IPhone sync, iPhoto library disappeared

I took a photo using my iPhone for a friend, then she loaded the photo to her iMac using the usb.
She now cannot find her iPhoto library on her iMac.
Retrospect, yes, I should have just emailed her the photo. The iPhone did sync with her iMac.
Any suggestions.

Please stop with the FALSE statements -- I did not say all problems are the users fault - I said very clearly in English
@Nanabiz. Very, very, very unlikely that iPhoto is losing your library. It has no capability to delete a library. The most common cause is user error. An easy solution is to restore your backup
That is a very specific correct statement about a specific problem
If you have a huge list of issues try asking questions about them rather than just RANTING - it is likely that your list of problems has a list of very simple solutions
LN

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