How do I uninstall iPhoto following a rubbish update.

My wife and I recently accepted the latest download for iPhoto, no choice! Following that, iPhoto does not work on either our MacBook Pro or our iMac.
Apple, forever helful told me to eith pay £200 for support or get it off the internet. Basically I need p[lain English advice on how to remove iPhoto and re-install it. Can you please help?

Well if the new Library works it tells us that the problem is with the old Library and not with the app.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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