IPhoto keywords and comments are gone

I just bought the new iMac G5 (iSight) to replace my G4. Before I sold the G4, copied my 6000-picture iPhoto folder to the G5 using a Firewire cable. I then used the Migration Assistant to do the transfer from the G4 to the G5, again using a Firewire cable. Them I sold the G4. When I first launched iPhoto, it was empty. I then relaunched iPhoto while pressing the Option key. I told iPhoto where my album was. It worked, but none of the keywords or comments made it through the transfer. Everytime I imported a picture, I give it some keywords (e.g. Christmas, 2005, etc.) and some comments. But all this is now gone. Any solution to me predicament would be appreciated!
Daniel
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Daniel,
Is your short user name the same on the new G5 as it was on the G4?
Well, check the permissions on the iPhoto Library folder just to make sure permissions are set for your user name on the G5.
Highlight the iPhoto Library folder
Hit command I
In the next window make sure you are the owner and have Read/Write permissions. Hit the button at the bottom of the window.
Also a rebuild might help....or not.
Try this:
Before doing a rebuild make sure iPhoto's trash bin is emptied. You can do this by control clicking on the trash bin, or from the menu bar under iPhoto.
Close iPhoto
Duplicate the iPhoto Library folder
Drag the duplicate to the desktop (hopefully you have enough room on your hard drive for the duplicate.)
Launch iPhoto holding down the Command and Option keys until you see the rebuild options screen.
Choose the first three options. If you were missing photos in your library, also choose the last option. Be advised that you will get a roll of orphaned photos and it might be quite huge. Most of them will already be in your iPhoto library, but use caution when deleting anything from this roll until you are sure the photos are still in your library in another place. It might be a good idea to share/export this roll of photos just in case you need to import them again.
Back to the rebuild, depending on the size of your library it might take some time. When it is done, hopefully your photos will be there.
You might see some unexpected results as I did when I did a rebuild. Photos had been moved to wrong dates, video clips had lost their duration info and some were even orphaned from the jpg pointer file. It took me some time to straighten it out again.
This is the reason to make a duplicate before you rebuild, in case you do not like the result. If you don't like the result, close iPhoto, then delete the rebuilt library and drag the duplicate back into the Pictures folder making sure the name is iPhoto Library. Launch iPhoto and it should open the library in the Pictures folder.
iPhoto 4 or later: Rebuilding the iPhoto Library
Lori

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