Also posted this on Apple’s forum. Apologies if incorrectly categorized or previously addressed!
Using Version 3.5.1. Several after-market edit plug-ins attached. Two new problems:
Very recently, when editing, the single photo viewer mode will start showing only black (blank), or shows the photo very briefly then goes black, or shows another different photo, or a damaged-looking photo. Multiple photo viewer modes still work ok. Problem goes away upon quitting and restarting Aperture, but then shortly soonafter recurs while editing.
Also, trash continually indicates 477 undeleted photos even after emptying. Additional photos added to trash get added to this count (i.e. it then indicates, say, 492 photos in trash, while showing only the actual 15 legitimate files in the trash folder), and then can successfully deleted the actual trashed files back to the mysterious 477, although with no photos actually left in the trash folder and the Empty Trash function still active for these 477 ghost files. This problem persists despite restarting.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Apple Support Community was very quick to respond, and the following process seems to have resolved these issues:
Back up hard drive and/or make DVDs of irreplaceable photos in Aperture library, then quit Aperture. Hold option & command keys simultaneously and double-click on Aperture Library icon on hard drive. First aid box should open. I first clicked on Repair Permissions but this did not resolve the problems. I started over and clicked on Repair Database, and this did the trick.
Don’t know about the first, but try repair and if that fails rebuild to fix the second. To do that hold Cmd-Option when you open Aperture and you’ll get those two options - and indeed repair permissions, might as well start with that.
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