My mac won't download photos from my iPhone to iPhoto.

It stopped a couple months ago. When iPhoto starts up it says "The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it." I hit the "repair" button, which lets me use iphoto, but then when I connect my iphone and try to import photos it says:
iPhoto cannot import your photos to this library because iPhoto cannot access the library. Please repair your iphoto permissions."
I have followed all the prompts, and all my permissions are read/write so it is not this.
HELP!
Thanks in advance.
Sally.

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD 

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