Smart Album issue

When I upgraded to 1.5, some of my photos metadata changed to the date of the upgrad. Also when I click on a smart album, it states no selections. The only time it works is when I unchecked an option in the smart album (Keyword for an example) and check it again. I need to do everytime. Photos I move to regular album is just gone. Luckily I had them backup, but I had to keyword and rate all over. I do have them in the Aperture as Managed.
Any help would be helpful.

Ah.. I think I have the same problem (just posted it !) - but these smart albums were created in 1.5 so could be a 1.5 bug ?

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