Can't open Aperture

Hi Leonie:

As for downloading new programs etc. answer is no.

As for photos, yes, a few but didn't put them in my aperture library. They are still

in the iPhoto library.

I tried opening Aperture using the shift key at the same time, same problem.

Here is the snapshot of the Applications folder but I can't access the info you're looking

for .... my screen looks somewhat different than yours.

Problem is .. when I select Aperture icon to get the additional info, it tries to open the program and I get that

same advisory that I get all the time.

Hi again: I tried Frank's suggestion but still get the same outcome.

I'm kind of at my wits end about this. I'm no great computer whiz at the best of times

but usually I can figure out something that works, even if I'm not sure why it works.

Not this time. Totally flumoxed !

Hi:

When I use the alt/option key and try to open Aperture it gives me

a small window that asks which library I wish to access - the iPhoto or

the Aperture libray. When I choose the Aperture library, I get the

usual advisory telling me there i the problem cited above.

Aperture will access the iPhoo library with no problem ... but

when it comes to the Aperture library there seems to be an incompatability

between Aperture and the library .... I've no idea why.

Is there a way I can tell Aperture the route to connect to the library?

I've no idea how to get that info and direct Aperture to do that.

This seems to be a real conundrum.

Hi Leonie and Frank:

Well, we're making some progress.

My version of the OS on this external hard drive is

Mac OS extended.

The Library is showing 3.4.5.

I did the create new trick as you suggested, and ended up with Aperture working but no photos at all.

I uploaded 96 new photos and Aperture worked exactly as it has in the past ... perfectly.

It seems that the HD worked as it should as well.

So, correct me if I'm wrong but it would seem that Aperture can't find the path to the old

Aperture library. The new one seems to be working fine and the panel asking options as to which

library I want (iPhoto or Aperture) only allows for those two choices ... no choice for the old library.

Now, before I actually started fooling around with all this, I downloaded (copied) the original aperture library to another external HD ... just in case I needed to get back to it - even though it might be corrupted.

Any suggestions as to how to proceed from here? I'd be most appreciative if I could get those photos back.

My old computer in Canada is an iMac and has Aperture 2 on it (I never upgraded the program) and it's library is backed up 5 ways from Sunday ... but none of the photos in my aperture 3 library (old or new) will play on the Ap 2. I would rather not upgrade the old iMac until I know I can access the old aperuture 3 library. Why screw with something that works?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

mike

Okay .... let me get this straight ..... the permissions on the drive are such that I have full access to read and write.

The new aperture drive is on the Toshiba external drive. The old library is on the other back up external HD.

So your suggestion is to import the old library from the back up HD to the Toshiba and into the new library.

Is that correct?

And exactly which keys refer to the "⌥⌘-key combination". I have the "⌘" key but no idea what the other one is.

At this point I'll try anything that sounds logical.

Thanks again ...M...

Hi again folks;

I followed the suggested course of actions and on one occasion came up with the window telling my "Library needed upgrading" .... but I tried to find the upgrade download at Apple and couldn't locate it.

Tried the other repair/rebuild suggestions as well and in all cases the Aperture program eventually opened but no photos could be found. It's like the entire DB has disappeared.

Under info, the library shows 90.9 MB of data. Seems to me thats not all that many photos if you use

16mb jpg camera (larger files than the norm) ... which I do. Also had a few (very few) raw data photos as well as some mpegs. There should be some 20,000 photos on this HD .... so any idea where they went?

Here's another one for you .....

I checked the library info and it tells me there is only the 90.9 mb of data onboard.

So, i went to the disc utility and here's what I found:

You can see there is a cart load of files (382,933 to be exact) on that HD. The only folder showing on that HD is the Aperture library .... all others that were there have been transferred off.

254 GB is a lot more than 90 MB. So, how do I get to them?

If you can come up with the answer, you'll be doing me a great service.

Thanks ...M...