Do Not Import Duplicates

Hello,
We are using Aperture 3.3.1. and we noticed that the import system with 'Do Not Import Duplicates' ins't working very well.
When we put some pictures from our SanDisk CompactFlash 8GB card on our iMac with Aperture we first have to wait to finish the preview function.
Than after we imported the images we used a second Sandisk 16GB SDHC card, here are the same images but we made a few on this card tha is not on the Compact Flash Card. But when we put our SDHC card in the reader Aperture shows all the images?? It is not regonize that the images from the CompactFlash card are the same as on the SDHC card?? Very strange, but also very ignoring.
We use a Canon EOS1Ds Mark III and when we make pictures we use the option 'separate storing', that will give us the safety of our images.
But sometimes 1 card is full and the camera go's on the one who has left the most storage.. That's how we come with this problem in Aperture.
Does somebody has the same experience? And is there a solution?

You may have a problem with a corrupted preference file. If you have the "Do not import duplicates" option checked, Aperture should not show the files again, that it already imported from the card.
I'd suggest you quit Aperture, if it is running and remove the file "com.apple.Aperture.plist" from the Preferences folder in your user library to the Desktop and then try if the problem still persists.
In MacOS X Lion the user library is hidden. To open it, use the Finder's "Go" menu. Press the "Go" menu entry in the main menu bar and hold down the "options" key, until "LIbrary" appears in the drop-down menu. Select the Library, then navigate to the "Preferences" folder, and remove "com.apple.Aperture.plist".
Report back, if this does not help.
Regards
Léonie

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