Each time I start Aperture I get the Server Connections Interrupted error.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Does Aperture access anything on a server? Is your Aperture library hosted on a server or a Time Capsule?
None of the above. Never was on a network. Library on internal disk. No servers of any kind. Nada.
What version of Aperture and OSX?
Ernie
OS X 10.8.5 and Aperture 3.4.5 I will admit that this did not start happening until recently. It was just after whichever one I installed last; I think it was 10.8.5
BTW, thanks
Hold down (and continue holding) the Option Key while clicking to launch Aperture. Does it allow you to see the dialogue for choosing between libraries or creating a new one?
Ernie
Yes. And when I choose the highlighted library, the one on this computer, the library comes up without the error message?
OK, now if you go back to simply clicking to launch, will it now open?
Ernie
Wow, yes. Thanks again.
Glad it got sorted. Probably had lost the path to the Library, and nothing to do with the Library, per se.
Ernie
Problem returned after computer was shut down and started up again.
I assume you can open it via the Option Key while clicking the Aperture Icon? But very odd.
What type of drive is in this iMac? A straight SATA, SSD or hybrid?
Ernie
Problem returned after computer was shut down and started up again.
That looks like Aperture cannot write its preferences file or its caches.
Have you tried to remove Aperture's preferences from the user library?
Remove the Aperture's user preferences from the User Library as described here:
Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805
Note:Your User Library is hidden by default in 10.7.x or later - to open it in a Finder window use the "Go" menu from the Finder's main menu bar.
Then try to launch Aperture again.
But deleting the "Preferences" file will cause Aperture to forget the preferences settings. Be prepared to have to reset all options you set using the Aperture Preferences panel.
When you hold down the Option key, and click to launch Aperture, is the primary library listed as the default?
Ernie
Ernie, yes it still opens with the option key, straight SATA, and primary is always the defult.
In that case, I have some doubts it is the preference behavior that Leonie describes -- but she knows a lot!
Ernie
Server Connections Interrupted when starting Aperture
