Aperture no longer loads my photos.

No, DLS. Here is my procedure:

I plug my USB card reader into the laptop, then insert my camera card. Aperture automatically opens, as it should. I import the photos directly from the camera card through Aperture. This used to work. Now, it loads only some of the photos, then stops, and other times it doesn't load any photos.

I tried deleting Aperture completely and reinstalling. Same program and camera card work fine on my other computer, a desktop iMac with the same OS.

Hope this explains better.

Thank you,
Maria

Thanks, Tony. Today I brought my laptop and camera card and reader to my local Apple computer techie. He said the same thing you said: suggested trying to "import" photos from the desktop. He also said that my iBook G4 is only minimally equipped to handle Aperture, and said that its USB ports are not very powerful (like newer models') and might also be part of my problem. Will do what you and he suggested.

Thank you for your advice!

Bought a new MacBook with faster processor, and upgraded to Aperture 2.0. Expensive, but it worked.