Select All in iPhoto

IIn the past it was possible to click on an album in iPhoto, select all photos in the album, and then click on another album and see which of the initially selected pics is in the second album. This capability seems to no longer be available. Is this an oversight on my part or was this capability dropped by the developers?

Here's an example of what I'm asking about. Say I have pictures of everybody who's played in Major League Baseball this year in one album and everyone who played last year in another. So if I select all the photos in the last year album, it will probsbly contain some players who won't be in this years album because they retired or went down to the minors or whatever. In the past I could open this year's album and see that anyone selected from last year's album was highlighted in this year's album. A quick and easy way to find who's missing in any situation. I just can't find that same capability in iPhoto 9.6.

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Folders in iPhoto do not contain photos. Albums and Events do. Folders can contain albums, but not photos on their own.
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What is the file system of that external HD? is it MacOS Extended (Journaled)?
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If you directly select the iPhoto Library in the Finder and use "File > Get Info", does the library still show as "Kind: iPhoto Library" and is the file size correct for 22000 Photos?
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Put a Photo in the iPhoto Trash.
iPhoto Menu -> Empty Trash
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Can't select-all to set up folder to share photos via email

Following directions, I imported photos from cds, and created files for them. Except for a few early efforts, I can no longer share multiple photos via email. The select-all feature will highlight but not outline all photos, only one, and that is the only one that ends up in the email.

I'm so sorry, I wasn't aware I was posting in the 08 arena. iPhoto 6.0.6.
Directions were from help, but also googled for iphoto. The pictures are in the mac. I hit the + button to, pardon my miserable mac vocabulary, to create a folder. I thought that is what it is called. I used to be able to go to SHARE, after creating said "folder" or whatever you call it, and then after choosing "select all", all the photos in that -- whatever you call it -- would appear in the body of the email, and all I had to do was move them around, add text, and send it off.
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I'm sorry for being such a moron, but I remember when Apple was easy enough to use that you didn't have to have a ten year old in your house to show you how to use it. And there was no specialized language.

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OT

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Select All in iPhoto

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