What do I do with this error message: To use this library, make sure its file permissions are set correctly.

So I cannot even access the application. It was working fine yesterday and today I get this error message:
To use this library, make sure its file permissions are set correctly.
I have changed nothing. All the pictures are there on the computer. Help?!

Reboot. Close any programs which open at start-up. Run Disk Utility (you can type this in the Spotlight search field at the right end of your Menubar).
In Disk Utility, select your drive from the list on the left, and click "Repair Disk Permissions". This will take a few minutes, but should be less than ten.
Reboot.
Try to open your Library in Aperture. What happens?

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Aperture cannot access this library" followed by "To use this library, make sure its file permissions are set correctly."

Hi,
I am completely confused. I use aperture everyday and today when I tried to open it I got the following message " aperture cannot access this library" then it said to use this library , make sure its file permissions are set correctly"
So i read a bunch of posts and opened aperture while holding down option and command and repaired the file permissions. it did nothing, when I tried to open aperture I received the same message. So then i tried opening it while holding down just the option key. This brought up all of my libraries but when I chose the library i use daily the same message came up.
Does anyone know how to fix this and/ or why it is happening?
Thank you

No idea how to check the format, not familiar with Drobo products. Does the drive show up in Disk Utility? If so you should be able to see how it is formatted there.
How long has this setup been in use?
Aperture libraries have to be on locally connected drives formatted as OS Extended as per Apple (see Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture for example). While Aperture may work with other setups there is always the possibility that the library will become unusable at any point in time with no warning.
Try to find out the format of the drive and post back. Maybe something can be done but from the error messages you are getting I'm thinking the best course of action will be to restore from backups onto a correctly formatted drive.
regards

Aperture wont op "To use this library, make sure its file permissions are set correctly." error when opening aperture 3.4.5 library.

Have been using fine up until Wednesday this week and suddenly cannot open file at all.
I have around 10K images on drive but file size for library says 0bytes. When I use Alt to open it shows file and shows correct number of versions and originals but then gives the error re permissions when trying to open.
Have tried the repaire permissions, repair database and rebuild database all give same error about permissions and fail to start.
HELP!
Regards
James.

I think I set it to keep the images in the library not referenced but the drive did contain many pictures before I started using Aperture so i need to bring them into the library.
How large is your library now, and how much space can you afford for your Aperture library on your internal drive?
Or do you have a second exernal drive, that you could format MacOS Extended (journaled) to be able to temporarily host your Aperture library?
Do you need the "Tuxera NTFS" formatting on your external drive to share image files with other systems, or would it be an option to reformat that drive?
If you are more comfortable with a managed ibrary, by all means keep the library managed. Only it needs to be on a drive formtated MacOS X Extended (Journaled). It could be your inernal drive, if you have enough space or a locally connected external drive. Connect it to the fastest port you have; Firewire, or Thnderbolt, a fast USB port.
Move the library there, then import the images, that you now have in separate folders on your externa drive. To prevent Aperture from importing duplicates, enable the option "Do not import Duplicates" in the import panel. If you are lucky, Aperture will recognize many of the duplicates. if you have not changed the filenames.
I have to sign off for the next couple of hours, but will look in later.
Regards
Léonie

HT3805 I recently upgraded to mavericks on iMac . now when i open aperture I get the message"aperture cannot access this library. to use this library, make sure its file permissions are set correctly" I have repaid permissions via the aperture first aid.

I repaired the permissions in aperture first aid. I notice my short user name has changed from the one before the mavericks upgrade.

I notice my short user name has changed from the one before the mavericks upgrade.
Then you created a new user account when upgrading. How did you upgrade? Did erase the system and set up your mac completely new? If your short user name has changed, you are no longer the owner of your Aperture library, if it ha been created with your old user name.
I repaired the permissions in aperture first aid.
And after repairing the permissions you can still not access it?
Where is the library located? On an external drive or in your Home folder?

HT1941 I have inadvertently changed a file permission setting. When opening Aperture I get the following; Aperture cannot access this library. To use this library make sure it's file permissions are set correctly. I am an old dude new to Mac OS. What up?

I have inadvertently changed a file permission setting. When opening Aperture I get the following; "Aperture cannot access this library. To use this library make sure it's file permissions are set correctly". I am an old dude new to Mac OS. Looked in settings but have no idea how to allow file sharing to myself. I have been using Aperture actively for 6 weeks. I'm the only one using this Mac. What up?

Back up all data now.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. You can demote it back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:20 ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ 2> /dev/null
Be sure to select the whole line by triple-clicking anywhere in it. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Utilities ▹ Terminal from the menu bar. A text window opens.
In the Terminal window, type this:
resetpassword
That's one word with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window opens. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select  ▹ Restart from the menu bar.

How do I resolve this error message? The iPhoto library is on a locked volume. Reopen iPhoto when you have read/write access, or reopen iPhoto with the Option key held down to choose another library.

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Hi j,
I don't know if this will work, but I'd try logging in to an admin account, going to your main library (not user library), opening it, opening Application Support, selecting iPhoto, hold down the command key and press i, click on the lock in the lower left, entering the password and making sure you have Read & Write privileges for System and Admin.

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As i said Premiere pro is crashing on me and I am having this error message: [../../../../MediaFoundation/API/Inc/MFBinaryData.h-62]
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Process:         iTunes [6564]
Path:            /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
Identifier:      com.apple.iTunes
Version:         10.3.1 (10.3.1)
Build Info:      iTunes-10315501~1
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [143]
Date/Time:       2011-06-26 09:12:25.888 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7 (11A390)
Report Version: 8
Sleep/Wake UUID: 57AD9B95-8923-403C-BDB2-EBBBD4E1F09C
Interval Since Last Report:          40546 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           6
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   5
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Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
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@executable_path/../Frameworks/iPodUpdater.framework/Versions/A/iPodUpdater
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/iPodUpdater.framework/Versions/A/iPodUpdater
Referenced from: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
Reason: unsafe use of @executable_path in /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes with restricted binary
Binary Images:
    0x1000 -   0xe50ff3 com.apple.iTunes (10.3.1 - 10.3.1) <DA5B3668-53FC-8550-A39C-06EB35AA692F> /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
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Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334648302D4346382020
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Bluetooth: Version 2.5.0b13, 2 service, 19 devices, 3 incoming serial ports
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Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0x26100000 / 2
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24600000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06600000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06610000 / 6
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x06500000 / 3
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Path:            /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes
Identifier:      com.apple.iTunes
Version:         10.3.1 (10.3.1)
Build Info:      iTunes-10315501~1
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [254]
Date/Time:       2011-06-27 14:23:04.822 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7 (11A390)
Report Version: 8
Sleep/Wake UUID: AC114B5B-BBDE-47BE-A34A-73D0CBEC2D1D
Interval Since Last Report:          21605 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           3
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3
Anonymous UUID:                      7CA002EB-2F78-46A8-B8FC-917C420125C9
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Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/iPodUpdater.framework/Versions/A/iPodUpdater
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Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8205, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x5d100000 / 2
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