PSE 10 can't convert PSE 9 catalogs on MAC

I am hoping someone can help, as I have had several sessions with Adobe help and they can't figure it out.
I have 3 catalogs in PSE 9 on my iMac, and 2 catalogs in PSE 9 on my Macbook.  All work fine.
I have installed PSE 10 on both machines. On the Macbook, PSE 10 detected my current catalog and converted it.  However, it can't 'see' the other catalog. The files are grayed out in the convert search function.
On the iMac, PSE 10 can't see any of my 3 catalogs. All are also grayed out.
One of the support people at Adobe suggested it was a permissions problem, but I have corrected that and it still doesn't work.
Does anyone hae any idea of how to make PSE 10 able to see the catalog files?
Thanks, this is driving me crazy!

I am seraching the folder in which the catalog resides.  I'm not sure what you mean by 'rather than the catalog files'.  I can see the catalog files there, but they are greyed out in PSE 10, as though PSE 10 doesn't recognize the files at all.

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