Reconnecting Referenced Files...every time I use the program! Help!

Question

Every time I use Aperture, regardless of any outside variables I change, it inevitably unlinks nearly all the photos in my library, or will keep a third linked with no rhyme or reason. I've tested every variable I can think of, stopped using spaces, sent heated emails to our friends at Apple...nothing seems to make a difference. The program is a technological equivalent of a brick 50% of the time I open it.
These photos are on my main hard drive, not an external disk that gets put to sleep. This problem has occurred while I was in the middle of using the program, switched to finder, switched back.
Has anyone else had a problem with Referenced Files coming unlinked? Or Can anyone suggest an alternative program to Aperture that actually works?

Answer 1

Ok, two things I've figured out with 10.5 and Aperture:
- If you use Spaces, it will eventually cause your referenced images to become unlinked.
- If you hide or minimize Aperture, it will eventually unlink the album you are working on, and eventually your entire library. Sometimes this problem can be fixed simply by restarting Aperture, but other times, if you let it sit for too long or your computer goes to sleep in this way, your whole library may come unlinked.
I (so far) haven't had any problems with this since I stopped hiding the application. It is a bug, but at least in my case I'm able to work around it by always keeping the window open if the application is open.