Iphoto '11 cannot find photo library

when I open iPhoto '11 on Mountain Lion it cannot fid the photo libraries it was used to create. they are in the Pictures Directory but it does seem to recognize that they are there. This causes problems when I go to syn in itunes and tell it to use iphoto library for pics to sync...

got the latest version of OSX (Mountain Lion 10.8), iTunes & iPhoto....even tried to create new iPhoto libraries and when I select iPhoto as the location of my pics for the sync...it comes back with update or create an iPhoto library and I have already done that several different times. the interesting thing is if I move any of the iPhoto Libraries I have created to my MBP then syncing works with iTunes, just won't work on my Mac Mini with OSX 10.8...it almost seems like a permissions problem but I can't find it....

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With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We need to know the details of your problem and situation, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what do you see when you launch iPhoto to open your library?
what fixes have you tried before coming here?
where is you library located?
how long has this been occuring?
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how much free space on your boot drive?
What do you see when you click on a thumbnail?
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I found a solution: Instead of cmd + alt, I just tried to create a new library by starting iPhoto holding the alt-key. A dialog opened that gave as one option "open other library". I searched for my library and saw that it was in a hidden folder (no idea why this folder is hidden). I selected the library. Then the program sad that the library has to be updated and that I will not be able to use it with former iPhoto versions. Then the update bar appeared and after a while all my pictures appeared again. Yeahhhh.
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Try to restart your Mac. If the library is really in use by another application, that can clear it.
Tell us more about your system. Which version of iPhoto are you using? Which version of MacOS X?
Where are you storing your iPhoto Library?
What happened before this problem first started? Did iPhoto crash? Did you move the iPhoto Library somewhere else?
Try Terence Devlin's fix here: Re: IPHOTO LOCKED
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a file called ‘iPhoto’Lock.data or similar. Drag it to the Desktop. Make no other changes. Start iPhoto. Does that help?

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i manually located the photos one at a time. This is for 400 photos one at a time? this is crazy man.
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it should simply go to " all my files" snd grab the photos it needs!
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If you went inside the iPhoto Library package and moved photos around that will damage/corrupt the database that iPhoto uses.i t should simply go to " all my files" snd grab the photos it needs!
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I apologize, I'm a bit unclear on the exact nature of the issue you are describing. If you are saying that you are having issues accessing your iCloud Photo Library from your iOS devices, you may find the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful:
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