Selected iPhoto 6 technical notes (NO Library merging abilities)

A query on iPhoto 6 SOMETIMES displays up to 250 tech notes for the release on Apple's support site. Sometimes it shows nothing. I suspect their servers are still updating. These caught me eye.
Specific links are on my blog, a paste of the comments are below. See
http://googlefaughnan.blogspot.com/2006/01/selected-iphoto-6-tech-notes.html
# What's new: NOT Library merging, alas! At least, not documented. I just can't understand why this doesn't make the list.
# You still can't add shared photos to a Library
# There's an option to save edited RAW images as 16 bit TIFF
# You can create and edit rolls, I don't know if that moves files around one's hard drive.
# iPhoto is not Aperture -- one note says it really works best with JPEG images
# Control key lets you compare image to original
# There's a 'create library' menu item.
# Advanced options: don't import images to library when adding, you can assign a color profile on import to a particular image
I am beginning to think that Apple considers "library merge" to be a hard cutoff between iPhoto and Aperture. If you need to manipulate multiple Libraries, you need Aperture. Absurd. I have no other explanation for why this is not supported however.

For those that get this annoying message which
results in text loss on the iPhoto 6 PDFs, we solved
the problem by quitting iPhoto, trash the file,
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist.
I have just encountered the same problem after printing a large number of photos (not pdfs) with no probs iphoto print or print preview suddenly started coming up with the same message when using an Epson Photo R210 printer. Unfortunately I do not have the ...iphoto.plist file in the location suggested even though other .plist files exist for other applications. Any ideas? My problem occurred when I staretd using the 4X6 print size. Nothing I change fixes it though.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Epson Stylus Photo R210 printer

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Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto version 1.8 (1.8.01)
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7.) Against my better judgement, I called their support. I even participated in the Log Me In Rescue support session. I hung up when their agent told me to reset Safari.
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Thanks for your response. I was just about to try your suggestion when I opened Mail. In my frustration, I emailed their support last night. To my surprise, they offered a solution. I just downloaded this "beta" version, and it worked. I just removed several duplicates. I have posted the resolution that worked for me below. Again, thank you for your suggestion.
Date: December 28, 2014 at 3:18:43 AM CST
Subject: [TUMM #WYO-597-59222]: “Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto cannot continue as Library is not selected in iPhoto. Please start iPhoto and select a library."
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Albumdata.xml does not contain your photos - and again NEVER make any changes to the content of the iPhoto library - no dragging - no changes - never go into the library
We need to know exactly what you did
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For reference after you get things working
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Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your HD/User/Home()/ Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your HD/User/Home()/Library /Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
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