Photoshop adjustments not saving back to Aperture

Using Aperture 3.3.1 and Photoshop Elements 10.
When roundtripping a photo as a TiFF file to photoshop, I make adjustments in photoshop. When I click save (not "Save as") it takes me to a save as dialog box and a TiFF options dialog box. The adjustments I have made in PS are not showing in Aperture. Not on the thumb or the preview. Is there a fix for this.
I have tried restarting aperture, or making a minor adjustment to the image, but the image is still not updating.

What is the file extension you are seeing in the save-as dialog? Aperture saves as "tiff", but Elements as "tif". Make sure the extension is "tiff".
For more options, have a look at
Re: Aperture 3 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 problems.
There used to be a problem in previous versions of Aperture, see:
Aperture 3.2.3: Viewer does not update after editing an image in external editor
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4237, but this should have been solved in Aperture 3.3
Regards
Léonie

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