Aperture keywords not working

I am using 3.5. I select a group of photos in the browser (or list) and drag the keyword from the HUD over the selection, but it only attaches to the one I actually stop on. What's up?

As firstlaunch wrote you probably have Primary only set. When that is on actions only apply to the primary selection.
See Edit->Primary Only
Or the icon at the bottom right of the viewer

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Every May I work on the 5th Grade recognition slideshow (using Keynote) for our 5th grade students. In iPhoto, I always give photos the checkmark keyword after I've placed that photo so that I know it's been added/used. I have many smart photo albums with keywords like "5th graders 2012-2013" and others like the checkmark.
None of the smart albums seem to be recognizing and using the checkmark even though it's one of the smart album criteria. For example, I have a smart album called
"5th grade-already used" which has the criteria Match All: Keyword is "5th graders-2012-2013" and Keyword is "✔". However, even after giving some photos the checkmark keyword, this smart album shows up empty.
Similarly, I have another smart album called "5th-Still to use" which has criteria Match All: Keyword is "5th graders-2012-2013" and Keyword is not "✔". The photos that I've placed the checkmark on are STILL showing up here.
These smart albums have always worked before. Has anyone else noticed issues with the checkmark keyword not working properly? It has to have happened with an update sometime in the past year.

When I went to open the library using iPhoto Library Manager, it had to upgrade the library to work with this version of iPhoto.
That's normal.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In Library Manager it's the FIle -> Rebuild command)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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TD

Keyword not working in search bar.

I added keyword for search engines in search bar: for example, for You Tube, it is yt. In the search bar I enter, "yt Avatar" and it displays a Google search for the entry. Why are the keywords not working?

You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search
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I uploaded the latest X Yosemite and fond that Aperture did not work. Then I started the new Picture but are not able to upload all my pictures (app half of them) have anybody had the same issue? and can potentially advise me on how to fix it?

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Could someone run the Aperture Checker please.
Cheers

While Aperture will work I believe you need to use a product like Pacifist…
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743
… to get around the Apple installer's system checks.
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Keywords not working as expected

OK, so I decided to go through some of my images today and start adding keywords. I watched the Keyword Quick Tour, read the manual and it all seemed pretty nifty. I particularly liked the Heirachical keywording which, s I understood it, would allow me to apply keywords to some vacation pictures as follows:
New Zealand
-South Island
--Christchurch
--Dunedin
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if you use the Limited Text search option and search for South Island, you should get all images including those using the sub-keywords. what kind of weird results are you getting?
as for the second part of your question: Aperture doesn't link the keywords in the images to the keywords in the Keyword HUD. I believe it writes the keywords directly to the image and automatically orphans them there.
what's happening when you change the hierarchy?

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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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(5)
Raw or jpeg images?
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Yes to the settings, I have always had that setting, I tried reset but still no Result.
(7)
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(9)
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(10)
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