Iphoto cannot see my old library or photo files

in fact even finder can't see the jpegs but the old library icon shows 90GBs of content. If I look inside this using "show package content" i can see all the various iphoto folders and all the jpegs thumbnails etc. Really wierd. I've done a disk utility repair and removed and re installed iphoto but iphoto just opens a new library with no photos in. if i use "switch library" and select the library with 90GBs of potos it still just opens a new empty library. Any one got any ideas?

- quit iPhoto
- hold down your "control" key on your keyboard, and you should see a list of iPhoto Libraries, your computer sees. Ensure you are connecting to the correct Library. It's path is displayed under the box. The one that displays as "default" is the one you are currently connected to.
If you are connected to the correct library, yet still have this issue, likely we have a corrupt iPhoto Library. We can attempt to fix this with iPhoto's First Aid.
- quit iPhoto
- hold down your "option + command" keys on the keyboard, and keep them held down while launching iPhoto. This should launch iPhoto with a "first aid" screen over top of it. Do each of these first aid steps, one at a time, until you have completed all the steps.
Let us know how that works

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