IMessage and iPhoto Issues with Upgrade

Hi,
I've just upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard and then Mountain Lion. All thats gone fine, I've put more RAM in and the upgrades have all gone smoothly. However I'm having two difficulties that I just can't seem to work out where I'm going wrong.
Firstly I want to use the contacts on my iPhone 5 for my iMac to use iMessage. It's all set up, however not all my contacts have been synced from my iPhone, only certain ones? and some just say the mobile number on my iMac and not the contacts name?
Secondly, I had iPhoto etc on my iMac when I bought it with Leopard operating system, now I've upgraded I've lost this, how do I go about getting it back? I've tried to put the original disks that my iMac came with in but I can't seem to load just the software back on. I know with newer Macs you can now download through the app store, but I have a 2007 iMac so don't have iPhoto on my account.
I'd appreciate any advice on this as I can't seem to find anything online thats helped so far. Thanks!

Hi,
If you use an iCloud Apple ID then the Contacts list should sync across all devices.
I would check the iPhone has the Name of the contact as well as the Number.
At first thought I would have suggested a Time Machine restore of the missing app.
However many Apple Apps can get their Updates when the OS is updated.
My iPhoto version is version 9.4.1
If you only have access to an much earlier version it may not work in Mountain Lion to then get updates for it.
9:33 PM Thursday; October 25, 2012
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