Restoring IPhoto from Mozy

I have a substantial IPhoto '08 library backed up on Mozy.com. My hard drive crashed and, after replacement by Apple, I notice I now have IPhoto '09 installed. I know Mozy has had problems with restoring metadata associated with IPhoto (they know it, too) but after lengthy discussions with Mozy personnel they assure me all metadata will be preserved during a restore if (and only if) I use the "Restore" tab from within the Mozy backup interface, as opposed to using any of the other available Mozy restore tools. My entire IPhoto library shows up within the Mozy restore file structure as a single, very large file. My question is this: Where / what should I choose as the destination for the restore on this brand-new hard drive?
Thanks to all for any help or guidance.
Ted

Does this restore import the photos into iPhoto or to some folder that you designate? If it's the latter then you can have it restore the photos anywhere you'd like.
The reason that the iPhoto library shows up as a single file is that it is a Unix type folder like the packages used for applications. It's not accessible via the Finder. Besides you would not want to restore the photos to somewhere inside the library.
Photos have to be imported for them to be recognized by iPhoto. With iPhoto 11 the only way to import the photos is to drop them onto the iPhoto application in the dock or into the open library window.
However you can create a folder with a folder action that will import all photos that are dropped into the folder into the iPhoto Library. You create the folder action with Automator.
Select the folder you want to apply this to with the drop down menu at the top. Then save and you're ready to go. If you want to keep a second copy of the photos you can uncheck the option to Delete the Source Images After Importing Them.
I don't know if this is what you want. If your photos are grouped in Mosy somehow I would suggest you download them by group one at a time so you have individual events for each group. Start out with just one group to make sure it works as we hope. I don't know anything about Mosy so this is just a theorectical workflow.
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