IPhoto '08 HELP PLEASE!!

Hi people... I have iPhoto installed on my G5 Dual 2.0Ghz and my MacPro 3Ghz... i have all my personal photos on my G5 and work related pics on my MacPro. I recently took photos of a trip to London which I seem unable to export on my G5. I have used the keyboard and menu commands and still they won't export. This feature works perfect on my MacPro. I have tried to install iLife again on my G5 but it does bring up errors... I have installed all the updates and still no success. With iPhoto '06 there were individual folders with "Originals" and "Modified", but with iPhoto '08 this seems to have been replaced with one folder that is uneditable. Can anyone suggest a way that I can get the now current iPhoto '08 library onto my MacPro... as I have all my personal photo library on there... but I'm unable to export any of the pics... I can open them in photoshop and do it that way... but still would like to be able to import them onto my MacPro without overwriting all my existing content so that I can edit them using an iPhoto version that work in full. Any comments or suggestions would be most welcome.

Anthony:
I second Terence's recommendation of iPhoto Library Manager. It makes copying photos and metadata between libraries very easy.
The new library package can be opened like this. But Terence's TD's excellent treatis on file access is the safest way to access files.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
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