Aperture crashes on photo import every time

Question

Hi there,
I have just installed Aperture on my 10.6.8 System and wanted to import my iPhoto library (sufficient space there is, before anybody asks).
But right after I click on "import", Aperture crashes with the following report (concise version, if I should post the lot, let me know):
Crash Log:
Process:         Aperture [2857]
Path:            /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Identifier:      com.apple.Aperture
Version:         3.2.3 (3.2.3)
Build Info:      Aperture-203040000000000~4
App Item ID:     408981426
App External ID: 6826406
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [348]
Date/Time:       2012-04-01 11:04:27.723 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version:  6
Interval Since Last Report:          155953 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           8
Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  638 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
Anonymous UUID:                      21C0734D-26B3-4149-A59A-9F75CEE83B31
Exception Type:  EXC_ARITHMETIC (SIGFPE)
Exception Codes: EXC_I386_DIV (divide by zero)
Crashed Thread:  15
Thread 15 Crashed:
0   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff8300c648 CMMNamedColorTag::CMMNamedColorTag(icTagSignature, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, CMMMemMgr&, CMMTag*, CMMTagDataAccess*, CMMColorSpaceType) + 352
1   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff8300df25 CMMProfile::MakeTag(icTagSignature, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, CMMTag*, CMMTagDataAccess*) + 747
2   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff8300e5ab CMMProfile::GetTag(icTagSignature) + 639
3   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff8301052f ConversionManager::AddNamedColorPCSToIndex(CMMProfile*) + 47
4   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff83017569 ConversionManager::MakeConversionSequence(CMMProfileInfoContainer*, CMMColorConversionInfo*) + 1205
5   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff83018bcd DoInitializeTransform + 765
6   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff83019308 AppleCMMInitializeTransform + 164
7   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff83046d00 ColorSyncCMMInitializeTransform + 112
8   com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff82fed14f ColorSyncTransformCreate + 1964
9   libCSync.A.dylib                        0x00007fff8197e126 create + 1059
10  libCSync.A.dylib                        0x00007fff81976e16 getInfo + 634
11  libCSync.A.dylib                        0x00007fff819767c7 CMSValidateProfile + 105
12  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff85bfdb1f CGCMSInterfaceValidateProfile + 39
13  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff85bfdaf3 CGCMSUtilsValidateProfile + 9
14  com.apple.CoreGraphics                  0x00007fff85bfefdd CGColorSpaceCreateWithICCData + 80
15  com.apple.geode                         0x00000001018769a9 -[DGColorSyncProfile initWithProfileData:] + 730
16  com.apple.geode                         0x0000000101876612 +[DGColorSyncProfile addProfile:] + 48
17  com.apple.geode                         0x00000001018765dd DGCMProfileIterator + 26
18  ColorSyncDeprecated.dylib               0x00007fff87b12cfa profileIterateCallback + 854
19  com.apple.ColorSync                     0x00007fff82feece3 ColorSyncProfileCacheIterateProfiles + 2577
20  ColorSyncDeprecated.dylib               0x00007fff87b1298f CMIterateColorSyncFolder + 54
21  com.apple.geode                         0x00000001018764fc +[DGColorSyncProfile synchronizeProfiles] + 293
22  com.apple.geode                         0x000000010187637a +[DGColorSyncProfile newProfileWithName:] + 25
23  com.apple.RedRock                       0x00000001009f1d3f -[RKMetadata _digestedExifAttributesFromRawAttributes:] + 7423
24  com.apple.RedRock                       0x00000001009efff9 -[RKMetadata setRawImageAttributes:] + 89
25  com.apple.RedRock                       0x0000000100a7f9e4 -[RKMetadata initWithPath:cgImageSource:options:sidecar:] + 948
26  com.apple.RedRock                       0x0000000100a9d09d +[RKImportThumbnailer newThumbnailDataForPath:metadata:thumbnail:versionRotation:importRef:] + 381
27  com.apple.RedRock                       0x0000000100a9cebe +[RKImportThumbnailer newImportThumbnailDataForImportRef:] + 254
28  com.apple.RedRock                       0x0000000100a9cc61 +[RKImportThumbnailer thumbnailDataForImportRef:forAlbum:] + 241
29  com.apple.RedRock                       0x0000000100a51e5f -[RKImporter metadataForImportRef:] + 79
30  com.apple.RedRock                       0x0000000100a4c7f2 -[RKImporter performJob:] + 5634
31  com.apple.proxtcore                     0x0000000101b2102d -[XTDistributor distributeMessage:] + 541
32  com.apple.proxtcore                     0x0000000101b2098d -[XTThread handleMessage:] + 349
33  com.apple.proxtcore                     0x0000000101b1f5aa -[XTThread run:] + 394
34  com.apple.Foundation                    0x00007fff829bc114 __NSThread__main__ + 1429
35  libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00007fff85615fd6 _pthread_start + 331
36  libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00007fff85615e89 thread_start + 13
I have no third-party plugins or somesuch and have not altered the contents of my ColorSync profiles folder for yonkers. Further, import used to work in iPhoto until a few days ago. Same scenario when trying to import images into iPhoto, same crash thread, same entries. Any ideas what these colorsync, geode and redrock entries are trying to tell me? I#D be happ to play forensics if someone can point me in the right direction.
Any help is appreciated, I need to get my photos back in action. Thanks, Oliver

Answer 1

Oliver,
does it also happen, when you start Aperture or iPhoto from a different account ad try to import there? Just trying to find out if it may be some settings in your user library or an system wide installation.
what where the last software/hardware/firmware upgrades you did recently?
Regards
Léonie