Red eye tool not working

Since I reinstalled Aperture 3 on my new iMac, I cannot get the red eye tool to work. I get the circles around the eyes, but nothing happens... I looked for settings or something, but found nothing to solve my problem...

Yes, I am using the right tool. I have been using this tool in Aperture for a long time. In fact, it works fine on my older iMac. I imported the same photo in both iMacs. It corrects fine on my old iMac (2008), but it does nothing on my new 2013 iMac.
Both are running the same version of Aperture (3.5) and both systems are also running on Mavericks.
I noticed a difference in the build of the digital camera RAW, but I would be surprised that that would influence a feature like the red eye tool...
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