IPhoto 6.0.4 Lost 3000 Photos!

Help, when my sister updated her iPhoto on Friday the update took a long time (spinning beach ball) then when it was complete it appears as if my library is gone. Well, not completely, out of 3000+ photos, the library now only displays 770 thumbnails with a question mark instead of a photo. The file info is there: name, file size and photo size, but no pic.
No, she didn't have her backup system working, but she does have the photos on her iPod. What we find tho is that we're not sure how to get the photos off the iPod... the photo folder from the iPod contains files that iPhoto doesn't know how to read.
HELP! This is a HUGE problem if 6.0.4 eats photos.
iMac G5 2ghz, 1GIG ram Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Robin
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Check inside the iPhoto Library/Originals folder to make sure all of the pictures are there in the subfolders representing the rolls in the library. What's happened is that the library has been bitten by the Library6.iPhoto dB file bug. You can try rebuilding the library by launching iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and following the instructions to rebuild the library. Select all of the options presented.
If that doesn't work, I'm skeptical that it will but worth a try nevertheless, move the Originals folder from the iPhoto Library folder to the desktop. Then move the iPhoto Library folder to the Trash.
Now open iPhoto and it will ask you to create a new library. When that library is open, drag the Originals folder into iPhoto's open window. This will give you a new library with the same rolls as the old one. The roll dates, however, will probably be different on a number of the rolls. But you will have all your photos. In the future you might want to follow the tip and then end of my signature. It will help you avoid this. But it will have to be current.
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.

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