Aperture slow sync to apple tv 2 ( I mean hours)

Hi....
I have a large photo library within aperture 3.1.2, and I have an apple TV 2 that I use for casual browsing of the library.
The issue that I have is that when I add new photos to aperture, it can take a day or more until they show up in apple tvs photos.
Its almost as if apple tv is looking at an older version of my aperture library.
I have done a software update in the mac that serves apple tv, and also, ensured that apple tv is up to date. I've tried closing itunes, aperture, logged off, log on, rebooted apple tv 2 (by unplagging)- to no avail, restarted itunes, aperture, apple tv etc etc.
I just dont seem to be able to say to apple tv 2 the equivalent of "hey, go an refresh your view of aperture, there are new photos in there "
This is really frustrating, because the photos that i want to look at the most, are typically those that I have just taken.
Its really weird. As an other example, if i make a new smart album in aperture say "photos from last couple of days", with the obvious smart album selection criteria, then this too does not appear in apple tv 2 until a few hours later.
This smart album works as expected in aperture- no problems.
They will turn up later, but apparently with no rhyme or reason as to the timing.
I think its down to apple TV storing an older version of metadata for the aperture library.
I could understand it if I had no photos at all coming across, or if only photos with previews that come across, but no, it doesnt appear to be any setting such as that, becuase they will come over, eventually.
This appears to be a big bug- New photos cant be shown on apple TV for a day or two - grrrrrr.
Im pulling my hair out with it.
Any help really appreciated

Before photos can be shared to the ATV2, the images must be optimized, and some info stored in a file in the package of the particular Aperture Library you last used (if you have more than one) named iPod Photo Cache (don't worry about the name). This takes time apparently, and I often see some elapsed time before seeing on the ATV2. Since the device has no memory to hold the image content, this is not really syncing in the same sense as with an iPad or first generation ATV.
However, I never have more than a few albums selected to Share, as my primary Aperture is very large, and impractical to peruse on the ATV2. Still, it can take time to update the needed file in the package.
This file, which is in the package both in each separate Aperture Library and that of the iPhoto Library. This is why only one library can be shared with the ATV2.
Ernie

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