Restore iPhoto library from Mavericks to Yosemite, via Time Machine

Hi people.
I´m experiencing an unexpected problem: I can´t find the iPhoto library on Time Machine. The backup on TM is from an older MBP (Mavericks) and I´m trying to restore iPhoto on my new MBP (Yosemite)
I´ve found the library on my new Mac, then entered Time Machine but I cant scroll back in time to find the older library and restore it. I performed a complete restore from the TM first and everything looks fine. All my settings and apps are here but the old iPhoto isn´t available. I didn´t move the library on the old Mac.
Any tips?

What happens, if you go back in time, a year or so? Will your iPhoto Library then appear?
Try to retrieve the iPhoto Preferences file from your backup.
It is stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist , the Library folder in your home folder.
Restore this file to your Desktop and try to open it with Xcode, if you have it installed or download Prefsetter (http://www.nightproductions.net).
Search with Prefsetter for "RecentRootDirectories" and click the disclosure triangle.
The items will tell you the locations of the last iPhoto Libraries you opened.

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