Aperture 2.0 Library disappeared after conversion in Aperture 3.0

Well, this is BAD. Converting the old Aperture 2 library in Aperture 3 and Aperture 3 crashed at the end of the process. After I restarted the program I got the message that there was no longer an aperture library. After checking in the finder I found that my whole library has actually disappeared from my system. What is the deal here? How come the library is completely gone, is there ANY way to get it back? And when I tried to start Aperture 2 again I got the message that the aperture library is a newer version and therefor cannot load. How come Aperture 2 seems to find a aperture library and aperture 3 can not? Is it maybe hidden from view in the finder or something? Any ideas?????
Hope to hear from you soon, thanks
Cheers Q!

Alaninnorway wrote:
Yes, I must agree. I have exactly the same problem. Come on Apple - do not invite us to 30 day free trial and give us this hassle for the weekend.
Any help appreciated.
The 30 day free trial cannot convert an Aperture 2 library.
Using the trial you can can only import into a new Aperture 3 library, and should not have any of these conversion issues.
We converted 6 workstations this weekend, specifically did not convert the imaging as that can be done in the future on an as-needed basis.
All of the libraries reside on disks that are no more than 40% full, for performance reasons.
The first library we converted was 500GB and at about 2.5 hours it froze at about 58%. I trashed the partial conversion and started over with a clean copy. This time, in Aperture 2 I did a Library rebuild before I converted. After this the conversion ran perfectly, in about 4 hours.
I ended up with a new file called Aperture Library, and another file called Aperture Library_Original. I found that this is the way the conversion is designed if you have the diskspace for 2 full Libraries. If you do not, it will delete the original after the conversion.
At any rate before converting run a rebuild in Aperture 2, and then make a backup of that library. You will then have a very clean original should anything happen in the conversion.
I am happy to say we followed the rebuild and backup on the other 5 Libraries, ranging in size from 500GB to 1.2 TB, and all the other conversions went smoothly.
The key is have plenty of diskspace available, more than double the size of your library, and Aperture will leave an Aperture Library_Original which can still be opened in A2.
Sincerely,
K.J. Doyle

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