IPhoto: Restore photos to Library (help!) It's not working...

I have tried, unsuccessfully, several times to restore photos from my iPhoto Trash to the Library.  I select the photos I want to restore, click on Restore to Library, and wait.  The program invariably freezes, causing me to Force Quit.  I need to restore these photos so I can empty the trash!  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance!  I am using iPhoto '09.

Well you won't be syncing the two libraries as you don't want the same content in both, but only to update the one on the external, right? Otherwise you don't save any space...
Here's one way to do it:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
Now you have two full versions of the Library.
3. On the Internal library, trash the Events you don't want there
Now you have a full copy of the Library on the External and a smaller subset on the Internal
Some Notes:
As a general rule: when deleting photos do them in batches of about 100 at a time. iPhoto can baulk at trashing large numbers at one go.
You can choose which Library to open: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
You can keep the Library on the external updated with new imports using iPhoto Library Manager
Library Manager means you can move additions on the internal, plus all metadata, version history and so on, to the main library.
Another thing to remember: now you have all your photos on this external, where's your back up? You'll need another copy of the Library on another disk...

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