Transfering photos trouble

I'm at my wits end... how do I copy photos from my MacBook (running iPhoto 08) over onto my wife's G5 iMac (running iPhoto 5), so that they actually show up in her version? Are they not showing up because my MacBook has a more recent version of iPhoto? I thought these things didn't matter so much on Macs?
Right now, I have an ethernet cable plugged into both, and have popped a folder full of photos from my MacBook into the drop-box. I can see it clearly on the iMac, and can open the photos on her screen. I can even drag and drop the whole folder into her Pictures folder, and can open/preview them fine there too. However... they don't appear in iPhoto.
So, when I try dragging and dropping the folder (or the individual photos) into an iPhoto window instead (which always seems to work on my MacBook if I've been sent photos via email, etc.), I just get a series of messages (equivalent to the number of photos I'm trying to copy over, saying; "couldn't open blah blah blah", and then a summary message saying "unreadable files: xx The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data)".
I'd be very grateful for some help, O Wise Ones!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Export the pics from your Library (File -> Export) to a Folder on the desktop.
Copy that folder to her machine.
Import to her iPhoto (either drag and drop to the iPhoto Window or File -> Import.
IF you get that "Unreadable File" message, try open the files in Preview and save them. Then try import them again.
Regards
TD

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