Aperture runs but does nothing when importing, updating vault, emptying trash

I'm new to Aperture but experienced with similar applications (I've made the move from PC to Mac). I downloaded the latest version 3.2.2 on to my new 27" iMac, 2.7Ghz, Lion, 4Gbyte RAM, terabyte HD etc (standard config). I very much like Aperture, apart from its regular crashes/doing nothing episodes. I have experienced troubles in three areas:
- See screenshot below. Aperture appears to do nothing while taking up all system resources while importing 2k files. The log says nothing has been imported but the entire Mac slows down. Other folders with more files are OK others not. It al appears a bit random. I am importing from folders copied to the local HD, using the option 'folders/project'. My photo library is 16k images (all jpg) stored in regular folders.
- when deleting many files in Aperture trash, the same spinning wheel as importing again with nothing happening.
- when updating the vault, same as above 2, spinning wheel nothing else.
In all three cases Aperture seems still to be running, but I always have to finally force quit. Upon re-boot, all seems to work until the next issue is found!
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Hello Gary,
That is not much to go on. Try to narrow down the problem by a few simple tests:
to find out, if your library is corrupted in some way, start aperture with a new, empty library
File -> Switch to library -> other/new
and see, if Aperture is running without problems on a different library.
If that should be the case, try to repair your library.
If Aperture does not run from a different library, try to launch it from a different account. If that succeeds, thrash your Preference,
If all fails, reinstall Aperture.
The trouble shooting measures are described here:
Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805
Good luck
Léonie

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