IPhoto 2.0.1: Missing photos

My iPhoto photos are missing. I've had some other weirdness with other applications, e.g. Mail and Safari, but I've resolved those issues on my own and with help from other forum angels. Now I'd like some help finding my photos that used to be in iPhoto, please.
Thanks in advance for reading/replying to my dilemma!
Angela

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Ed44:
Did you figure out how to get iPLM up and running and rebuild the library?
Can you describe how you went about copying the other library folder over, where you placed it and how you went about importing?
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HOWEVER, after copying it to your Pictures folder and before launching iPhoto download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, substituting your account name for mine. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
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Hi all, since this seems to be quite wide spread with iPhoto 6 users, I thought I'd make sure that you all get the solution that seems to work for the following:
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When iPhoto is launched it shows, at the foot, 17,528 items. Click on a thumbnail and one of two thing happens: either, and this is the good one, the photo launches normally or, and this is the other, up pops the greyed out area with the exclamation mark. If I understand that correctly it either means that the original photo is "missing" or that iPhoto is unable to link to it.
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Ryetee
To create a library from scratch - which is what you need to do as you do have a damaged library:
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As you can see here it is
and now its gone. I have no explanantion.
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I am in what I believe to be (after a bit of Googling and forum searching) in a unique position with my iPhoto Library. The library in question used to be maintained without keeping copies in the actual library (by using the relevant option in iPhoto Preferences), as I like to maintain my own folder hierarchy for the actual photo file storage. However, after a hard drive upgrade and the move to iPhoto '08, I decided I'd like to change this. Before moving to '08, though, I needed a way to get all my then-aliased photos into the library itself. So, I used a program called Synk (basically a backup program) which was able to resolve all the aliases to photos elsewhere and replace them with the actual photos in my iPhoto library.
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Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button,
and select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
Starting over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Open the library package like this.
2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
3. Drag the subfolders of the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.
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Very strange. In iPhoto '11, cannot find my Trash bin under RECENT category - -need to retrieve missing photos.

Hello. I have been trying to solve this for quite some time on my own.
I've been using iPhoto for years, and get all the upgrades. Working with iPhoto tonight, trying to set up two new Albums, it added my entire iPhoto library into the first new Album I created. When I deleted that, then I tried to create another new Album, this time it added 26 photos from a different Album. Very strange. I deleted that new Album, too. When I went back to the date and photos I was originally looking at, I noticed the two I was going to place in the new Album were missing.
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Oh no...
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Well, this is wonderful, the Trash is back again, right where it was before. I have also checked the photos that were missing, and they are back right where they were supposed to be.
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I have read & utilized many of the threads here but haven't found one that's exactly like my situation. Before I do anything that could be irreversible, I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I opened iPhoto & the majority of my photos are missing. I had been working on iPhoto just a short time earlier & everything was fine. I had not received any error messages but had just restarted my computer.
I have an iMac (2 GHz Intel core 2 duo), use OSx Leopard 10.5.8 and iPhoto '08 (version 7.1.5).
Due to lack of space, in March I relocated my iPhoto library to a second EHD (Seagate) -- my first EHD (MyBook) backs up via Time Machine both my internal HD and the new EHD with iPhoto on it.
When I open iPhoto, it shows all the slideshows/albums but most (not all) are empty. Of the now only 30 events showing, all are populated. It seems all the photos from mid 2008 to now are missing. I checked the trash - it was empty. When I open iPhoto, the 2000 photos are only 6.5GB but my iPhoto Library on the EHD shows 155GB.
I've tried restarting the computer. I've tried ejecting the EHD, deleting the iPhoto plist, reconnecting the EHD, opening iPhoto while holding option (chose "open library"). Still only 2K photos.
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I've used this forum to help me in the past & am hopeful you guys can help me now.

Start with Rebuilding. If that doesn't fix it then restore.
Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library (Right Click -> Show Package Contents) allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download <a href="http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/"><b><u>iPhoto Library Manager</b></u></a> and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new *iPhoto 08* library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Events and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'
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When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
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