Q: Aperture 3.24 crashes after update

No, not yet. I read some earlier comments regarding delete and re-install, but my concern is whether or not so doing will delete my images. Are the images and the program itself in different places? I'll be happy to try deleting and re-installing if it's safe to do so.

This brings up the obvious question, if I go to the Apple store and re-install, should I avoid the 3.4 update until the fix has been published? And being a curious person, I'd like to know why this occurred on my iMac and not my MacBook Pro?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Are the images and the program itself in different places? I'll be happy to try deleting and re-installing if it's safe to do so.

Sure, the program is in the Applications folder, and all your images are in your Aperture library. To uninstall Aperture delete the Aperture application from the Applications folder, but do not touch your Aperture Library.aplibrary package (probably in your "Pictures" folder). Your images will be save.

How is your backup situation? Do you have a working backup of your Apertre library? When installing new software it is advisable to have a backup.

I'm using a WD My Book as my backup device. I have a separate one for my MacBook Pro.

I'm experiencing a problem with the App Store. I got the Aperture license number off my other computer; however, the App Store doesn't show that I ever bought it. It's trying to make me pay for it again. Any suggestions?

I got the Aperture license number off my other computer; however, the App Store doesn't show that I ever bought it.

If you have a licence number, you cannot have bought Aperture from the AppStore, and then you cannot redownload it from the AppStore to install it. If you want to install the version you bought on a different machine, you have to use the original installation media you bought - the installer CDs or the disk images you downloaded. After installation use software update to update from the AppStore.

I'm at an impasse. I tricked the update system to let me re-install last night's update to 3.4. Instead of immediately quitting, it's telling me to repair the Aperture Library- which I perform, then it continues to quit unexpectedly. Sometimes it tells me it can't open the Library because the preference isn't set correctly to allow it access.

I've been scewing with this fix for several hours now. I'm going to bed. Maybe the people at Apple will read all those automatic error messages and create a fix.

Eureka! A developer friend of mine suggested that I enter the Terminal mode and type in this string:

rm -f ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Aperture.plist

That solved the problem. Aperture opened normally and then asked me to run a repair of the Aperture Library, which I did. Once that finished, the app opened normally and took me to the main Projects screen.

Thanks to all those who offered suggestions.

Thank you Frozenfire1,

Copied and pasted the command you posted in terminal and Aperture now works fine.

Thank you for taking the time to post

This thread has sidetracked a bit, but replying to the original issue; I get this as well, on 10.8.2 with Aperture 3.4.3 on a fresh install.  (I just updated to 10.8.2 before installing Aperture, and I just purchased + downloaded Aperture from the Mac App Store.)  The Plugin file referenced in the earlier posts of this thread is dated 2008 for me; I do have FCE 4 installed on my machine.