Multiple iphoto issues, missing preference file
I am running iphoto 9.6. on Yosemite on a MacBook pro.
Last week it started acting odd in terms of synching photos with my icloud stream, and being able to locate individual photo files -- they were very clearly visible in iphoto, but locating them on my hard drive became tricky. Then it froze completely and I rebuilt the library. It's working except if I want to attach a photo to an email it says "open iphoto to see photos in this list."
I followed all the steps in this article:OS X: If you can't see iPhoto images in other apps - Apple Support
but two strange things happened: I absolutely cannot locate the com.apple.iApps file using the steps listed. Also odd, when I try to do option-finder and launch the "go" menu as directed, this happens. (Same result no matter what folder name I type.)
I also realized that when I did "show package contents" there are two files, library.iphoto and library6.iphoto. Is this the problem or are there supposed to be two? If not, which one do I delete without losing my photos?
Thanks!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.6)