No Images in my Library

I do not have any images in the library section of Aperature. All of my images are in the projects but not the library. Not the ratings, Not the date sections etc. This may be tied to the same issue I am having with the Dance project and no images there either. Help!!! What am I doing wrong. My Aperature library is on a externa laCie 120g drive and I have to constantly repoint to it.
7 MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

My Aperature library is on a externa laCie 120g drive and I have to constantly repoint to it.
If your Aperture Library is on an external drive and you do not mount the external drive before you open Aperture, Aperture will create an empty Aperture Library in the Pictures folder of your computer. Could this be why you have to constantly repoint to your library? I have no problem connecting Aperture to a library on an external drive.
When I click on the word Library in Aperture, I do not see any images. However when I click on the blue preset smart album named "All Images" (found by clicking the disclosure triangle to the left of Library) all of my images are there. Yours should be too. Make sure the filter box at the right top of the browser panel is set to "Show All."
Have you still not found your Dance project images? Have you tried all of the suggestions in the other thread?
By the way, if you tried using the suggestion to open the Aperture Library package by right clicking on the package and selecting "Show Package Contents", please be aware that you will see files that end in .approject. These are also package files that can be opened by right clicking on them and selecting "Show Package Contents". Your images should be inside the .approject packages.
However, I strongly suggest you make a duplicate of your Aperture Library before you go mucking around in it as you could permanantly damage the library if you start moving files.
What am I doing wrong.
I suspect you need some more knowledge about how Aperture works. I suggest the Apple Pro Training Series Aperture 1.5 book by Orlando Luna and Ben Long. Also, have you read all of the articles on the Bagelturf website? Take the time to do so, as there is a wealth of useful information there. http://homepage.mac.com/bagelturf/index.html
-Karen

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which is why I thought you were using referenced originals.
Rob,
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regards
Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano - A better first step might be to run the Aperture first aid tools, repairing and possibly rebuilding the library.

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