IPhoto cannot link to iTunes Library

Greetings,
I am trying to add music from my iTunes library into my iPhoto slideshow. The only thing I get is a message saying "open iTunes 6 or later to populate this list". I have tried opening iTunes first then iPhoto as well as the reverse. To no avail. Both applications function normally. I am not sure, but I have been having problems getting photos to sync with my iPod for some reason. iPhoto 8.1 iTunes 8.2.1.

The issue had something to do with user preferences. I tested the problem under a different user account and had no problems. I had already tried pulling out the preferences for iPhoto and iTunes without success. So I simply pulled all the preferences and logged out. After logging back in the problem did eliminate itself, but I had the daunting task of determining which preference was the offending one. I restored the old preferences in groups and eliminated ones that I knew belonged to software that I no longer use. Everything still works fine, and I only need to repopulate my dock since I cannot overwrite those preferences. I did not pin down the exact offending preference, perhaps it was one of those that I eliminated.

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1). Connect your iPod to your computer. When you get the message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod.
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4). Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync.
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I'd like to keep my huge collection on external drives.
I was able to link the correct playlist (on external disk which was cloned from my previous Mac).
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For example: in Aperture, I just select the Aperture Library on my external drive and all my pics are available (obviously if the drive is plugged in).
In iTunes I don't see this option... The only thing I see is the iTunes Media Folder Location option... which I don't really understand why is not there on my external hard drive.
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If you have the whole iTunes library (media files, library files, genius, artwork, etc.) on an external drive hold down the option key while starting iTunes, navigate to the external, and it will use the iTunes folder on the external. This is all too often confused with just keeping media (but not the library files or artwork) on an external which is the setting you see in Preferences.

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