Merging external managed libraries to one referenced library

I tried searching for this with no luck.
I have my main Aperture library on an external drive and have been using a managed library. I also have another drive with a separate managed library on it with older photos. My goal is to have one referenced library file on my internal drive and keep my masters on the hard drives. I would like to keep the adjustments and organization of the original libraries. Really, my goal is just to have my photos that are spread across 2 external hard drives in one library. It's about 2 TB's of data.
I tried exporting the photos from one project of my external drive to the internal drive and unchecked "consolidate masters", but it still moves the managed master files. I'm starting to think this is not possible. Help! Thanks. (and yes, I have everything backed up)

Welcome to the list. Make sure you read the [Help & Terms of Use|http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa] when you get a chance.
What you wan to do is doable and isn't to hard. It's harder to describe the steps then to do it.
In a nutshell you will use *File->Relocate Masters* to turn your managed masters into referenced masters and then merge the two libraries. The order you go in will depend a lot on how much free disk space you have on the three drives (internal and the two externals) and how big the current libraries are.
If you have the space on the internal drive to hold one of the current libraries you could copy it to the internal and then relocate the masters to the external (less chance of needing to reconnect masters when you're done). If not hen relocate the masters with the library where it is and then move the library to the internal. Aperture Should still see the referenced masters but if not reconnecting them isn't to big a deal.
Once the masters in both libraries are referenced you could merge the libraries.
Don't have time now to go into more detail. If you need more help post back.

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