Iphoto 6 suddenly loses half my collection

iphoto 6 has suddenly lost half of my 10,000 photos. they are all visible in finder but only half in iphoto. i have tried all of the rebuild option by holding down option and command to no avail.
i did the manual rebuild option by holding down option on launch and creating a new album and dragging in the photos from finder. This seems to have worked but my folders in finder seem odd. i now have my original "iphoto library" and "iphoto library_2". "iphoto library" is my original library and has all of my original folders 2001 to 2007 aswell as modified. "iphoto library_2" has only one folder in originals called 2001 and has dumped all photos in there. what is going on?

jmolloyie
You have two iPhoto Library Folders because the iPhoto Library Folder is the damaged one and the _2 is the new one.
The first one, I'm guessing, was updated from a v5 library, and all those year based folders are left-overs from that system. A new system was introduced with v6, and that's all that's showing in the new library. A Note about the iPhoto Library Folder:
In this folder there are various files, which are the Library itself and some ancillary files. Then you have three folders
Originals are the photos as they were downloaded from your camera or scanner.
(ii) Modified contains edited pics, shots that you have cropped, rotated or changed in any way.
This allows the Photos -> Revert to Original command - very useful if you don't like the changes you've made.
(iii) Data holds the thumbnails the the app needs to show you the photos in the iPhoto Window.
The Year Based folders are within the Originals.
Remember: It is strongly advised that you do not move, change or in anyway alter things in the iPhoto Library Folder as this can cause the application to fail and even lead to data loss
There are three ways (at least) to get files from the iPhoto Window.
1. Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. Show File: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Regards
TD

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