Aperture 3.1.2 on 10.6.7 mangles TIFF masters after adjust date/time

Bumping the following thread that's now a year old:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11799201
Adjusting date/time in Aperture 3.1.2, ticking the "also change master file" option now causes Aperture to display a "unsupported image format" box, also indicating that the pixel size is 900x600.
I'm at a loss, any ideas?

Matt,
Welcome to the user-supported Aperture discussion group.
Does this happens with all TIFFs? Do your TIFFs happen to be from a scanner? If so you may be interested in [this topic|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12924902&#12924902].
nathan

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The next coming up must be how to manage to sync back to Aperture the photos adjusted in iPhoto on the iOs devices:-)
Note: Any adjustments made to a version seems not to be deleted when deleting previews, but is kept and put back on a new generated preview.

Aperture 3.1.2 on 10.6.7 mangles TIFF masters after adjust date/time

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