New library, yet another iphoto bug

I created a new library yesterday. I am doing one each month to make it easy for iPhoto as it is so buggy and horrible now.
I am using iphoto library manager as suggested on this community to swap between libraries as needed and it works fairly well.
However, I am now in a situation where there appears to be 'leakage' from one library to another.
I transferred 60 new photos to a newly created library. The sidebar says Photos (60)
but if I click on Photos and then start looking through them it says 3 of 82 and so on and other photos appear which I have definitely not put in this new library, seemingly at random.
Is this a iphoto libary problem, or a general iphoto problem.? Any thoughts most welcome always. Joanna

My original Iphoto library has almost 14000 photos in it. I was advised not to run such a big library and to have smaller ones.
Iphoto is good for 250,000 images. So, assuming you have sufficent hard disk space, I think you can declare yourself mis-informed
However If I select any one photo and double click it so that it fills the screen, then a different number appears in the top right in the black menu bar that says Photos to the left and to the right it says something like 86 of (no of photos) The two numbers don't match up.
On the left, the number after the word Photos is the total number of items in the Library. The numer at top right is the number of images in the particular event. Thay said, I've not found iPhoto especially accurate at counting in any version.
Furthermore, if I click through the photos in this view, I can view photos which I know I have not added to that library but are in another library. I cannot see those photos if I am in the Photos sidebar view but only if I click through using the left and right arrows in the menubar in info/edit mode or whatever it is call
Right click on one of these images and choose 'Show Event' - Where does that take you?
I had that problem with the keywords which added themselves to each and every photo, and there are lots of inconsistencies with the Faces thing when the programme insists that one face has two faces and wants me to name them both, overlapping, but I can ignore that, but this particular thing is making me very confused.
Sounds like your database file is corrupted.
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 Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
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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just want to get all the original photos into one library so I can search and access them all in one place.
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I have always found the way iPhoto organizes the photos on disk a bit confusing, especailly when it comes to backing up and accessing the files at the Finder level.
It's actually quite straightforward, but the key is +you don't access the files at a Finder level+.
And now it seems things have gotten even more dumbed away from the user in "package" w/ the latest iPhoto.
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I would like to just have my photos in a folder, not a "package,"
*How to do it:*
Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
*What Happens:*
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your HD. To do this it will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
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1. Importing and deleting pics are more complex procedures. You have to to put the files where they will be stored before importing them. When you delete them you'll need to remove the files from the HD yourself.
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
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4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
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*For Users of 10.5 and later*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
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Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
There's a lot of material there. By all means come back for clarification if you need it. But I strongly urge you to think very carefully before running a Referenced Library.
Regards
TD

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columbus new boy wrote:
How crap is that?
It's not crap at all.
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It sounds like you have failed to do this, which is not good at all.
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