Iphoto Broken HELP!

I have a Macbook Air MAC OS X Version 10.6.8. The software up to date. I cannot find the version of iphoto I am workign with because it will not open. My problem is that I click on iphoto, it begins to open and then I just get the loading white wheel and it never stops trying to load. I have asked many people and tried to find online how to fix this but I cannot. I cannot lose the photos in my iphoto. I do not know what to do. Does anyone know how to fix this? I am in Italy and cannot contact apple. Please help!

1. Make a back up.
2.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places 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.
Regards
TD

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