Aperture 3 and recovered projects

I'm running Aperture 3 with Mountain Lion on an iMac. I had trouble opening Aperture 3 and went through the Repair Library Database and Repair Permissions routine a number of times. I finally removed Aperture 3 and re-installed it. After upgrading to the newest version, I noticed that I have about (4) recovered projects. When I open them, there is nothing there, but the version name and an arrow with an ! in the lower right hand corner of each of the 151 non existent photos in the project. Can I delete these Recovered Projects?

there is nothing there, but the version name and an arrow with an ! in the lower right hand corner of each of the 151 non existent photos in the project. Can I delete these Recovered Projects?
Deleting the recovered projects will not damage your Aperture Library, but they are an indication, that some images may be missing. In that case the filenames will give you an indication which images you need to restore from your backup.
Before deleting these projects, I would check first, if the images exist in your other projects. Usually there is nothing wrong, if you see "recovered projects"; sometimes files are left in the library package, when you use an external editor, that saves into the Library package, or if Aperture crashes, when writing an image version.
Regards
Léonie

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