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Before I updated my macbook to mountain lion I used time machine to back everything up. I did the OS install, then reinstalled iPhoto '08 and the iPhoto library onto the macbook. Now iPhoto opens fine, but it says there are no photos. I can't figure out how to either import the photos, or make iPhoto recognize the database. It's in my 'photos' folder. It's about 10GB in size, so I know that's the right DB.
I tried importing it, clicking and dragging it onto the iPhoto window, and repairing. All to no avail. Does anyone have any idea as to what's wrong? Thanks.

It imports photos fine, even w/out creating a new library. All seems well, except for the fact that it won't recognize that photo library.
When I held the option key down, it asked me if I wanted to create or choose a library. I selected "choose", it went right to my iPhoto Library that has my pics, I chose "open", then it goes to the iPhoto window and does not open/import my pics. It only shows the one or two pics that I manually imported a moment ago.

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