Aperture is unstable on my MacBook Pro.

After using Aperture for about 10 minutes the application keeps crashing. I upgraded to 2.1 and it did not resolve issue. It seems to crash more consistently when I use "Auto Levels" to correct a many photos at a time. Right before it happens, the color wheel show up more often and the memory usage is large. Just before it crashes if I click on one of my JPG images it all of the sudden will draw a blank red screen and show the message "image format not supported". If I FORCE QUIT and relaunch aperture and go back to my images they will display (JPG). I keep having to work in 10 minute cycles. I would expect a pro application would be more stable. My workflow is simple crop and auto level colors. I really like the tool and interface for productivity reasons, but it is hard to be productive when the application can not stay alive. Any feedback or options would be great.

Aperture is generally stable, so something is going on with your specific MBP. If you have not maxxed out RAM I suggest you do so. And check to see that the MBP sees all your RAM. Also, how full is the hard drive?
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