External editor with Aperture 3.6

I've upgraded from PSE10 to PSE13.
I used Aperture>preferences>Export and updated External Photo Editor to PSE13.
Selected the 5 photos I wanted to export and hey presto nothing happened.
I've seem to remember that, actually, it's not as easy as it seems but I can't remember if I have to point to another file within PSE13 in the External Photo Editor.
Would some kind soul please confirm my thoughts and tell me which file it should be.
Why can't simple things be simple?

OK - so when you now open your Aperture>Preferences>Export you should see in the 'choose' drop down menu PSE13 as a new choice. Select that option and then try to export just one image as a test at the TIFF 16 bit setting. Good luck.

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