Aperture shows master files in diff location than it placed them

I know this must be simple, but I didn't find in when searching the forum. I imported images as referenced files while telling Aperture to copy the originals to a new location on an external hard drive where I want my master images to reside. The files showed up where they were supposed to, but when I looked in the 'Master Location' column in Aperture it seems to be telling me the master image is in the Aperture Library. The information matches the names I used for the folders and albums I created for storing the referenced images.
What gives?

Just to be sure, try right-clicking on one image. Directly under the first item, "Open With External Editor" should be "Show In Finder". That means Aperture is tracking your referenced file. If "Show In Finder" is not there, then your photo was copied to the Aperture library and is being managed by Aperture.

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You can import images into Aperture as referenced originals, and reference them in their original location, without moving them into the aperture library. Only you must not move them, rename them, edit them in any way after importing them into Aperture, for that will break the connection between the version in Aperture and the referenced original master.
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Select all the files, and either select "Manage Referenced Files" from the File menu or from the contextual menu when you right click the selected files. Use the dialogue that appears to navigate to your master files [make sure that "Show only Files Not Found" is NOT selected] and reconnect your files. If you have files in a number of albums/projects/folders this may take some time.
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First wanted to see if someone had seen this situation before
The subject of Aperture completely aside, it is not uncommon for files to sprout in unexpected places when there are disk problems. If you have not already done so you should use Disk Utility to Verify the disk(s) where your masters and Aperture app and library reside before you attempt to do anything else. While you are in Disk Utility check the S.M.A.R.T status as well. If you try to fix things within Aperture you could make things worse if your disks aren't in tip-top shape.
I'm new to Aperture so I will leave advice on how to relocate your masters to experienced users.

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there is a question that is making me crazy.
I got all my master file inside an external Hd (named 1).
The entire collection of the master file is backed up inside another external Hd (named 2).
The question is: in case Hd 1 get broken, how can I "tell" to Aperture to select the master file inside the Hd 2 (that are right the same)?
Is there a shortcut?
I hope someone can help me to solve that.
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If I understand, in Aperture you can select different location for different files.
If you want to move only some pictures from the external Hd into another location (for example your Pc Hd), you can select them then choose file/relocate master and select a different location for them.
The suggest is maintain the same folder structure while moving this files.
Aperture is still able to find them.
In case you get confused about the exact location of a pictures, simply right click on the mouse and select "show in the finder".
I hope this is what you asked.
Simone

How can I import Master files from my iPhoto library to my Aperture lib?...

... That is knowing that I have already imported all my iPhoto library but I selected the option "in their current location" from the "store files" pop-up menu.
So right now, all my pictures are referenced images in Aperture but stored in their current locations on the iPhoto folder.
I simply want to get the masters back into Aperture.
How can I do that?
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There are some tutorials here
http://www.apple.com/aperture/tutorials/
one of which is specific to Aperture/iPhoto
Essentially though what you are wanting to do with your referenced master files is to
File/Consolidate Master/
Definitely worth having a read of the pro's and cons of managed vs referenced files.
RB maintains a great site with a wealth of ideas on workflows, worth having a erad of these.
http://photo.rwboyer.com/
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I (like a lot of others on here!) am having trouble with my photos in Aperture 2 displaying the yellow exclamation mark and grey arrow badge.
When I go to File > Relocate Master..., I get a message saying they cannot be found.
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A mistake I used to make that resulted in this is when I import photos, not double checking the option to save them into the Aperture library, or leave them where they already are on the hard drive. Then, I'd delete the originals, and bang, exclamation points.
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I am missing master files from Aperture 3. I rebuilt the library with no success.
Oddly, I can't even find them in Time Machine even though I know I exported versions of them. The entire month of imports doesn't ever appear in Time Machine even though I have proof that I used the master files to export in July. I haven't used Time Machine a lot so maybe I'm missing something.
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Have you checked, if the missing masters are inside the Aperture Library package?
Sometimes Aperture looses the connection to managed masters.
You need to find out the exact date that you imported your images - you can find that information in the "Import Session" metadata tag - ad this tag to one of the metadata preset that you use to display the metadata in the info panel - set themetadata preset in the info panel to "edit".
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