Repair of library iphoto

I tried to open an old library of iphoto (don't ask why). Iphoto asked me to update the library (or not). Not doing it closed the application. So it left me no option (and no warning what should happen as I should update) than to update it.
Updating it caused that more than one year of photo's have disappeared (as i understand, because the old library, was just having old photo's, that I saved one year ago).
Is there any possibility of reinstalling the library from before the update (there is no backup of timemachine).
Thank you very much,
Sjopmail

Of course if you open an old version of the photo library you only have the photos that are in that library
To switch between libraries launch iPhoto while holding down the option key until the select library window appears - select the library you want to open - this will remain your default library until you option - launch again
LN

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Option 1
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Elijahg
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I apologise in advance if this is a little convoluted.
I have a MacBook Pro purchased a little over a year ago and I'm not sure what version of iPhoto is was running. It had a meltdown when I tried to upgrade to Mountain Lion and was ably serviced and returned to me with all my data heroically saved and stored in a shared folder.
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When I try to open iPhoto I get the error message "The library "iPhoto Library" cannot be opened.

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I just migrated from 2011 macbook to new 2014 macbook with Yosemite on it.
Here is the main error - Dyld Error Message: Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/NyxAudioAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/NyxAudioAnalysis Referenced from: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Frameworks/iLifeSlideshow.framework/Versions/ A/iLifeSlideshow Reason: image not found
MacBook Pro 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
OSX 10.10.1
IPhoto 9.6
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There is a framework missing in your System library. You need to reinstall MacOS X to restore the dynamic library:
See:
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/NyxAudioAnalysis.framework/Versions/A/NyxAudioAnalysis
Referenced from:
Have you run any cleaner applications that could have removed files, or installed third party software lately?
To reinstall the system, boot into Recovery:
See this page: OS X: About OS X Recovery
-- Léonie
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