Aperture library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported.

Does anybody know how to fix this? please help!

See this page to format your drive:    Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture
After your external drive is formatted correctly, drag the Aperture library to the drive.  Formatting will erase the drive. SO besure to backup any files to a different volume before you format your drive.

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    Kirby Krieger wrote:
    Hi Shane.  Not much in the way of thoughts - - but fwiw:
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  • The document "SpeechSynthesisServer.app" could not be opened because it is damaged or incomplete.

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    Message was edited by: El Deanio

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    TD

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