Aperture not saving layered tiffs?

G'Day
I have been trying to import my layered PS tiffs or PSD's back into aperture, sometimes it seems to save the layers and sometimes it doesn't. Am I doing something wrong.
I do use Nikon Capture NX as part of my work flow Aperture>NX> photoshop, then import my finished tiff back into Aperture. I would prefer to save them as PSD's but Apreture never seems to save the PS layers, sometimes it will with tiff's and sometimes it won't.
Any suggestions?
thanks shane

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IF you make any changes to the layered TIFF/PSD file from within Aperture, it will flatten the file. You should only make changes to these files outside of Aperture, via "open using external editor."

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