My .aplibrary will not open in Aperture!

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My .aplibrary will not open in Aperture!

Hello

I launched Aperture today to load some photos, and my libraries and projects are all gone! Nothing in the left panel except the blue automated filter thingies.

I had to download Lightroom to empty my camera.

My .aplibrary is still in my ~/pictures folder. If I try to import or open it in Aperture, nothing happens.

What can I do?

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G5 Dual 2 GHz, G4 Powerbook 17, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Feb 24, 2006 7:23 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 24, 2006 7:47 AM in response to Steve Dorsey

That happened to me too. Deleting the .plist file fixed it, more or less.

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Steve Dorsey Author

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Feb 24, 2006 9:02 AM in response to Charles Bandes

Nope - didn't change a thing when I deleted the .plist file. I can establish my library location in the prefs, but it does not come up at all in the app.

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Answer 3

Feb 24, 2006 9:16 AM in response to Steve Dorsey

I think if you hold down the option key when you start the app it will rebuild the library. The combination of that and killing the plist solved it for me, I thought it was the plist that did it but maybe it was the rebuild, worth a try. Good luck!!

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kgelner

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Feb 24, 2006 6:20 PM in response to Steve Dorsey

The Library rebuild is your best bet, I know it's two keys while starting Aperture - I think Shift and Option. It will ask if you want to rebuild the database to let you know it's working.

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SamKva

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Feb 24, 2006 7:09 PM in response to kgelner

Hold down the Command+Option keys while starting Aperture to invoke the rebuild.

Sam

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Answer 6

Feb 24, 2006 10:21 PM in response to kgelner

Yes, it is Command+Option. Is your system up to date with 10.4.4 or 10.4.5? Did you manage to recover?

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Steve Dorsey Author

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Feb 25, 2006 8:45 AM in response to kgelner

Nope.

I cannot get Aperture to recognize the .aplibrary file (or its backup), so it cannot be rebuilt on launch. It's like Aperture is forcing me to start from scratch. It will not recognize the .aplibrary when I try to redirect the prefs to it. And there is no "open" command, and re-importing the photos will force me to re-classify them into new albums - something that took me about 12 hours of work the first time around. If I'm gonna have to do that, I'll do it in lightroom.

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Answer 8

Feb 25, 2006 9:24 AM in response to Steve Dorsey

If you've already deleted the .plist and the usual clearing stuff, it might be time to call support or drop this library on the ftp site for Apple to look at.

I can't imaging there is no way to figure out how to get it working.

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kgelner

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Feb 25, 2006 3:31 PM in response to Steve Dorsey

Nope.

I cannot get Aperture to recognize the .aplibrary
file (or its backup), so it cannot be rebuilt on
launch. It's like Aperture is forcing me to start
from scratch. It will not recognize the .aplibrary
when I try to redirect the prefs to it.

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Ok, try this - go to your .aplibrary in Finder, right click and select "Show Package Contents".

Copy all of the .aproject files in there into a new directory. Now restart Aperture, point it to to a new place to hold the library. Close down Aperture.

Go to that new .aplibrary file, right click and "Show Package Contents" again. Copy all of the .approject files into that window that pops up. Restart Aperture, and it should rebuild that new library from the projects you had.

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Steve Dorsey Author

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Feb 27, 2006 11:19 AM in response to kgelner

That worked!

Thank you so much! It took a long time to get it all taken care of, but it works like a charm now.

--------S

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