Q: Aperture 3.6 and iPhoto 9.6 in Yosemite opens to a blank workspace
After upgrading to Yosemite 10.10 and Aperture 3.6 I was initially able to open my photos library (led on an external thunderbolt drive, over 63000 images, and over 350 Gb). Then yesterday, upon opening Aperture I get a message that the file needs to repair permissions in iPhoto in order to open. I don't use iPhoto, but knowing there is a unified file structure, I downloaded iPhoto and repaired the file permissions. Upon completion, iPhoto and Aperture open to the default external photos file but a blank screen comes up in Aperture, and a introductory screen comes up in iPhoto. I have gone thru the process of:
1) opening both apps with "command" "option" and progressing down the repair/rebuild options with the same end result.
2) initiated a time machine restore. A message box comes up asking me if I want to keep the original photo files, make duplicates, or replace the existing files. I chose to keep the originals.
After the backup the same result occur as before. What should I try next?
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: M
System info: MacPro *-Core Intel Xenon E5, 3Gz,Memory 64Gb
Storage internal HD 256Gb, External Promise Pegasus 6Tb
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: M
Mac Pro
Posted on Oct 24, 2014 10:20 AM



