IPhoto will not open, no matter what I try

My iMac is running on OS X Yosemite version 10.10.2 and when I click iPhoto all the happens is the program pops up and just the gray lined circle appears like it is loading and then nothing happens.  It stays "loading" for hours.  I have tried restarting the computer I have tried holding down option while opening, and nothing is changing.  I didn't download anything and have no idea why this is happening.  If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly appreciated because I am freaking out just a little . Thank you so much for any help!

Then you need more disk space - you may need to buy an external drive formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and move your iPhoo library to it -
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
LN

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