Create an aperture library

Hello,
my i-photo is a very old version and not compatible with aperture.
What I would like to do is to keep all photos so far in i-photo and start a new
library for the new photos in aperture.
The problem is that I can't open aperture, the mac always wants to have a new
transformed version of the i-photo library first.
The old things shoul stay in i-photo as I have done my photobooks there and they
shall be lost in an update procedure of i-photo.
Is anybody there who can help?
Kind regards and thanks a lot in advance CQ

It would really help to invest 15$ in the new iPhoto version. Then iPhoto and aperture can share the same libraries. If you want to view your iPhoto books, open the photo library in iPhoto, if you want to use Aperture's advanced adjustments, tagging, and organisation switch to Aperture. You can easily switch between both applications on the same library from within the application using the File menu:
File > Open Library in Aperture (or in iPhoto).
I am using both iPhoto and Aperture this way and it makes it very easy.
But it is no longer possible to import older iPhoto libraries directly to Aperture. To be able to use an iPhoto librariy with Aperture it has to be upgraded by the newest iPhoto version.
Aperture 3.3: Using a unified photo library with iPhoto and Aperture
Regards
Léonie

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assume I was prompted by Aperture to import all my Iphotos but I don't remember how this was done. Since I am so ignorant about Macs I assume that I didn't do anything other than follow the prompts.
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If you selected Store Files "Choose", and selected a folder, then your master image files are currently in some folder outside the Aperture library, but not in the iPhoto Library.
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I have a gazillion pics in the trash due to multiple imports. I assumed that I was only moving pointers to the trash and that all these duplications were not true duplicates, I now think that this is a wrong assumption. If these are indeed duplicates then dumping trash will free up a lot of space ?
After consolidating you can empty the Aperture Trash. Thedisk space will only be freed, after you empty the trash on your Desktop as well.
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Léonie
P.S: Post back, if you have more questions.

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