Transfer photo's from my wife's external iphoto library to my mew imac

i purchased a new imac and the guys at the shop copied my old files to my new imac
including iphoto
all good
then i wanted to consolidate the photo's from my wife's external h/d to the new imac
i had some 15000 photos and my wife some 25000
now I have sone 149000 photos on my new imac,
now iphoto freezes up and when i sync my iphone it syncs ok until part 6/6 (importing photos's) even when their are no new ones on the phone and then freezes>
Wat to do.
1) get back to my original Iphoto library of 15000 odd or
2) remove all the duplicates
3) get the iphone + ipod touch syncing back to normal
Any ideas??
Thanks
Sean

If you can get back to having the two Libraries that's the best option. Then merge them using the paid version ($20) of iPhoto Library Manager. It's the only way to merge iPhoto Libraries.
Regards
TD

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