Updated to iPhoto 9.6 and lost all of my photos

Hello, I just updated to iPhoto at its prompting and lost my iPhoto library. I am trying to restore it from TimeMachine, but the finder has been saying it is "preparing to copy Pictures" for several minutes with no progress. Help! I've seen other users with this issue, it is insane that this happened, reminds me of windows updates from the 90s.

I am trying to restore it from TimeMachine, but the finder has been saying it is "preparing to copy Pictures" for several minutes with no progress.
How are you restoring from Time Machine? Don't use the Finder to copy, that will not work.
Enter Time Machine with your Pictures folder selected. See this Help text:
iPhoto '11: Restoring from Time Machine with iPhoto '11 (9.2 or later) and OS X Lion 10.7.2 (or later)
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202321

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And note you NEVER use the finder to access your photos - you only access them using the proper tools - How to Access Files in iPhoto
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<blockquote>Locking duplicate thread.<br>
Please continue here: [[/questions/903708]]</blockquote>
I updated my browser and lost all my old bookmarks--is there a way to import them from an old Library or something? I wish there had been a warning during the updating process.

Should be LOCKED as duplicate request, see [/questions/903708]

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Fix #1
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