Aperture 3.3 Repeatedly generating 7000 previews upon start

I noted that I am not alone in this as there are already some posting the same issue here on Apple Communities. Hope we find a solution soon.

Just wanted to update - no solution yet.

1. I have now deleted Aperture completely with ALL preferences and traces one can find on the OSX (In ~/Library/Preferences ~/Library/Application Support)
2. I rebooted the iMac
3. Ran "Repair Permissions" and "Verified Disk" - all fine no issues
4. Installed Aperture 3.1 (that is the install dmg I have)
5. Ran Update Software and updated to 3.3.1
6. Opened my Aperture Library
7. and again got 7800 previews generating
8. I allowed it to finish, closed Aperture
9. Launched Aperture - generating 7800 of those same previews again
10. Closed Aperture, launched it holding Option+Command keys and set it to Rebuild the Library

Nothing, I constantly get this issue of Aperture generating 7800 previews. It must be a bug.

Just a quick addition, last night I let Aperture finish the generation of the 7000+ previews. Then let it run. The iMac went to sleep mode and when I woke it up this morning, Aperture began generating the 7000+ previews again. Definitely a BUG! So not even a relaunch is necessary!

I just created a new Library. Then imported the old Library into it. Same behavior. When launched, generating Previews as before. 😢

Thank's again to all who chip in. I have now done the following:

Restarted iMac into Lion Recovery Mode and Verified and Repaired Disk - there were no issues at all.

I then restarted the iMac and Repaired Permissions (via Disk Utility) - no issues found

Then I copied my referenced Library to my brand new MacBook Air (less than 10 days old). When I launched it all went well, no Preview generation, no matter how many times I launched it. BUT! Since my Library is referenced I then loaded the HDD in my iMac (via Finder) where the originals (masters) reside and launched Aperture. All went well. I clicked on some photos and choose "Show in Finder ...". Finder showed the original on my iMac drive. Then I closed Aperture and as it was closing, it not only shared previews with iLife as instructed in Preferences, it also popped second pop-up "Upgrading Library ..." Then it closed.

I relaunched Aperture and it almost instantly began generating 7300+ previews.

Then, I ejected the HDD in my iMac via Finder on the MBA. Closing down Aperture (on MBA), it again Updated the Library. Relaunching Aperture resulted in NO preview generation.

I did the same exercise on mu iMac (I have 256GB SSD with OSX, apps and Aperture library on it and I have 2TB HDD in it). I ejected the HDD, closing Aperture, it automatically "Updated Library". Relaunching Aperture without the HDD loaded (so Referenced Library without the originals available) resulted in no Preview generation. Rebooting iMac and having HDD load up again brought the behavior back!

Go figure. At least I know reinstalling OSX is not necessary.

Opening up Console on MBA shows the below, any ideas? (I filtered for Aperture in the search field of Console)

7/5/12 8:00:07.029 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:02:07.237 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:05:52.676 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:06:58.592 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:07:50.803 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

Opening up Console on iMac shows the below, any ideas? (I filtered for Aperture in the search field of Console)

7/5/12 7:46:58.281 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:03:11.713 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:09:25.891 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:18:23.902 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

7/5/12 8:18:39.422 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

7/5/12 8:18:39.429 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

7/5/12 8:18:57.853 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

7/5/12 8:20:11.603 PM Aperture: The class 'NSProMenuItem' overrides the method identifier. This method is implemented by class 'NSMenuItem'

7/5/12 8:20:20.907 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

7/5/12 8:20:37.443 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

7/5/12 8:20:37.453 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

7/5/12 8:20:55.112 PM authexec: executing /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/VacuumFilesAndFolders

txinfl wrote:

Hey There, Had the same issue. I think I fixed it by doing two things.

1) Select all images in the library, and "Update Priview", it may take a while depending how many. I had about 60,000 images in RAW. I have a similar machine to yours which I jsut purchased in May to do this upgrade. I did the process over night and it had finished by morning.

2) "Rebuild the Database" - hold down "option" and "command" while opening Aperture. This step may take a while however I have had to do it twice, once before for another issue, it seemed to finish in a few hours. Keep an eye on the "Activity Monitor" and watch that it is processing (you can watch the reads and writes) it may say "not responding" as long as it continues to make the reads and writes let it go.

I was reluctant to do it, but the Apple Support person told me the only other suggestion was to delete all the previews and regenerate. I figured it would take days with 60,000 images so I went this route. It has been a week now and all seems fine.

Good Luck!!

Jack

Hi Jack;

I did what you suggested (Update Previews and Rebuild Library) but it did not help. I did, at one point also delete all 40GB of previews and had them regenerated but it did not change anything.

My suspission is that something had to change in Aperture in handling referenced files. I did not have this issue before 3.3. I will keep trying but if it doesn't go away, I will just wait for Mountain Lion, reinstall OSX and hope it goes away then.