HT1229 When i copy my iPhoto file (261 GB) in a new location i see only 30 photos

Problems moving iPhoto library

Sorry - do you want help? If so you must give more than "something does not work"
What version of iPhoto? Is OS X 10.5.2 as you state correct for your OS? What format is the drive that you moved the iphoto library to? How exactly did you move it?
the general answer is
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
LN

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