I can't import my old iPhoto library into 9.51 HELP!!!

I purchased iphoto 9.51 from the app store but it can't import my old iPhoto Library ..please help as it looks like I've lost all my photos..there seems to be no postings on this topic

First of all - you need to open your old iPhoto Library in iPhoto 9.5.1, not to import it.
Which version of iPhoto created your old library? If it was iPhoto '08, version 7.x.y or earlier, then you need first to run the iPhoto Library Upgrader to prepare the library, see this link: iPhoto '11: About the Library Upgrader
If it was a more recent version, simply launch iPhoto with the option-key held down and select your old iPhoto library, when prompted, which library to open.
If you have been trying to open iPhoto this way, what happens? Do you get an error message? Which error message exactly?

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File -> Relocate Masters
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Hi all,
I recently had to send my macbook back to apple when it kernal panicked on me and eventually broke. I'm now reinstalling everything and I can't seem to import my old iphoto library in iphoto 06.
I can see the old library on my backup drive but I can't select it to import!
Any advice would be appreciated!

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Don't import it under any circumstances. If you do then each of the versions of your pics get treated as individual images and you end up with a mess.
To restore the library: Put it in the Pictures Folder or where ever you want it. Hold down the option (or alt) key when launching iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue select 'Choose Lbrary.' Then navigate to the library location. If iPhoto sees a valid library then it will open it.
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I have several backups of the iPhoto library of external disks. Can I set things up so that the images can be accessed by Aperture as Referenced Images'?
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SO I ORIGIONALLY WROTE THIS TOPIC:
"Ok so I just bought a new macbook pro with iphoto 08 and i want to transfer my pictures from my old Imac with im guessing iphoto 06 and all the albums to my new computer. How do i do this. I tried it once but i did it wrong because i only got the pictures over there but no albums so i deleted them on the new computer and am ready to try again"
THEN I GOT THIS RESPONSE:
Quit iPhoto, copy the entire iPhoto library as a single entity from the old computer into the pictures folder on the new computer and launch iPhoto on the new computer - it will convert (a one way conversion) the library as needed and you will be set.
SO I DID THAT AND THE PHOTOS ARE THERE ON THE HARD DRIVE BUT WHEN I OPEN IPHOTO THERE IS NOTHING THERE
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Nick:
Have you checked the size of the copied library to make sure it's a valid one. To be sure you're opening the correct library launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and, when asked, select the option to choose a library. Navigate to your pictures folder and select the library to copied over from your old iMac.
If your sure that's the library from the old iMac and it doesn't indicate any photos try the following in order as needed:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select all options.
2 - rebuild the library using iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
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1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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Note: It may take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos.
3 - start over with a new library and import the Originals folder from your original library as follows:
Creating a new library while preserving the Events from the original library.
Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
Open the library package like this.
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Option 2
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http://macchampion.com/arbysoft/
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http://homepage.mac.com/toad.hall/.Pictures/Forum/BatChmod.png
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Import of library

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In short - what is this girl doing wrong? Please tell me I haven't lost all of my old photos forever? The man in the store said it was fairly straight forward, he could have migrated things at the time but I didn't buy my new MacBook Pro until a week later and my old harddrive had already been removed. All I want to do is have all my old photos with my new photos in one place, I am not worried about any tags or names or faces or place information that is saved with the old photos as I really only use it for a storage type place instead of utilising all the cool options (I should, I know) so if there is an easy way that your Grandma would be able to manage, please let me know.
Thank you!

drinsurrey wrote:
Ok, to begin with let me apologise in advance for how this question is written. I am not the most savvy person when it comes to this type of thing but I am trying, I promise. So, I'm on my second MacBook Pro because my old one died a death after 5 years (and a toddlers intervention), a helpful guy at at Apple store got the harddrive out for me (a shiny piece of silver) which he said held all of my photos and music - the only two things I was worried about. With the help of this drive type thing that I plug this harddrive into, I was able to move across all of my music onto my new MacBook Pro but knowing that my photos would be a bigger job, I left that until I had more time. Well, I have just attempted to do this and it simply wont. It says its something to do with versions numbers. I can drag the library from the old harddrive (just the whole thing as I don't know if there is a specific sub-file that I need) onto my new desktop but when I think try to drag the old library into my new iPhoto, it simply wont read it. I have no idea what my old version number is but it would be pretty old, perhaps last updated 2-3 years ago. My new iPhoto library is version 9.2.3.
In short - what is this girl doing wrong? Please tell me I haven't lost all of my old photos forever? The man in the store said it was fairly straight forward, he could have migrated things at the time but I didn't buy my new MacBook Pro until a week later and my old harddrive had already been removed. All I want to do is have all my old photos with my new photos in one place, I am not worried about any tags or names or faces or place information that is saved with the old photos as I really only use it for a storage type place instead of utilising all the cool options (I should, I know) so if there is an easy way that your Grandma would be able to manage, please let me know.
Thank you!
You don't have to drag the library to the iPhoto icon. You have to double-click the iPhoto library to open iPhoto with it, and then, you should be able to access to the photos of your library. I recommend you to copy the iPhoto library to a different folder before doing this, because iPhoto will upgrade the library to make it work with your version, and if this fails, you will lose all your photos

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