Unable to Order Book from Aperture

This error can be caused by timeouts - either due to too much traffic on Apple's severs, or firewalls or antivirus software interfering, or incompatible third party software installed, or simply the Energy Server kicking in too early. Try to temporarily disabling firewalls like Little Snitch, antivirus software, and the Energy Saver in the System Preferences.

Check the system status at Apple's page: http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

For iPhoto books it usually helpes to boot the computer into Safe Mode, before trying to order Print products. Safe mode will disable third-party extensions and Preference panes, so some problems with incompatible software will be prevented. Only, Aperture will be terribly slow in Safe mode, if you can launch it at all. But booting into Safe Mode may help to clear some settings, even if you have to reboot again back to normal mode, so give it a try.

Perhaps this time-out glitch is related to the end of daylight saving time in Australia. Check your settings for date and time in the System preferences, also your location settings in System Preferences > Language&Region. your region should be set to australia, if you are ordering from an Australian Store.

Other possible problems:

• Are you ordering from the correct store? Make sure, the "region" settings in the System Preferences "Language&Region" are set to Australia.
• If your book contains a corrupted image file and the preview cannot be rendered, you may receive misleading error messages, when you try to order the book. Check the preview: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040
• If there is a problem with your AppleID and services have been disabled for security reasons, you may get similar error messages - try, if you can buy a free item from the iTunes Store or the AppStore, to check, if your AppleID is working. If there is a problem, reenter your address and credit card details at https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/

If all fails, give the Australian Print Products Store a call - use the phone number on this page: http://store.apple.com/au/help/print_products

"washed-out " rings a bell: do your photos look like in this thread?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5594817?answerId=24082431022#24082431022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5712618

Are you using on-screen proofing with a non-standard color profile?

Anyone?

Check, if your original images are still o.k. If yes, look at my answer in this thread:

HT4007 Re: Photoes becoming corrupted

And I hope, others with more ideas will chime in.

Try this:

Create a new version from one of the corrupted images:

From the "Photos" menu: New version from original.

Is this version correct? Then use the "Lift&Stamp" tool and try to transfer the adjustments from the previous version.

I'd try to transfer the adjustments one by one - you can deselect them individually in the Lift&STamp HUD.

I backed up my data, then selected the "Rebuild Database" option in Aperture. After doing so, the versions look right again (not washed out).

That is great! 🙂

Rebuilding recreated all versions new from the originals, so that probably fixed it.

Good luck for the book.

😮

What happens, when you reimport one of the originals? Does it stay o.k.? (This test will tell you, if the edited version is currupted)

What happens, when you import one of the originals into a new Aperture library? Does it stay o.k.? (This test will tell you, if the problem is caused by the current library).

What happens, when launch Aperture from a different user account and import a few of your washed out images? Are they o.k in differentt user account? (This test will tell you, if the problem is caused by settings in your current user account).

Looking back through this long thread, have you ever tried to reinstall Aperture? You should try that, if you are seeing the same problem in all user accounts.