Up Grading to Iphoto and accessing a Iphoto 6 library

Hello all
I recently upgraded to Leopard
Since I was also upgrading my hard drive in my g4 PB I did the upgrade by installing a new HD in the PB , installing Leopard and then using migrate to bring the data from the old hard drive that I had installed in a external enclosure
Whew
When I tried to open iphoto it looked like iphoto 6 wouldn't run in Leopard
I installed ilife 8 and when I then tried to open iphoto it informed me it needs to "upgrade" the iphoto library, I hit continue and I get a 2-3 hour to complete window and then somewhere down the line it seems to hang up
I would try to import the old file to iphoto 8 but I have many pics and I think that might lose all the albums etc
Any insight or advice to get my pics up on iphoto 08 ?
Thank you
Barry

Barry
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
When I tried to open iphoto it looked like iphoto 6 wouldn't run in Leopard
v6 works perfectly well in 10.5. so what made you think that? The same symptoms that you get now?
Try rebuild the library: Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
If that fails, try the troubleshooting basics:
1. Repair Permissions using Disk Utility
2. Delete the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the home / library / preferences folder. You'll need to reset your User options afterwards.
3. Create a new account (systempreferences -> accounts) and see if the problem is repeated there. If it is, then a re-install of the app might be indicated. If it's not, then it's likely the app is okay and the problem is something in the main account.
Regards
TD

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