iPhoto Library transfer problem Leopard to Snow Leopard

I tried to move the iPhoto library from the flash drive into the Pictures folder on the Intel Mini. It prepared all the files and then told me there was another older library named iPhoto Library in Pictures (I'm assuming it meant the Intel Snow Leopard Library was the older one which would have been installed first into the Pictures folder) and asked if I wanted to replace it. I stopped the process there b/c I'm afraid if I do that it will mess up the newer iPhoto app by replacing the Snow Leopard iPhoto Library t(Intel mini) with the Leopard iPhoto Library (G4 mini). Any ideas or suggestions?

My external drive running Leopard is bootable, i.e. I installed the whole OS on it. It has been really useful to be able to boot from the external drive when the G4 mini has crashed. Since I've been using TM to backup to that drive, I didn't know if the drive being bootable was relevant or not.

I did find my iPhoto Library in TM from last August, but I can't restore it to the G4 mini b/c I don't have enough space on it's hard drive.

Please let me know what other information you might need from me to help figure this out. I have no idea what might be helpful. Thanks so much!

EL

No, no photos in the Snow Leopard (Intel) iPhoto Library yet.

The iPhoto Library from the G4 Leopard is in a blue folder. The iPhoto Library in the Intel Snow Leopard just looks like an icon, not a blue folder. Everything else in the Intel Snow Leopard User Folder > Library Folder is in a blue folder.

I'm wondering...I see there's an import feature within the Snow Leopard iPhoto app. In the G4 iPhoto Library on the flash drive, when I open it, there are folders for each year. If I open one of those, there are folders for each month. If I open one of those, there is a folder for a date within the month. If I open that, there are the jpg's themselves. Is there some way I could import the photos by either importing the old iPhoto Library folder itself via import feature within the Intel Snow Leopard iPhoto app, or the year or month or day folders, or the jpg's themselves (which would be tedious and take forever)?

Obviously I have no idea how any of this works. Thanks for your efforts in trying to work this out!

EL

Here's a screen shot of the G4 iPhoto Library contents:

Yes, there is a file called library.iPhoto. Hope this helps. Thanks.

P.S. The G4 iPhoto Library is in the User Folder>Pictures. Here is what is in the Intel User>Folder Pictures:

When I click on this iPhoto Library it just opens the iPhoto app (Snow Leopard). No pictures are in the app yet.

E

So just to be clear, when I tried moving the G4 iPhoto Library it to the Intel pictures folder before, I got a message that there was an older iPhoto library already there, and it asked if I wanted to replace it. So when I do it this time, I should just say yes, and then launch iPhoto? No conflict between the G4 and Intel platforms?

Thanks.

Yes, it did work. A few of the photos from the old library don't appear in the new iPhoto library in the "Photos" view--there are just square white outlines with no photo inside in them. I'll see if I can move them directly from the old library as jpg's into the new iPhoto. Overall, it has gone well.

Thank you so much for your patience with me, and continuing to answer my posts. I'm very grateful to have my precious photos available to me again.

E

Thank you, too. Your answer was most helpful and also solved the problem. The designator button is only letting me give you a "Helpful", but your answer was also the solution.

E