Aperture 3.3 library upgrade seems frozen

I updated to Aperture 3.3 last week and the updating of the library has seemingly frozen at 91% of step 7/7. I left it alone for about 3 days now without change. I forced quit and restarted a couple times before just letting it go. It seems to be doing something as it's using 90% of CPU. I'm guessing it is stuck on video? If so is there anyway to get in there to remove the video now that the upgrade has started?

You may have a corruption of the library that needs repairing, before you upgrade the library.
For many people it helped to "Force Quit" and to rebuild the library before trying to upgrade again.
To rebuild the database, hold down the ⌥⌘-key combination, while double clicking your Aperture library. Then select "Rebuild database" from the "First Aid" panel.
If really a corrupted video should be causing the trouble, launch Aperture with the "Shift" key held down. This will defer the generation of previews, and probaly enable you to open the library in Aperture. Then delete the video from the library.
Regards
Léonie

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