HT4927 Restoring Iphoto library/different user name

Dear all: I bought a new  macbook pro 13" and created a new user (different from the one I had in my previous mac). Now I want to restore the iphoto library from the old one with Time Machine, but since the user name is different, it is telling me that the iphoto library is locked...any suggestions? If I restore the iphoto library, is it going to delete the one that I have already in my new laptop? or is it going to merge and make a bigger iphoto library?
Thanks

It is an option. You can overwrite or keep both when you restore
LN

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