Lost link to my library - Iphoto, Dock, Safari

Hi, I recently switched from pc to Mac... and I still have troubles getting around a few issues.
This morning, after downloading pictures from my camera, Iphoto signaled that some pictures were not readable. After I restarted my mac, the Dock (bottom screen icons) was not the same as I had previously organized it. But more dramatic, my IPhoto totally lost the link to my library. As a matter of a fact, it strated without any mentione of my albums on the left side menu (as if it was brand new!!). I also noted that my safari lost its bookmarks. I guest this has something to do with the mac not being able to access some sort of accout profile but I can figure out how to restore it. Can anybody help me? Many thanks, FB
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

FB:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. It seems that you're problem may be system related rather than iPhoto. I suggest you do the following:
1 - run Disk Utility and Repair disk permissions.
2 - reboot into Safe Mode (hold down the Shift key during the boot process). This will perform the File System Check (fsck). At this time check iPhoto and Safari.
3 - boot back into normal mode. If all is not well the download and reinstall the 10.4.6 COMBO updater followed by a permissions repair.
4 - If iPhoto is still messed up, use iPhoto Library Manager to rebuild the library. It will create a new library and leave your current one untouched. It succeeds where the normal rebuild fails.
My preference is to manually upload my photos to a folder on the HD either thru Image Capture or the Finder with a card reader - with iPhoto closed. Then if there's a crash iPhoto will not damage the AlbumData.xml file that is uses to record all the info on the imported files.

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5- iMovie icon on dock is now "?", why? But then, I have iMovie HD. FYI - I upgraded to Tiger Apr 05, and iLife'o5 last July.
I hope I make myself clear, so if anyone has any experience or insight with my problems, I'd appreciate so much.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. It seems that you're problem may be system related rather than iPhoto. I suggest you do the following:
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cdkayak
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There's absolutely no harm in using PSE with iPhoto, it's Bridge that's a killer. So that's what you chuck from your machine. Set up PSE as an external editor in the iPhoto Preferences. That way you can double click a pic in iPhoto and it will open automatically in PSE, save it PSE and have it come back into iPhoto seamlessly.
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is because iPhoto will not import a picture that's in the active iPhoto Library Folder - a sensible precaution against duplication.
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