How do I get photos outside of iPhoto?

I recently had to restore my computer and the iOS was updated to mountain lion or something... Anyways, all my photos are inside iPhoto. However with the new version of iOS I can't open that version of iPhoto on that macbook. So I copied the iPhoto icon they were able to save onto the new macbook pro onto an external HD and put it on an older software computer but I couldn't open those photos because the computer I opened it on already has a ton of pictures in iPhoto so it only opens that specific computers iPhoto.
What I want to know is if there's a way to get the pictures out of iPhoto and onto the newly formatted macbook pro? How do I open it?
Also... in all this confusion, when I do try to open iPhoto on the newly formatted macbook pro, it gives me a box that asks me to choose the iPhoto library, however there are no options to choose from. Now what?
Thanks for any and all help.

I recently had to restore my computer and the iOS was updated to mountain lion or something... Anyways, all my photos are inside iPhoto.
If I understand you correctly, you had to restore the hard drive of your Computer and the Mac OS X was upgraded to Mountain Lion. Now your old iPhoto version cannot any longer run with the new Mac OS version?
So I copied the iPhoto icon they were able to save onto the new macbook pro onto an external HD and put it on an older software computer but I couldn't open those photos because the computer I opened it on already has a ton of pictures in iPhoto so it only opens that specific computers iPhoto.
Do you mean you copied your iPhoto Library from an external HD to an older computer with an older iPhoto version to view your photos there? But iPhoto does not open this library, because there is already another, older iPhoto Library? Or did you copy the iPhoto Application to this older Mac?
What version of iPhoto do you have on your older Mac? And what is the version of iPhoto that created your current iPhoto Library? And what is the MacOS X version on the older Machine? If the iPhoto version is iPhoto '06 or later, you should be able to switch to another iPhoto Library by double clicking the iPhoto Library icon in the Finder. Or by ctrl-clicking the iPhoto Library and by selecting "Open with" from the pop-up menu to open it in the correct iPhoto version.
What I want to know is if there's a way to get the pictures out of iPhoto and onto the newly formatted macbook pro? How do I open it?
Are you confusing the iPhoto application with your iPhoto Library? Your photos are inside a database package called something like "iPhoto Library.photolibrary" with an icon showing a fan of pictures. The iPhoto application does not contain the photos; you have to find the iPhoto library. Usually this library is in the Pictures folder in your home folder. Have your data in your home folder been restored, when your Mac has been restored? Or are all your data on the external drive that you mentioned?
Is there a newer iPhoto version on your newly installed Mac, compatible with Mt. Lion?
Also... in all this confusion, when I do try to open iPhoto on the newly formatted macbook pro, it gives me a box that asks me to choose the iPhoto library, however there are no options to choose from. Now what?
As I said above - find your iPhoto library. If it is on your external drive, then connect that disk to your Mac before you launch iPhoto. Then the photo library shoud be found.
Please post back with more information, so we can help you better.
Regards
Léonie

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