Reinstall iPhoto with Time Machine - limited space
I'm running Yosemite 10.10.2 on a MacBook Pro (late 2011), with iPhoto 9.6. My computer backs up regularly to Time Capsule using Time Machine.
My "Events" are all titled by month/Year (eg. "January 2014") going back 15 or so years - hence about 180 Events and 16,000 photos. I accidentally dragged most of my "Events" into a single event, which screwed the whole structure, as you can imagine. iPhoto then proceeded to shut down and I guess saved that mistake - so I did not have the chance to "go back".
So I thought I'd just step back an hour or so on Time Machine and maybe my structure would come back. Problem is, I have 120GB photos, and only 60GB space on hard drive, and Time Machine told me that's not going to work!!
First question - easy would be to delete my iPhoto files on Mac, and rely on Time Capsule to successfully take me back one hour. But dangerous - is there a better plan?
Second - if I did manage to restore iPhoto from a hour before, would that restore the structure/events anyway - or just restore photos that might have been deleted/lost?
Any thoughts much appreciated!
MacBook Pro