I just had my hard drive replaced on my Mac after my other one crashed. However, I've lost iPhoto! Any way to get it back w/all my pics?

After my hard drive on my iMac (2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 duo) crashed, the tech guy installed a new hard drive and was able to recover most things for me. I lost all my bookmarks and my iPhoto, with hundreds of photos. I have Maverick installed. I have a 1.5TB external hard drive and it shows iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes, etc., but it doesn't allow me to open any of them. How can I see what's in these icons if it won't open because it's in a Time Machine backup?

I have a 1.5TB external hard drive and it shows iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes, etc., but it doesn't allow me to open any of them. How can I see what's in these icons if it won't open because it's in a Time Machine backup?
How old is this Time Machine backup? Is it current?
To be able to use applications and your iPhoto library and iTunes library you need to restore them from the Time Machine backup. To get your photos back, you need to restore the iPhoto Library from your Pictures folder, and to reinstall the iPhoto application.
This would have best been done, when you reinstalled the system using Setup assistant. http://pondini.org/OSX/SetupLion.html
Did the Tech Guy not use your Time Machine backup to restore your Mac?
Since you already set up your Mac, you can use the Migration Assistant from Applications > Utilities to restore your old files to a new user account.
http://pondini.org/OSX/MigrateLion.html
To reinstall iPhoto: Did iPhoto originally come preinstalled on your Mac, and what was the MacOS X version that came with your Mac? Or did you buy the iLife installer package?

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I did some research and found the solution to my problem. So I hope it's okay to answer my own question.
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Action 1:      (1) In the Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder
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                     (3) Click Go
                                                      -- OR --
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