IPhoto import finder file structure sort by date taken

Hi! I'm switching from iPhoto11 to Aperture. I've imported my iPhoto Library via the Import menu asking Aperture to Copy the photos.
File structure in the finder in important for me for further usage so I checked the "Aperture Library" package content and discovered that my 10000 photos had been imported in one unique folder with today's date. Even worse each subfolder has a complex name...
Is there an option to specify "Import photos into folders devided by taken date" ?
Thanks

Messy for you but not for the computer. Both iPhoto and Aperture maintain the files in an order that is appropriate for that application. It may not a format that is understandable to humans. I always use managed and allow Aperture to do what it wants in the way of file storage. If I need anything I ask Aperture to get it for me. It is a DAM, Digital Asset Management, system.
If you have valid reason to have to access the files without using Aperture then maybe referenced is the solution for you. Personally I figure that is what the computer is there to do so I leave it do its thing.
Allan

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