Aperture is unable to reconnect with PSD files

I used Aperture's 'Consolidate Master' command to move some files from Referenced to Aperture's managed Library. Aperture didn't locate some PSD files with edited in external editor badges and left them behind during the file move.
The files that got abandoned are PSD files with quite a few layers. The actual file sizes are much bigger than Aperture reports in its EXIF information for the files.
I have tried using 'Manage Referenced Files' command. I locate the proper master file but Aperture won't reconnect. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Fortunately I have never made the assumption that editing a file externally preserves a fully fledged master copy in Aperture.
I always save externally edited files from Photoshop to a desktop folder intially, then import that folder when all the external editing for that shoot is complete. Only then am I convinced that I will have a Jpeg (or Psd or whatever) as a grade 1 master file.
Also, mixing file types any folder or album always seems a bit dangerous to me.

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