library on the external drive after having moved all my pictures to that drive and then moved folders from the old library into the new library and iphoto is not seeing any of the photos. Any ideas, please?

ScottJD
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Here's the correct way to move the Library:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
My situation now is that I have created a new library on the external drive after having moved all my pictures to that drive and then moved folders from the old library into the new library
You did all this using the Finder? I'm afraid you've destroyed your old library. You'll need to create and populate a new library:
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual rolls to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library Folder on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
Regards
TD

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