Aperture 2 Won't Quit + Empty File

When I try to quit and get out of Aperture it won't do so. I obliged to go to forced quit.
I have a file that says it contains 12 pictures, but it is empty. Any ideas on this one/
With thanks.

I'm having the same exact issue with Aperture 2.1.4. I was using it fine on Friday night, after importing images from my iPhone and Canon 10D. Then after I quit Aperture, I went to launch it again a few hours later and it just froze / hung-up on the splash screen. Here's what I've tried so far...
1) Cmd + Opt while launching Aperture; verified and rebuilt library
2) Repaired HD permissions
3) restarted
4) moved the plist file: com.apple.aperture.plist and tried to relaunch Aperture
Result: NONE of the above worked to launch Aperture.
5) logged into other user accounts (both admin and restricted users), and Aperture OPENS FINE.
So what does that tell us? What's possibly wrong with my main user account that can't open Aperture? I don't think I need to reinstall Aperture or OSX, but perhaps some cache files or hard disk errors needs to be fixed?
Thanks for the help. -- Brian

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