Why do I have trouble opening iPhoto?

I was going to check my photos in iPhoto when the app suddenly refused to open and said it needed a re-install. It said that it will send a report to Apple but so far I have received nothing. TI also happen to experience similar problems when opening Garageband.

suddenly refused to open and said it needed a re-install. It said that it will send a report to Apple but so far I have received nothing.
What is the exact error message you have seen?   It looks like you have seen an error panel like this:
When you click the "Report" button, you will see a crash report message  like this:
Copy and paste the Problem Details into your next post. The first 50 lines should suffice.

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