IPhoto 5 to 6 -- date folders versus roll folders

I had to back up my machine and reinstall everything this spring. I also upgraded my iPhoto from 5 to 6. I want to go back and collect my photos on my backup disk (which are all categorized by month/day folders as was the nature of 5.0) and put them in the new iPhoto library. I tried once (for the month of March) and copied the 03 file into the DATA folder but iPhoto did not recognize them. Then I moved 03 to ORIGINALS and still no recognition. Should I have put them somewhere else? Before this I was importing individual images which was pretty tedious.
THX in advance.
jc

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Do you have the entire iPhoto Library folder intact on your backup disk? If so, simply copy the entire folder over to your preferred hard drive. Rename the folder first, so you don't overwrite any existing iPhoto library. You can place it in your Pictures folder with the existing library, but do not place it inside another iPhoto library folder.
To open the library with version 6, hold down the Option key as you launch iPhoto. Select "Choose Library" then navigate to the iPhoto Library folder and click Open. You will get a message that iPhoto needs to update the library and that it will no longer be readable by previous versions. (This is when iPhoto will reorganize the library to the roll-based structure.) Allow it, and the library should then open and function with v6.
There is no direct way to add this library to the other library. You could keep the 2 libraries separate and use Option-launch to select the one of your choice. To merge both libraries into one, you can use iPhoto Library Manager. It is the only way to move photos from one library to another while preserving the library metadata. Much less tedious than importing all photos and redoing the organization from scratch.
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