Buying Aperture 3 after trial

Before you say, I know there are other posts here about this issue, but most of those feature people who had Aperture 1 or 2, but I haven't. If there are other posts that cover this please link the solution.
I downloaded the 30 day trial but it is now refusing to let me purchase the full version. I now get the message saying "buy", "authorise" or "quit".
Authorise asks for a serial, but as i don't have a previous version I have no such code.
'Buy' eventually opens the Mac AppStore on the purchase page, but when I click purchase it comes up with the following
- "Aperture is already installed on this computer. Choose Software Update from the Apple menu to check for available updates."
When I go through the Software Update it says nothing needs updating.
Any ideas, that don't involve removing the App and reinstalling as I have procesed works in my Aperture library that I'd like to maintain.

Any ideas, that don't involve removing the App and reinstalling as I have procesed works in my Aperture library that I'd like to maintain.
Removing the Trial Version will not harm your Aperture Library. You really only need to remove the Trial Application from the Applications Folder (or rename it) to be able to download the full version from the AppStore - that should fix the complaints. The full version will be able to open and upgrade your current Aperture Library.
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P.S. Is your signature current? Aperture 3.2.2 needs OS 10.6.8 or later.

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Your projects are part of your Aperture Library (or Aperture Libraries, if you created several); by default the Aperture Library will be stored in the "Pictures" folder in your home folder and called "Aperture Library.aplibrary".
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I'm not a professional, just a hobbyist with a bit iPhoto library and some Photoshop knowledge. I was planning to buy Aperture when Apple next updated it because I liked the idea of being able to do more sophisticated Photoshop-esque tweaking of levels, curves, filters etc whilst still only having one unified photo library for iPhoto and Aperture. It's important in my household to have photos accessible in iPhoto too.
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Have a look at Capture One Pro as well - IMO it is the most Aperture like tool out there, it doesn't have as big a feature set as Aperture, but what it does have is very good quality some of it better than Aperture. There is a free trial avaialble, and its on for half price right now.
There are a number of comparisons recommending the quality ofCapture One's raw convertor; I personally like it much better than Aperture's raw convertor (admittedly only checked with my own Panasonic raw files). I also like its gradient brush, the ability to copy masks between edits (and invert them), and the ability to assign multiple edit functions to the same mask. (I miss the ability to control levels, curves, highlight and shadow modification with a brush or mask)
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How did you buy it online? Did you buy a registration number from the Apple Store?
Then you can download the Trial version from this link:
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and run Software Update immediately after installing.
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But what exactly is the error you get, when you try to launch Aperture? Maybe you need to do more than updating.
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Your Mac seems to be compatible with Aperture (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1657), but is your camera? Here is a list of cameras, that are supported by Aperture, see: Apple - Aperture - Technical Specifications - RAW Support
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because i know a little about digital photography
That is a bit ambigious - do you want to say that you have some experience with digital photography, or nearly none at all? Have you tried iPhoto and do you like it? iPhoto comes on every newer mac included for free, so you could give it a try. Aperture and iPhoto are related, they are both supporting a lossless workflow - you can always undo all edits and your original images are preserved, and both are compatible. Each application can open the photl library of the other app.
Only Aperture has advanced editing tools and more possibilites to organize and search your images.
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If you are purchasing from the Mac App store, then you would drag the trial version to the trash first and empty trash (since the trial version has expired).
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