My aperture library is empty after photos merge

After my update to photos, my aperture library is empty. I understand I am still supposed to see all my photos in aperture.
Have tried to restore library to no avail. Also having problems uploading from my canon d40 With aperture it was fast and easy with photos it takes forever and has troubles uploading the pictures.
Any ideas?

I had this problem post-Photos as well. When I opened Aperture, there were no photos. Going to File -> Switch to Library, I noticed that there were two libraries labelled "Aperture Library". In the Pictures folder in Finder, I noticed that the newer library is 7.9 MB, but the older is 148.21 GB. I made sure to select the older library. Aperture had to repair the library database, it took a while, then it opened up as usual. Maybe this will help you, too.
The Photos app is not going to work for me - too little editing options, no NIK support, etc. It's nowhere near a professional alternative, but I guess that was Apple's intention with the app. Oh well, I have a little while to keep using it before shifting to Lightroom or Capture One.

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