IPhoto5 to iPhoto6 question

I tried searching the threads here but haven't seen an answer to my specific question. Apologies if this has been already answered...
Had my old PowerMac (running iPhoto5) die recently (hard drive survived) and I upgraded to the MacPro (now running iPhoto6). I plugged the old HD into my MacPro and I have those files accessible. My question is, how do I get the photo albums and slideshow folders imported into iPhoto6? I managed to move all my old photos - but none of the folders came over.

Go to the v5 iPhoto Library Folder on your old machine and rename it. Call it something distinctive, say Old Library.
Then copy that to the Pictures Folder on the new machine. You will need to run BatchMod over it to correct access permissions,
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. Select 'Choose Library' and point iPhoto at the Old Library. iPhoto will upgrade the library to a v6 one.
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use it to move the pics from the Old Library to the new one. It's the only way to do it while preserving Metadata.
Then when you've merged the two libraries, you can trash Old Library. You can repeat the process for the one on your iBook.
Regards
TD

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Did you by any chance do any renaming or moving of those file via the Finder?
You're right in that iPhoto has lost the original link to those files. What I'd try after making a backup copy of your iPhoto Library folder is to rebuild the library and select the option to include orphaned files. This will rebuild your library and add those files that have lost their links to a new roll and album. From there you can move them to their correct roll before upgrading to V6.
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Hello
Please If anyone out there can help I sure would appreciate the time !
I have been on the phone all day with Mac and cannot seem to get my pictures from my CF Card off my Camera or off My multi card reader.
Have tried everything ! I think ???
I even reinstalled my install discs .
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HI Larry
Thanks for your prompt reply and welcoming me to this forum !!
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I want to move my photos from my PowerBook (iPhoto5) to my shiny new MacMini (iPhoto6). The problem, and it's a big one, is that I can't figure out how to get the names, comments, etc. created/modified in iPhoto5 to migrate to iPhoto6. I certainly hope there's an easy way to move the photos, with their new metadata, to iPhoto6. The thought of losing all that additional data is unsettling!!
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Read Old Toad's tip in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=850145&tstart=50
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
You have plenty of disk space. Stop worrying about it. Rebuilding the library involves rebuilding the db file (the library6.iphoto file) not the entire folder. So the process does not require gigs and gigs of disk space.
The discrepancy between the iPhoto size and the Finder size is because the iPhoto reports the size of the current version of the pics, the Finder reports the total installation - Originals, Modified, Data and ancillary files.
The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. The most common cause of this is User Activity in the iPhoto Library Folder. When you moved the iPhoto Library Folder did you move it as a single unit or in parts?
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Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
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Regards
TD

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photobug:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
personally find it very useful to have all my photos saved in folders by import date.
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Albenn
Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
I'll hit a few of your questions - others will have to do others since I'm not up on some of the issues you ask about
4) is there an easy way to review/delete items (in 6, i run a basic slideshow and delete on the fly -- is this still workable in 7?)?
Yes
5) Are there significant functionality benefits of 7 over 6 (e.g., does the noise function or shadow/highlight really offer significant benefits? The Events seems obvious, but I'm more interested in "under the hood" experience
Yes
Loseless editing - web galleries - events
a) Is import any faster? As my library is growing in size, the import is getting overly slow
It is fine for me (only you can compare to your current) - I have 20542 items using 26.3 GB in 271 events
7) Is there a full-screen edit mode?
yes
8) Can you configure events so that it's not just by day?
yes
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Events replace rolls (if your rolls are named - NOT the default rollxxx name - they will come across as is - to me events are rolls with much more capability and a new name - some people are VERY putoff by the change (but most love it) for reasons that I simply do not comprehend
10) What is the effective (or advised) maximum library size? I've probably got over 60GB of images in my libraries now, with 20,000 images or so. If 7 can readily digest them (and preserve all my albums, etc.), then I'd love to combine them into one, unless that will kill performance, make the database unstable, drive backups into interminable waits, etc.
The advertised max is 250,000 photos - I have about the same number of photos as you in about 1/3 the space - there are a few users here with libararies your size. With iPhoto Library Manager it is easy to maintain multiple libraries if you choose
LN
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That indeed does seem to be the case Is the correct procedure to bring up iPhoto6 for the first time, answer NO to the "Upgrade" question, and then iPhoto6 will display a blank, empty new library in a new folder? Then to get the keywords and other meta-data brought over correctly, one selects "Import" in the new iPhoto6, pointing it to the old iPhoto library and proceed?
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Ed

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