I’m finally getting around to moving my old Aperture library (~150,000 images) into Lightroom Classic and need a bit of advice regarding file management. Here is my scenario: All of my images (from my current LR catalog and my Aperture library) were in a PHOTO_MASTERS folder, which is organzied by Year/Month (2021/01, 2021/02, etc) Over … Read more
I just bought a new MBP and I copied the iPhoto ’10 library of my old iMac to the Pictures folder of my MBP. Then I opened iPhoto ’11, it said that it has to update the library. To that point it was just fine and I have my compete library in iPhoto ’11 on … Read more
I noticed the other day that none of the ratings I’ve made in Aperture are showing up anymore. Firstly, I’m wondering how that could have happened? I’ve done a number of things lately like relocate masters, regenerate thumbnails, etc. but I can’t pin it down to a specific date and besides I was fairly certain … Read more
I have an album, let’s call it “Europe Trip 2011” within which, in Aperture, I have done at least some degree of editing to all of its pictures (exposure, saturation, curves, etc). As we all know, Aperture works off of “versions” of a file. So, my edited photos are all newer versions of the original. … Read more
I’ld like to use ZEVO (ZFS) on my Storage-Device. There shall the Aperture-Library be stored. Are there any issues using an Aperture – Library on ZFS formatted device. Thanks allot Answer You can’t run an Aperture Library from a device that’s not formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3509 What can work is running a Referenced … Read more
I’ve been trying to organise my photos better on a NAS (QNAP) that is exposed as an AFP share. I’ve copied all the JPEGs into an organised structure on the NAS volume manually. I’d like the files on the NAS (RAID5) and the library on the MBP. They have a direct gigabit connection and jumbo … Read more
I have a ton of new pictures in Aperture (from a vacation.) I am trying to figure out the most productive way for me to crank through them and add a comment or new title. What I have seen calls up a dialog box for each image which will take a long time. Thanks Answer … Read more
I can easily create a smart album with the 5-star rated images on a certain date. I would like to share those with a Facebook photo album but the share command is greyed out when I have a smart album selected. What are some other techniques I could try? Answer Select the photos in the … Read more
My Aperture is showing 2.5k Rejected photos (count), but when I view the album, there are only 3 there. I tried rebuilding the database. I also tried switching and viewing the library in iPhoto, which shows no hidden photos. The library in Aperture shows no hidden photos. When I create a Smart Album having only … Read more
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, some pictures in my Aperture library are unreadable. Aperture says the format isn’t supported. I made some test and noticed that even the Finder, QuickLook or Preview can’t read the picture either. However, Photoshop and Xee open it just fine. It appears that system libraries can’t read those pictures. With … Read more
