Setting up a new SSD and HDD on iMac with separate libraries (itunes & aperture)

Hello.
I'm having a major problem with my iMac (July 2010 27" 2.8ghz).  I recently operated on this guy and installed a 2TB HDD and a 256GB SSD.  I backed up my previous setup using CCC onto a separate external HDD.  I installed a "fresh" version of OSX Mountain Lion onto the SSD and used Migration Assitant to transfer my applications and user settings. I then copied over the itunes folder and photos library folder over to the HDD.  However, I cannot access the libraries of either using the SSD.  I hold option down while opening either Aperture or Itunes and I am not allowed to select either of the libraries.  Infact the iTunes one is grayed out and the folder holding the Aperture Library is locked (Red circle with a white dash). 
Ultimately what I want to do is have the SSD provide the system and the applications and have my music, videos, and photos on the HDD.  I have been reading all sorts of boards but I can't get anything to work.  I'll completely start from scratch if needed.
BTW the SSD is so fast on this machine.
Thanks in advance for all of your help.
Matt

The original folders for iTunes and Aperture Photo Library were marked with special Access Control List permissions. CCC picked these up during the duplication process to the HDD. When you put them back on the SSD, you likely used Finder, which either corrupted these settings or omitted them entirely. Now, iTunes and Aperture expect these ACL settings and block you without them.
To fix this issue, you need to reset the ACL on these folders back to factory defaults. Disk Utility cannot help as it works on things outside $HOME.
Reboot, holding down the option key. You will see the SSD, the HDD, and probably two 10.8 recovery partitions. Pick either recovery partition.
Once you are in Recovery, launch the Terminal from the Utility menu.
In Terminal, type resetpassword. This will launch a dialog box that shows both the SSD and HDD drives. Click on the SSD.
At the bottom of the dialog, you will see the reset ACL section. Click to set ACL back to default settings. This is only applied to specific files in your home directory that already have ACL settings. You are not resetting any passwords.
You are done. Exit terminal, and reboot from the Apple menu.
Test iTunes and Aperture on their respective folders.
This should solve your access issues on the SSD.
You can identify files or folders with ACL settings from the terminal with the ls(1) command.
See if the file has an ACL setting
$ ls -al
You are looking for the trailing '+' in the permission field.
Now peek at the specific ACL settings
$ ls -ale
You should use the ditto(1) command for low-level directory structure copies in the future.
$ ditto /Volumes/HDD/Users/homedir/Music /Users/homedir

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