Media Browser: no Aperture photos showing up

All my iPhoto Library photos are available, but none from my Aperture Library. I have my preferences set to "always" share with media browser and iLife.
I have the latest updates for everything on my Mac.
Thanks in advance for any help with this!

Repair permissions with Disk Utility and restart your Mac will often help.
Regards
TD

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I checked, the corrupted text should read: Projects, Photos, Faces, Places.
And if you get the same corruption for all languages (german, english), then probably not the localization strings are wrong, but the framework that tries to access the strings. But I am not sure about where this framework resides, whether it is included in the System Library, the Media Browser, or inside Aperture.
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I have read through many of the threads on here from people who seem to have the same problem and tried many of the suggestions, but still do not seem to have improved matters.
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That's the first - and most simple - part of the learning curve you need to grasp. The second is that if you use Aperture (or simiar apps, like iPhoto, or Lightroom) they become your "go-to" app for anything you need to do with your photos. They replace the Finder for accessing this data. So, anything you need to do, you do with or via Aperture.
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