Can't import new photos to default catalog in LR3,5

Hi!
I'm running LR3,5 on OSx10.5.8 and recently I've lost the ability to import new photos (from hdd). My default catalog (so far I've been using only one) contains appx.33k photos and I can't import new shots. Yesterday I was shooting tethered camera and everything went fine. Today I wanted to import new files (from hdd) and noticed that "import button" is completly inactive. Dead. I set up a new catalog and managed to process todays photos but when I'm switching to previous catalog the "import" button is still dead.
Thoughts? Ideas? Please help!
Thank you in advance!

Just checked the histogram issue-seems OK:
I'm a bit ashamed to ask but where do I find preferences file?
Thanks in advance,
Kuba

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