How to edit a library on second computer and then merge it back?

Hi there,
My main 500GB library is on an older Mac Mini and I've got a snappy new Macbook Pro. I want to keep the library on the Mini but it's getting too big for the HD there.
I've done some tests with Duplicate Annihilator (DA) and it looks like I can really shrink the library by removing dupes.
I've tried running DA on the mini but it would take several days to complete and I can't seem to keep my family from opening Aperture during that time. According to DA docs it's very dangerous to have both DA and Aperture running against a library at the same time.
So, I think I want to:
- Copy or Export my full library to an attached USB drive
- Connect that drive to the snappier MacBook Pro
- Run DA against the library on the Macbook Pro and then (carefully/selectively) delete the duplicates it finds
- Return the USB drive to the Mac Mini
- Import and/or Merge the smaller libary with the original library, hopefully ending up with the dupes removed from the original Mac Mini library
To do that I first tried selecting the 'Photos' view in the Library, Select All, and then 'Export Smart Album as New Library' but it seems to have stopped before completing. There's a file in the target folder called "Aperture Photos Export_exporting" that's only 40GB.
So, my questions:
- Does the above process make sense?
- If I simply copy the entire Aperture Library to the USB drive (vs Export) will I be able to Merge when I bring it back, or will Merge only work with a library that was Exported?
Thanks for any tips.
Cheers,
Andrew

Léonie, perhaps there is an issue with your system?
Hopefully not, I am seeing the same on three different Macs with Aperture 3.5.1.  Andy.
My network is too slow right now to download your movie, sorry - I could not yet view your video.
But I experimented a bit further and found that occasionally the deleted files will be removed from the original library, but not reliably. It seems to depend on the edits done and the way the deleted images are trashed.
When I do not empty the trash in the exported library, sometimes Aperture will remove the deleted photos when merging, but I could never get it to remove the deleted photos, if I emptied the trash in the imported/exported library.
Here is an example:
1. A test project to be exported as library
2. The exported library after deleting images and emptying the trash
3. Reimporting and merging
4. Selecting to solve conflicts by keeping the imported library
5. After merging, still all seven image versions.
The only way that merging sometimes did remove the deleted image versions was, when I did not empty Aperture's trash in the imported library, and when I edited a few images before reimporting.
KIrby, I see your traces in this thread. Do you have time to try to checkout what happens in your Aperture version? That would be great.
Léonie

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