Snow Leopard computer dead. iPhoto 7 library rescued. How to get it into Maverics iPhoto 9?

Question

Hello great community,
So I've been running Snow Leopard on my trusty iMac 27 for a long while. iPhoto7, my main app on that machine, now has about 40'000 photos on it, face-recognition done, many pictures are edited, I've rated a large portion of them, etc. You get the picture.
So now the iMac died, completely. I have a backup of the whole system drive (done with "SuperDuper!"), as well as a copy of only the "iPhoto Library", currently lying on my NAS.
My questions are simply these;
Can I import that library into my brand new Macbook Pro, which is running Maverics?
I've read that you need to update the library with the http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1523 iPhoto Library updater. Can I do that on the library wihtout having iPhoto7 running? (in other words, can I use my Maverics-laptop to apply the Library Updater-tool to the iPhoto-library lying on my NAS?)
I have "accepted" iPhoto in the App-store which I read was important somehow, what else kind of preparations do I need to make?
Thanks so much in advance, sorry if I'm rambling I haven't posted all that much before. But these pictures... they're very important to me.
Cheers,
// AvH

Answer 1

1. Get the Library off the NAS. That's first.
iPhoto needs to have the Library sitting on disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Users with the Library sitting on disks otherwise formatted regularly report issues including, but not limited to, importing, exporting, saving edits and sharing the photos.
See this article
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5168
for more. Note also the comment:
“Additionally, storing the iPhoto library on a network rather than locally on your computer can also lead to poor performance or data loss.”
2. Don't import anything. Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums,
Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else.
3. Yes, you can run the updater on the new Mac without installing iPhoto 7.
4. Once you accepted the app it was downloaded and installed on your machine.