Aperture/iPhoto Importer Not Working

I just downloaded the trial for Lightroom 5 and installed the Aperture/Iphone Importer plug in. I tried to use it to import my iPhoto library with almost 42,000 photos.
I already checked that the iPhoto Library is the correct one and that the destination in the "Copy images/videos to:" is set to Pictures/LightroomMasters folder
The problem is that the import button is always in gray, so I can't click it to start the import!
I am running Lightroom on a Macbook Pro with the latest OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) And Lightroom Version 5.6
Please help, I want to try Lightroom but has not started good.
Thank you.

Haven't tried it on an iPhoto library, but
Try:
-Restarting Lightroom
-Changing some of the options
-Changing the destination
-Make sure you have permissions on the destination

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None taken, I am just one of those that want to know how Aperture is handling my photos. My search in the manual and in this forum did not help entirely, until now. You are right it does not matter how Aperture handles the bundle as long as you want to continue to use Aperture. I thought it was strange that iPhoto handles it one way and Aperture handles it another. I like the way iPhoto places my photos in by year. It appears that Aperture will also do this but only for my pictures this day forward. My concern is for the future, and for something that may never happen, but I plan for it anyway. If I decide to make another change in the future, I would want to make sure at least the pictures are structured by year. I should be able to go into the Aperture bundle and copy the masters out if needed. I was hoping I could get the imported photos structure by year. I do like Aperture so far and will more than likely make the purchase.
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Yvette,
please tell as in more detail, in what way iPhoto is not working. So it is hard to guess, what might be going on.
First of all - what version of iPhoto. and what version of the Operating System?
In what way does it not work? Does it not launch? Does it crash? Unexpected results?
Are there any error messages?
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Have tried anything already to troubleshoot the problem?
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what system version are you running?
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Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
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Dear Apple Adminstration
Do you have some moral responsbility to atleast reply someone, if there is any problem in your software
or hardware, have been sending so many request to help, but there is no any response either from apple
nor from Iphoto.
Hope you would consider this matter seriously and guide us how to solve this problem, my all pictures
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Awaiting for your immediate action.
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Apple does not monitor these forums. You are addressing only other end-users like you who help each other. None of us are Apple agents.
To get feedback to Apple regarding iPhoto, please use this link:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html

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