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I upgraded to iPhoto 6 tonight and ran sofware update so I was sure to have the latest version. Went to open it and it said I needed to upgrade my Library. So I start the upgrade of the library and it goes all the way through till it gets to "examining photo Library" Then when it looks like it is almost finished, a window pops up and says that there is a problem accessing one or more files in my photo library folder and goes through directions to go in the finder and check to be sure permissions are all set to read and write.
I cannot figure out how to find the locked file.
Please Help!!!
Thanks.
imac g4 20" Mac OS X (10.3.9)

The first thing you want to do is quit iPhoto, select your iPhoto Library in the Finder, and Get Info. Under Ownership and Permissions, click the triangle to show its expanded form.
If you are the owner and have read and write permissions, you will be able to click a button that says "Apply to enclosed items". Once you've entered your password, all items inside the library will have the right permissions.
If you're still getting the message, then some file inside is locked. I have no idea how they get that way, but iPhoto can't upgrade your library if a file is locked.
In your Applications/Utilities/ folder, launch Console and then launch iPhoto and get the message. Console should indicate which files are locked. Go to each of those files in the Finder, and Get Info on each. Uncheck the box that says "Locked" for each file listed in Console (there are usually only a couple or so).
Launch iPhoto again and it should work fine.

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