Libraries locking up / iWork Pages locking Aperture ?
Hi,
my company uses a shared AFP volume where multiple Aperture libraries are stored. For some time now, users report that they cannot open some libraries. They appear to be locked or corrupt.
Repairing permissions or rebuilding the database does not help. Sometimes it helps to restore a library from a backup, but this solution is not permanent.
I checked:
- file permissions. They are correct, on both server and clients
- file system. It's OK.
- Aperture and OS X versions. Both up to date: Aperture 3.5.1 and Mavericks 10.9.2 13C64
- Caches. Cleaning them does not help.
- Aperture preferences. Resetting does not help.
When comparing a locked library with a backup, all files and folders look OK. But there's a weird thing:
Inside the Database/apdb folder, there are hidden files with the suffix -conch. Am I right that they are some kind of SQLite lock files?
However, when I delete them, they get re-created instantly.
Each time I tried deleting them, I investigated the file owners of the re-created -conch files. Most of the users didn't have Aperture running, but all of them had an open instance of Pages.
What's the link between Pages and Aperture? And how can I prevent Pages to lock up Aperture libraries?
Any suggestions and comments are welcome.
Thank you
Fritjof
Aperture 3, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)