Aperture 3 - Open first aid options for external library

Question

I have a huge Aperture 3 library that will not open, giving the following message:

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It is not set as my default Aperture library, so every time I try to access the first aid tools via option + control during launch dose only show the first aid options for the default library.

How can I open the external library with the first aid options?

Answer 1

I'm not an Aperture user, but it appears that if, instead of opening Aperture and having that load your default library, you can instead double-click on that external library (while holding Command and Option keys) and it should open that library with first aid.

That's what I gather from this article - Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library

Answer 2

Hold down Option (only) as you open Aperture to display a list of the libraries known by the app.

Single click the affected library if it is in the list or browse for it with the appropriate button, but hold Command+Option as you click the Open button to access the recovery tools.