IPhoto broken in Leopard

i have installed Leopard on both a MacBook and a G4 12-inch Powerbook, and in both cases iPhoto fails to open. the version loaded seems to be 2.0.1, which seems very old. in both machines i did an erase-install, so any old versions would have been wiped out.
any ideas?

Ed:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. iPhoto 2 is not supported by Leopard. Therefore, in order to recover your library as a working entity you'll have to purchase iLife 08. If you don't want to purchase iLife you'll have to move all of the full sized image files out of the iPhoto 2 library folder and put them is another folder. If you have duplicate file names that will be a difficult prospect. However, I think you can follow the procedure in Tutorial #1 to write the keywords to the actual files and then use iView to Batch Rename each file to it's Capture Date choosing whatever date format you'd like. I recommend you use YYYY-MM-DD-001.jpg format.
After renaming you can easily find the large files in the library folder and subfolder with a search criteria like Size greater than 100 KB. This will exclude the thumbnail files and you can move the files to a new folder and use a different image management application on them.
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.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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*Kirsten Harris - 08:58pm Nov 15, 2007 Pacific*
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I'm thinking to my old powerbook...
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and sorry for my English
many greetings from Naples, italy...

"+Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder."
*Done. Still slow, but not stopped. A little bit better.*
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)+
*How i can reset my account options? Some things are different in Italian language.*
+Doing this:+
+create another user, (using the same library)+
+Is pointless as the problem is the Library. In the new account simply create a new Library to see if it works.+
+Post the Crash Log.+
*It's not a really crash, but an endless waiting with the multicolor circle. After many minutes i have to make an hard exit (commandoptionesc)*
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*How I can do a simply update? Using "import" in the archive menu?*
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OK, am a bit confused about what has happened, and not sure if this is a recognised problem or not.
I have an iMac running leopard with iPhoto '08.
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Key question:
I shared some of the photo library onto the laptop. This caused an issue with the iMac's iPhoto library, with it saying this library cannot be used with this version of iPhoto. Following on-line advice I corrected that problem,
How did you correct that problem?
however, many of them have now been altered to much lower resolution.
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Regards
TD

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