Still Confused with Previews, Thumbnails etc.

Hi All,
So i'm very new to Aperture, and that business about JPEG previews and thumbnails still has me thoroughly confused. So i understand that when you are shooting RAW, when you hit the play button, what you see in the rear screen is the JPEG preview. So when you first view your photos on a computer without importing, is this the same preview? When you then double click onto the photo again without importing, is this the RAW or the JPEG? After importing, without clicking, are you seeing the same JPEG preview or a completely new thumbnail?
I know if you then double click a photo, Aperture processes the photo into actual RAW file. Thing is, this file is very different to the JPEG preview, the photo you saw on the rear screen of your camera. Some are even cropped substantially so that you lose some sky or part of a building. Is this normal? Is there then a way to retain or revert to the JPEG preview you preferred?
Many thanks,

So i understand that when you are shooting RAW, when you hit the play button, what you see in the rear screen is the JPEG preview.
Because the word preview has a paerticular meaning in Aperture (See below) I'll say, yes that's correct but what you see is a Jpeg Version of the photo. In other words, the camera has processed the Raw and applied various fixes and filters and that's what it shows you.
So when you first view your photos on a computer without importing, is this the same preview?
Yes, to save time Aperture will try read that version rather than generate one of its own.
When you then double click onto the photo again without importing, is this the RAW or the JPEG?
What app are you viewing it with now? Aperture? Something else?
After importing, without clicking, are you seeing the same JPEG preview or a completely new thumbnail?
Depends on what you have chosen in the Aperture -> preferences -> Importing pane.
I know if you then double click a photo, Aperture processes the photo into actual RAW file.
No it doesn't, and it's a really big distinction. Aperture processes nothing. When you view a photo Aperture is just showing you the Raw - the unprocessed image that the camera version is based on.
If the camera is cropping and radically altering the image from the raw to the jpeg then I think you need to look at the camera settings. I can't think why a camera would choose to crop a photo when processing it.

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