Problems importing iPhoto to Aperture 3 - Insufficient Disk Space

I have just purchased A3, and am trying to import my iPhoto library into Aperture. The iPhoto library is 57Gb, and I am importing to an external HDD that has 660Gb free. I am importing into my aperture library, following the process described in the guide.
Each time I try this, the import goes into error, saying I have no space to import the library to.
The error message is as follows, "*Insufficient Disk Space* - There is not enough free space on your Aperture Library Volume to import the selected items. It is estimated that you need at least an additional -2147483647MB of Space"

I downloaded the trial version, and loaded it up onto my new 27" iMac, running Snow Leopard in 64 bit mode, with 600 GB free on the hard drive. I tried to import iPhoto - same error, same "insufficient disk space amount". Yah, my library is about 60 GB, not 2000 GB!
I did two things: First, I opened iPhoto from the finder by holding Option+Command, then in the resulting box, told it to rebuild the thumbnails. It chugged along for a while. After it was done I quit iPhoto. I then opened Aperture 3 trial, and imported the library. Same issue.
However, I tried it again - this time, I told it to save the photos in a folder - "Photos" it says - rather than in the Aperture library file. Tada! Works like a charm.
The import is still going after quite a while - slurping down all the CPU and RAM my iMac can provide while doing it - but it's working!

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What is your Aperture version, Kendra?
Check the "Import Settings" in the Import panel. How is the option set to store the imported files?
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Since I use aperture on Mountain Lion, it's unpossible to import big folders anymore.
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Enrico-
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3 Importing iphoto library to Aperture questions:
(1) Finally switching to Aperture because too many photos to manage in iphoto. When importing iphoto library it gives me the message: Insufficient DIsk Space - "There is not enough free space on your Aperture Library volume to import the selected items. It is estimated that you need an additional 83GB of free space."
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I have a new macbook pro and am transfering all my photos to it. when i import into iphoto, it starts fine, but halfway through it stops and gives me this error message "insufficient disk space: the volume for your iphoto library is out of space." Where do i manage these volume sizes (i can see where iphoto lets me manage libraries)?? since this is a new mac, i have TONS of disk space...right now i only have one iphot library, the default.

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Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
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