IPhoto won't save edited pictures

What has happened to iPhoto since the last update??? It will not save the edited pictures, you waste time carefully editing photos just to find out it does not save them.
It also is having problems switching from full screen to regular format, as well as trouble importing pictures.
Apple what have you done???? I'm having nightmare flashbacks of the Microsoft days. Quality control has really gone down.
Is anybody else experiencing these issues?
DC

I had  the same problem and after some gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair and barking at the apple support rep was able to determine that I just have too many pictures on my MacBook .  Once I started deleting, the editor came back little by little.  The editor saves the original plus your new version makes two and if you are too heavy with photos it can't handle one more thing so it just throws its little hands in the air and says enough!!! Watcha do in' to me?   I am overfed and ready to vomit!!!

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