Help! I'm too scared to erase my iPhoto library in Aperture, but I need to!

Is it safe to delete iPhoto library from Aperture if I chose to save it in their current location when I did the import?
I have already erased two events from the iPhoto Library in Aperture and they still show when I open iPhoto...but I'm too scared...There are like 20,000 photos. I chose to import all the Library because I wanted to have all in Aperture, but now the library is so big that when I open another application that has to search within Aperture's library it takes hours....
Thanks for your help....

Carolina Picon wrote:
Is it safe to delete iPhoto library from Aperture if I chose to save it in their current location when I did the import?
I have already erased two events from the iPhoto Library in Aperture and they still show when I open iPhoto...but I'm too scared...There are like 20,000 photos. I chose to import all the Library because I wanted to have all in Aperture, but now the library is so big that when I open another application that has to search within Aperture's library it takes hours....
Thanks for your help....
Ah the +delete or not to delete question+.....
From the first part of your post I believe you're saying that when you imported your iPhoto library into Aperture you told Aperture to leave the masters in the iPhoto Library. But then you wrote " I chose to import all the Library because I wanted to have all in Aperture" which sounds like you moved the masters into Apertures library.
Just to be sure you first enter Browser mode then select the Photos icon in the Library inspector, which will bring up all the photos in your library. Now create a filter add the rule *File Status* and in the pulldown select Managed. This will select all images in your library were the master is in the Aperture library. If you left the masters in the iPhoto library when you imported them then you should't see any images, If you do see images here that means that these masters are in the Aperture library and deleting the library would be bad.
If nothing shows up you could delete the library but deleting it is so final. Having a backup would be a good thing just in case.

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