Need help, duplicate "false" images in my Aperture library

[img]http://www.pbase.com/image/120194191/original.jpg[/img]
http://www.pbase.com/image/120194191/original.jpg
*The blank spots you see are just me masking photos that may not be work safe so disregard those.
The issue I am having is the blue circled stacks and the 2 green circles stacks, if I select (single click) the blue one the green also become selected, if I try an select either of the green ones the blue one gets selected, if I move the blue on around the page they all move but in random places usually a couple rows apart.
Everything was fine with these images as I tested and practiced with Aperture for the fist week or so.
Last night I referenced my 2009 motor sports season to its own project (54,000 images) and it imported the locations and was building previews fine.
So as its building the previews for the motor sports project I decided to combine 2 other projects into one... that is the one you see here with the strange triple image copies.
The images have only been imported once and open, export and edit fine.. I just cant seem to get rid of the fake or false copies in the green circles.... any ideas?

I do need to come with system, all this is testing and getting familiar with Aperture prior to making to a permanent part of my work flow.... I have everything backed up at work and even a bootable copy of this home system ready to go if I cant repair the damage I have done (I will only loose a few hours of edits/version I like better with Aperture vs. my old way...I hope I dont, but not the end of the world )
The 50,000 motor sports images are JPG's and are referenced to an external firewire 800 drive... 2009 track work is the project the main folder BeaveRun 2009 with 23 separate event folders in that
(screen shot jpg)
http://www.pbase.com/image/120197387/original.jpg
Everything else is imported and stored in my library and was done a week prior to my issue and has worked great.
The triple strange stack copies are not "real" if I click to highlight one they all light up as selected, but the readout at the very bottom of the Aperture page correctly displays "1 selected-166 images displayed" even though you can see all 3 are highlighted with the white outline .
(screen shot jpg)
http://www.pbase.com/image/120194191/original.jpg
several of my shots now have false copies (cant be selected or moved individually, they just float around randomly somewhere near the real ones) its just the one project I moved images into got messed up my be because Aperture was still rendering preview of my 2009 Track project? Anyway because they are not real and cant be selected individually I cant delete them or anything without also affecting the real ones

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Do I need to run out and get another external drive and set up a vault to do the transfer? But, would that even work with the referenced library? There is no way I can convert to a managed library on the MacBook Pro, as I am out of space.
Please help! I have tons of photo projects that I was wanting to complete for the holidays gift-giving, but I'm at a standstill until I can get up and running on the new computer.
Many thanks for your feedback

If you cannot connect the old mac via thunderbolt or firewire in target mode, an external drive - large enough to hold the library plus some additional free space - would really be the best option for the transfer. I would not use the network to copy a referenced library. You do not need to create a vault.
Connect the drive to the old Mac.
Make sure the external drive is formatted for Mac - MacOS X Extended (Journaled).
Set the "Ignore Ownership on this volume" flag on the external drive.
Copy the Aperture library over to the external drive by dragging it in the Finder.
Now double-click it to open it in Aperture.
To move all references images to the external drive select all images in Aperture in the Photos view and use the command "File > Relocate Originals" and select a folder on your external drive as the destination.
Once the library and the referenced files are safely on your external drive, I'd run a "Repair" using the First Aid Tools: See this Manual page: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library: Aperture 3 User Manual
Test the library on the new drive and check, if everything transferred safely.
Now dismount the drive and connect it to your new mac.
Copy the library to your new Mac by dragging it in the Finder from the drive to a folder on your new mac.
Now double-click it to open it in Aperture. Aperture will now upgrade it to version 3.5.
Use the command "File > Relocate Originals" to move the originals where you want them.
Regards
Léonie

Having trouble with images in old Aperture Library?

I have and old Aperture Library that I updated. I opened a project in that library and tried to export some photos to my desk top. I got an error message that was a error with about 10 images. I went back to that same project and now those images are blank with the upside down question mark? That says “Unsupported Image Format” Any help would be much appreciated!!
Thanks,
Jeff Skinner

Hello Jeff,
I don't undersand that with iphoto? The images are so old I forgot if they were originally iphotos or aperture files.
I saw the "iPhoto Original" keyword attached to one of the images in question. This keyword usually is set for an original master image, when you import from iPhoto.
I cannot find anything special about these imiages??? I noticed that there is no file size for the corrupted files.
If the image format is not supported, then probably Aperture cannot read the file size.
Not sure if the images are managed or referenced?
If these were imported from iPhoto, then they might have been imported as referenced, if you set the "Store Files" selector to "In their current location" on import. That would mean, that the original masters are still in your iPhoto Library, and if you edit them using iPhoto this may break the references to your masters in Aperture.
I think I just located the original imaiges in an old hard drive!
That is good, at least you still have a backup; but did you see the imported, unsupported images in the masters folder of your Aperture Library? It would really help to know the exact condition of the images that are problematic. Or are they not in the library? That would mean they are referenced, but then the exclamation-mark tag in the Browser is confusing - I then would expect an icon with a broken arrow.
It did not happen until I tried to export them though? What can I do to prevent this from happening futher?
Then Aperture probably did not notice that something was amiss with the images, until it needed to access the master image files for export and noticed that those could not be read. As long as you do not try to export or to edit the images, the Previews are sufficient, but on export the master has to be processed.
The master image files of the other images in the project may be problematic as well - make sure you have a working backup, before you try anything at all with other images in that project.
Cheers
Léonie

Transferring images out of Aperture library

I recently acquired Aperture and plan to import my existing library into the Aperture library. My existing library consists of a lot of .nefs and almost as many jpgs. Once my existing library is imported I plan to let Aperture manage and backup the images in a vault, and delete my old library file structure (after waiting long enough to be confident everything is safe).
My question: is it possible to pull an old jpg out of the Aperture library and insert it into another program without opening Aperture? For example, if I want to put an image in a greeting card, is there any way I can go into the Aperture library through the Finder to locate and transfer the image?
Thanks!
Steve

Yes, but it isn't elegant.
Right click on the Aperture Library and select "Show package contents"
Pick the Project and again, right click and select "Show package contents"
Then, out of the list of folders, one per image, try and figure out what image you need (or Spotlight if you know the filename).
There again, launching Aperture and exporting the image isn't that slow after all.
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hi my computer crashed downstairs and i need help moving all my songs from my ipod to my itunes library, on the other computer...will someone please help me?

Hello Markatkis,
Make sure your not connecting it to more than one PC. A new iPOd is set to "Auto Update" by default. With this setting all you do is plug the iPOd into the PC and iTUnes automaticly opens, loads all the songs it has listed in iTunes to the iPod, and after its done, ejects the iPOd.
If you connect it to another PC tho with iTUnes on it you usually get a promtp that in short says "iPOd library linked to another PC, do you want to link to this one" if you click yes, it wipes the iPOd clean and loads only whats on that PC.
Since your new to all of this a great place for you may be the "iPod 101" site. It will show you all the bacis ropes of using your iPOd, using iTUnes, and using them both together. http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/

Importing referenced images into the Aperture library

I've searched and seen related questions but not this one exactly.
I have images that I unknowingly (new aperture user) imported as referenced files. Now I'd like to import them into the aperture library without loosing ratings, etc so that they are included in my vault. How do I do this without starting over with these images?
Thanks - Rick

Consolidate is the word you are looking for:
http://homepage.mac.com/bagelturf/aparticles/ref/refrecon/refrecon.html

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Thanks

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