Hi Folks, My aperture library is getting large, about 300GB, 50,000 images at this point. Aperture takes about a minute to come up in my iMac i7 quad core with...
Drew, I would defrag the disk first before splitting the library. With large libraries and active use of Aperture this needs to be done frequently. For me (not...
Drew, Technically you already have your jpegs in the form of Preview Thumbnails. All you need to do is make your images "Referenced" files and the weight (300...
i have been trying to do this. and i succeeded, but have forgotten how now. i'd appreciate it. thanks. and i am a member of lynda.com, and have books. i bought...
Hi Mike, This worked great. I bought a copy of iDefrag. I started by just defragmenting the main library files, and the load time dropped from more than 60...
Hi Paul, I did try this, and it almost did what I wanted. The problem is that if I want to use the image in any way (or even just look at it) the referenced...
Can anyone recommend/suggest what is the best way to clean-up a Project that had the same card imported twice? I need a way to search for duplicates. Thanks, ...
Alex, Once you are in the Project with the duplicates click on the magnifying glass in the search bar. On the top right you will see a button for "Add Rule"....
Drew, You should still be able to see the previews of the referenced images even if they are "offline". You can do all your catalog operations like placing...
Alex, As with everything else Apple does we'll just have to wait and see. Although their differences are noted, I wonder how long Apple will continue to...
Hi I am new on this group. Although, I would've really liked to introduce myself more, I'd keep this one short. I just read this post on how to manage your...
I don't see aperture going away any time soon... Don't have any facts to back that up, but I just don't see it planetMitch HDSLR evangelist www.planet5D.com ...
I kind of thought that when Apple lowered the price of Aperture 3 to $80 in the app store, that it was doing it because the release of Aperture 4 was going to...
I think it might be more related to the lowering of prices for most software in general in the app store.  ... I think it might be more related to the...
Yes, it is a brilliant move on Apple’s part if you ask me... they’ve learned from their own app store that you’ll sell more if the price is low enough....
Hardware is the cash cow! I wish they would use that stash of cash and buy Adobe. [?] ... -- ALEX RODRIGUEZ studio 305-361-1992 | toll free 888-815-0392 ...
Please explain why buying Adobe would be a good move by Apple. ... Please explain why buying Adobe would be a good move by Apple. On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:34 PM,...
Hi Friends I am a novice enthusiast of the Mac OS X Lion. And I just did a clean install of my system after using OS X Lion for 12 days. I've blogged some of...
i am on a iMac Quad 27" running OS 10.7.2. no problems before, but now Aperture wants to stay in vault view and/or all pictures from all libraries spread out...
Hello Aperture Group, New Group Member I'm a Nikon DSLR shooter and have used Aperture for over 3 years. I'm overall pleased with it, especially after release...
Welcome Don I read these and sometimes comment, but not as active as others. Curious about your library, is it referenced or managed. Mine is referenced...
i am on the phone right now to OWC, to check again about a SSD for my 2010 iMac Quad. seems there was a hurricane, typhoon, more likely, in Thailand, and...
Hi, I just bought a Nikon D7000. When I load RAW images into Aperture (Version 2.1.4) and click on them, I get a "unsupported image format" and see no image....
The Nikon D7000 was released literally YEARS after Aperture 2.1.4. http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html Current version of Aperture is 3.2.3....
Aperture is up to ver. 3+ - check the Apple/Aperture site to see if your new camera is supported = bet it is not, but it might be easy to fix. ... VICTORIA L....