Where are Aperture Prefs in Lion

I have always had an intermittent porblem when i try to import pictures into Aperture it will not recognize any picture to import regardless of what format they are in. The way around this is to trash the Prefs from the Preferences folder and start again ....... but where are the prefs now ? i can;t find them in Lion....
Any ideas please?
Thx
John

OK, I have found the answer to my question.
In Lion the user Library folder is hidden (not sure why) take a look at this link for an explanation of how to find it:
http://eve-search.com/thread/1554319/page/1
Once you have the Pref folder the aperture prefs are there
But wish Apple would fix the problem within Aperture, why it cannot recognise pictures to import is a mystery and very frustrating.
Thx
John

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