Where did my iPhoto go?

Help, my iPhoto disappeared from my dock. How do I find the applications folder to find out if it is still there?

Try launching iPhoto from the Spotlight tool.
Upper Right corner of your display.
    Magnifying glass icon.
Enter iPhoto in the Search Box.
then Click on the iPhoto Application
Once it is running
Right-click on the icon in the Dock
    (control button Mouse Click)
      Hover over Options
        Click Keep in Dock
You can click-drag icons in the Dock
to arrange them relative to one another..

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Where did the iPhoto 10 iCloud Photostream come from and how do I get rid of it?

In the iPhoto preferences turn PhotoStream off
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Moments in Photo are the new Events, i.e. groupings of photos sorted by date taken.
When the iPhoto Library was first migrated to Photos there was a folder created in the sidebar titled iPhoto Events and all migrated iPhoto Events (which are now Moments) are represented by an album in that folder. Your albums from iPhoto will be there also. To open the sidebar if it's not already open use the Option+Command+S key combination.
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two suggestions
Never use all images to find and modify any images - it is not a place but a list and if you delete or change theings there you may corrupt your iPhoto library
and not having a backup is inexcusable - if you do not have a backup at all times you are 100% guarenteed to lose all of your files and photos sooner or later - people, computers and software all fail and when they do a backup is your solution - I do two daily (Time Machine plus a daily clone), keep my photos on the camera memory card for a minimum of a year had have an off site backup - my files are important to me
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HI TD - thanks for your response.
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We have no way of knowing what goes on on your machine. All we can tell is that your iPhoto library is missing and iPhoto can't find it. If you can't find then I the only thing you can do is restore from your Back Up.
Regards
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Do you still see your photos, when you launch iPhoto and not Photos?
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are the libraries there? and how large are they?

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If it is and you don't see any thumbnail in the Event they should be in apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
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Since only one option can be run at a time start with
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Fix #2
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1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
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5 - Click on the Create button.
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
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I clicked on iPhoto today, and nothing comes on my screen? Where did they go? Don't know what I did. Help, please and thanks.

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I'm not sure what you are looking for
There is not really an original file - and there is not file to get back from Apple - if you want a PDF of the book read this apple support document http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040
TO archive your book for later use see Old Toad's tutorial #9 - http://web.mac.com/toad.hall/OldToadsTutorials/No._9.html
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Look in the Applications folder for those applications. If they are there just drag them back to the dock.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
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