Import from folders: recursing fails

Question

I have just switched from Adobe Lightroom, due to a massive failure on Adobe's part to handle my upgrade to LR3 well. I have been considering trying out Aperture in any case, and this was the final straw.
So, I need to move all my photos to Aperture. I decided for an open directory hierarchy rather than a managed library, so that I can easily back up and examine my backups. I am not trying to maintain my old structure, but create a new, slightly different one, based on my past experiences.
- I have in my home account:
Pictures/OldPhotos/Contax_645Film/2009/06/01/*.tif and so on, many years, months and days, several cameras.
- I want in my home account:
Pictures/Photos/2009/06/*.tif etc.
I tried the following:
- Open Aperture
- Import/Folders and Projects... (CmdShiftI)
- Import Folders as: Folders and Projects
- Store Files: Pictures (folder in my home account)
- Copy Files (while testing, eventually move)
- Ignore Duplicates: Off (my library is empty)
- Subfolders: Image Year/Month
- Folder text: (blank)
- Version Name: CWYYYYMMDD_CAMERACOUNT (COUNT = Aperture counter)
- CW_(Image Year)(Image Month)(Image Date)_(Custom Name)_(Counter)
Custom Name = Contax645_Film, Counter = 0 (auto-increment)
- Apply to Master Filename: On
- RAW Files Only (there are no JPGs in this camera's folder)
As far as I understand, this means that Aperture will import the photos in the folder I choose, dump them in the Pictures/Photos folder by year and month, and name them as indicated. It doesn't work, however. I see no photos in the import dialog.
Then I tried something very similar, this time with normal import:
- Open Aperture
- Import (Cmd+I)
- Destination: 2009 (I created Contax 645 Film/2009 folders in Aperture)
- Project Name: C645_200906 (I guess I can change this later if needed)
- Automatically Split Project: Off
- Do not Import Duplicates: Off
- Store Files: Pictures (from my user account; Pictures/Photos is autocreated)
- Copy Files
- Subfolder: Image Year/Month
- Add Rename Files section:
- Version Name: CWYYYYMMDD_CAMERACOUNT (same preset as above)
- Name Text: Contax645_Film (for Custom Name)
- Rename Master File (so filename matches version name)
The elaborate project name lets me click LIBRARY/Projects and see something useful.
This works if I choose a folder like Pictures/OldPhotos/Contax_645Film/2009/06/01/, but not if I choose Pictures/OldPhotos/Contax_645Film/2009/06, i.e. it fails to recurse. All I have seen indicates that Aperture should recurse into folders while importing, but it doesn't, meaning I have to import again and again, for each day. Argh.
I have logged a bug with Apple, but thought I would ask here in case anyone knows what I might be doing wrong, or how I can work around it.

Answer 1

Found what i needed Import - Images does the same job.