I seem to have lost all my photos in iPhoto, error code 36,

I went to open iphoto and received an error message, asking me to restore iphoto. I do have a backup but not sure how to restore. I thought I would just update iphoto with a new version, but my operating system is too old. How do I get all (14,000) photos off this computer. I have tried to transfer my iphoto library to an external hard drive but the 'finder cant complete operation because some data in iphoto cant be read or written - error code 36. please help

You're asking a lot of unrelated questions there, and some of them would interfere with the answers to others.
I went to open iphoto and received an error message, asking me to restore iphoto
What's the exact error message you get?
I do have a backup but not sure how to restore
How to restore depends on how you made the back up?
I thought I would just update iphoto with a new version, but my operating system is too old.
You can update via the Support Downloads, just not to v9.5 or later. But it's probably best to fix the issue before you update.
How do I get all (14,000) photos off this computer.
HOw doees this relate to the error message from iPhoto? What do you want to get off? Just the Photos? Or the iPhoto Library? And to where?
Which questions do you want help with?

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