Frustrated with Aperture - Can't edit pictures

When I try to edit (like cropping) a photo in Aperture the wheel keeps spinning and the photo turns black. I can't do anything with my pictures. Any thoughts?

Aperture 2 is not supported on 10.9, hasn't really worked well on any system since 10.6.
But should I spend $80.00 to update Aperture, if Apple no longer supports it?
First off Aperture is still supported by Apple and will be at least through Yosemite. So that isn;t an issue.
As to whether you should spend the money is really up to you, no one here can say if it is worth it for you. The only thing that can be said is you can't use Aperture 2 on 10.9
regards

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I am a working professional and I need my equipment to support me and not get on my way. When I say slow is because I compared to my previous workflow, how much it takes me and the software to do basic, global adjustment... WB, Exposure, Black point, Contrast, definition, white recovery, and then go to the next image. I am not eve talking about brushes or sharpening. I know how long it took me using LR 2 and to that I am compare how long it takes me in Ap 3. I can tell you right now that the only thing that kept me yesterday working on Ap 3 is that I truly believe its RAW conversion is better than LR 2or LR 3 because the slowness is unbearable at times.
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The same HD that has the Ap 3 Library and images is the same on I use for LR 2. Yet, LR 2 does not have those issues. But I'll try the defrag suggestion.
As far as a bad image, this is a brand new library and not a converted one. I created it from scratch. But again, I will try anything. Not sure how can look for a bad image, but what I can do is create two new library, one in my current working HD and one in another HD. I will first import a new project and see what happens. Then, I will export a project from my working library and import it. Let see what happens. I may defrag any way, but that may help diagnose if that is the issue or not, or if I have problems with the raid.
One of the things that bother me is the inconsistency of experiences. I agree with you that for some it zip even in similar systems. For other the experience has been frustrating. That is weird beyond reason! Hopefully the more we keep doing this the more likely that we can get to the root.
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