Aperture deleting mess

Hi there everybody,
I am afraid I messed up with my Aperture library after migrating from iPhoto..
I have organized the photos in Albums, and I refer to them when I open Aperture and look for pics or when I import new ones from my camera.
But I know that pictures in Albums don't reflect exactly all the pictures you have imported, because if I delete one photo i dont like from one Albume that photo will stay in the project, and in the disk, taking space. Now, what I need is to be able to delete all the photos that don't appear in Albums, in order to free (a lot of) space. Is there a way?

because if I delete one photo i dont like from one Albume that photo will stay in the project, and in the disk, taking space.
If you want to delete images, the direct way would be to start from the projects and not from the albums. Deleting from a project will always remove the image from all albums using the image. If you are deleting from the albums and want to delete the originals as well, use the command "File > Delete original image and all versions".
Now, what I need is to be able to delete all the photos that don't appear in Albums, in order to free (a lot of) space. Is there a way?
To find all images not contained in albums, I'd open all albums one by one, select all images in the album and flag them (Metadata > Flag - look for the keyboard shortcut assigned to the command in the menu). Then I'd create a smart album (File > New > Smart album) and set the "Flag" rule to "No". This will give you an album containing all images that are not included in albums and you can delete them all at once or send them to the "Rejected" album by pressing the "9" key. But i might be safer to delete them individually, to be sure, not delete anything accidentally that you might regret later.
Also, see Frank Caggiano's User Tip on deleting versions and Masters:
Deleting version also deleted the master
Regards
Léonie

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