Help me move my photos from Aperture to external hard drive without the program

I'm having problems with Aperature. I need/want to get rid of it. I need to move my photos out of it ASAP using Finder. I can't locate the photos in Finder. The instructions i see online don't work.
Help!

The first step is wrong "1 I click on Aperture.app"
Don't click the Aperture application - that is the program. You need to click the Aperture library, the database with your photos.
By default your Aperture library will be in the folder "Pictures" and named "Aperture Library.aplibrary". It will show an icon like a fan of pictures. The color of the icon will depend on the version.

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