LOST ALL PHOTOS IN IPHOTO, NEED HELP PRONTO!

The exact error message woudl be very helpful and knowing exactlhy what you did - there is no time that iPhoto ever says "import library"

if you depress the option kwy and launch iPhoto and use the select library option what do you see? If there are multiple libraries test each of them

LN

You NEVER import an iPhoto library!

As I sugested in the previous post depress and hold the option key and launch iPhoto - use the select library command - test each livrary that appears there

if you depress the option key and launch iPhoto and use the select library option what do you see? If there are multiple libraries test each of them

What happend when you did that?

LN

What versions of iPhoto and system are you running? Did you perform any updates or upgrades just prior to this problem occurring?

If you open the library again do you get the same message? If so take a screenshot of it and post the screenshot here using the camera icon in the tool bar.

How big does the Finder say your library is? Big enough to still hold your photos or about the size of an empty library?

Open the library with the Finder as shown below:

To to the Originals or Masters folder and check to see if there are any image files in the subfolders. DO NOT make any changes or any kind to the files or folders while looking inside the library package.

Let us know what you find in those subfolders.

OT

Just to make sure there's not a library hiding in an area that Spotlight can't search download and use the shareware Find Any File to search for "Library6.iPhoto", a file that is in every iPhoto library. If there's a library hiding somewhere, FAF will find it.

but there was nothing,

What do you mean by nothing? Was that file in the new library that you Mom create? If so the library is history.

You could download and run SubrosaSoft FileSalvage in demo mode to see if it can detect enough of your missing photos that are recoverable to make it worth while to purchase the app and recover them.