Q: Aperture 3 Exporting Problem

Not sure I am understanding the problem?

Ernie

We've seen this before:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/21909478#21909478

https://discussions.apple.com/message/21871457#21871457

... but don't have a solution (that i know of).  Try what's in the threads I linked -- but first I suggest booting into Safe Mode and then rebooting.  This usually clears problems like this (though it may not prevent them from recurring).

Safe Mode:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564

That does not look good - I have seen this problem only twice during the last year:

See:

Re: aperture export dialog

weird aperture artifact

I'd start by checking, if you are seeing the same, when working from a different user account:

See this support article: Isolating an issue by using another user account

If you can export from a different account without problems, that would confirm that preferences and other items in your account need fixing, and I'd start by removing user preferences, see:

Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics on how to do this (the paragraph on deleting the user preferences)

Regards

Léonie

Kirby and Ernie, your post were again not showing, until I answered!

If the problem is some artifact, I would start by using Force Quit to Relaunch the Finder.

Ernie

Ernie, it is Aperture's Export Panel, but with missing background and GUI items. I had this myself occur in spring on my "Early 2011" & Macbook Pro. 

I could fix it by trashing the preferences and clearing Aperture's caches ~/Library/Containers.

I created a test user, and yes the export works fine.

o.k., so it is something in your account that is causing this.

no luck

Does this refer to removing the preferences?

Have you logged on and off after removing the preferences? The Trouble-shooting basic do not explicitely mention that this is necessary.

If you did not do that, repeat the removal of preferences after logging off and on again.

And if they exist, delete

• ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Aperture
• ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Aperture

Do you have custom Export presets? Then remove

~/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Export Presets.plist    as well to the Desktop.

sigh.  Still a few bugs in the system.  Now I'm having trouble posting any reply to this thread.

What didn't help?

Safe Mode boot?

Flashing PRAM and NVRAM as mentioned in the other threads?

Deleting caches?  Which?

Deleting prefs?  Which?

Anything else?

Please _specify_ everything you have done so far.

Search systematically, which of your .plists is causing the trouble.

• Remove again all .plists, then put back only half of them.
• Does the problem return?
  • If yes, remove half of the recently added .plists.
  • If not, add half of the preferences not yet put back.
• Continue splitting the set of loops not yet added in halves, until you hit the culprit.

My guess is, that one of the preferences related to the Finder might be doing this -

com.apple.recentitems.plist

com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

com.apple.finder.plist