Apple Aperture, the photo management software, regarded as a competitor to Adobe Photoshop LightRoom
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Can the new photostream features in ios7 and Mac OS X 10.9 replace Flickr? [closed]
Despite its flaws, I find Flickr incredibly convenient:
Integration with Aperture
Decent iOS app that shows all personal sets and contacts' photos as well
Web page display (not as essential)
Will ...
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Any advice on troubleshooting instability in Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.4?
In all cases of crashes, I can SSH to the machine, but I can't figure out anything useful to remedy the situation.
This freeze happened when sizing the crop in Aperture. Machine had been running for ...
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Aperture's 'Recent' menu items does not change.
I have a folder containing 300+ photos lodged in the 'Recent' section of Aperture's Inspector menu and can't see how to remove it. You'd think it would disappear automatically after a given time, but ...
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Aperture: Library over multiple Hard Drives
I switched to Aperture some time ago. And right now, the moment has come that I want to save some space on my internal hard drive. What I found on the Apple website is this:
I can't seem to find ...
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Zoom in/out keyboard shortcuts for Swedish keyboard?
I could not get the keyboard shortcuts for zoom in/out in Aperture 3 on my Swedish Keyboard.
According to the documentation it should be Command+= and Command+-
I have searched the Internet, but it ...
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Aperture: Importing images into subfolders
It seems Aperture does not (or no longer?) allow importing images into subfolders of an image folder on disk.
Here's what I'm trying to do:
I have a set of images on an SD card. Clicking "Import" ...
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Aperture: Import content of smart folder
Is there any way to import the content of Smart Folder into Aperture library?
Or may be choose any criteria during importing, like file kind, date etc.
BTW: Can I see a size of all checked files?
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Use a mac Mini server to host Aperture Library
I got two iMac and one Mac Mini server, last year I moved my Library to the Mac Mini, and change the path on Aperture (3.4.4) to use that library instead of using my local one. It works like a ...
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Downgrading Aperture 3.4.3 library to 3.0
Is there a way to open an Aperture 3.4.3 library in Aperture 3.0?
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How can I designate which two displays Aperture will use on a mac with three or more displays?
I have three displays:
Primary: CRT 1280 x 1024 (5:4 landscape)
Secondary: LCD 1200 x 1900 (10:16 portrait)
Tertiary: LCD 1920 x 1200 (16:10 landscape)
The displays work fine. No issues ...
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Aperture 3 Open open first aid options for external library
I have a huge Aperture 3 library that will not open Verify that you have iPhoto 9.4 or later. Then open the library in iPhoto to upgrade it.. It is not set as my default Aperture library, so every ...
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Aperture and Rosetta problem
I've had to buy an older Intel Core Duo Macbook to replace a stolen one. I've installed Aperture 2.1 from an old disc. It won't open, I get a message saying something like: "You can't use this version ...
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How to write (manually added) GPS coordinates to original raw files in Aperture?
I'm using Aperture to add GPS coordinates to photos I've taken. The original stills are in craw2 and movies are in mov file format.
I've noticed when I export originals that the photos didn't retain ...
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Missing Aperture project in iTunes when syncing to iPad/iPhone
When I want to sync my pictures from Aperture to my iPhone and iPad with iTunes, all my recent project and albums are missing. It is the same situation when I want to see my most recent picture on my ...
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View original full-resolution image in Aperture 2.0
I want to do the comparison of image quality of 2 lenses, with different settings. For this purpose I need to do the pixel level comparison.
But Aperture stores originals of the files internally ...
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Why my photos are missing in iPhoto events but not in Aperture projects?
All my iPhoto events are empty. If I open a event there are no photos in it. But when I use the Photos perspective I can see all my photos!
In Aperture I see all my photos in the Photos perspective ...
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Exporting aperture projects as simple folders on a USB drive
This seems to be a reasonable task but I can't find a way to do it with Aperture. I have all my library on my Mac internal hard drive and I just want to export some projects onto a USB drive (to be ...
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Shared Photostream pictures are deleted when I delete the original
I see very strange behavior when using shared photo stream.
Just deleted photos from iPhone library (Camera Roll) and
the pictures I had saved to a shared photo stream were deleted as well.
Do ...
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Aperture library won't sync through iPhoto to an iPad
I used to work on Aperture in an old computer. Then, I got a new Retina MBP, and decided to just stick with iPhoto and test it out. Since now iPhoto could just natively open my old Aperture library, ...
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How to publish the Places map from Aperture with geotagged pictures?
So I have a set of pictures taken along the way of a road trip. They were taken with an iPhone so they're geotagged but we could be dealing with manually geotagged pics, doesn't matter. I want to ...
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Syncing Aperture between Macs
I recently started dividing my Aperture work between my home iMac, and my MacBook Pro. The problem here is that, whenever I want to do a makeshift sync, I export the edited photos from one Mac as an ...
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Apple Aperture Tutorial
I am looking for a good Aperture tutorial and would appreciate some recommendations.
Which tutorials can you recommend?
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Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled from iMac to MacBook Pro (which has no DVD drive)?
Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled a new MacBook Pro which has no DVD drive? Would target disk mode work to simply copy the file? I think Aperture usually runs an "installation" rather than just ...
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How to replace images in iPhoto with higher quality versions?
I use Aperture for photo editing and processing, but prefer iPhoto for keeping a gallery of my pictures. For a long time, I used the built-in tools in iPhoto to "Import from Aperture Library". What I ...
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Aperture : unreadable JPEG on Mountain Lion
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 ...
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Why is Aperture showing thousands of Rejected, but there are only 3 there?
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, ...
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Can I work with iPad iPhoto Journals from my desktop Mac?
iPad iPhoto journals are great... If my photos live primarily on my iPad. In my case though, they are on my iPad when I am traveling but end up on my Mac at home for long term storage. So if I make a ...
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Publish an Aperture smart album to Facebook
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 ...
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Write a comment or description for an image in Aperture
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 ...
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External hard drive frequently ejects itself when using Aperture
I have a brand new external hard drive which frequently ejects itself on a regular basis (every ~20 minutes or so), seemingly only when I have Aperture open (my Aperture library is located on the ...
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How to export all projects from Aperture?
I would like to export all of the projects from Aperture to a directory in my computer. Since I have many projects (100+), I don't want to export them one by one. Is there a way to batch export them ...
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Apple Aperture - Batch edit
I'm just editing a time lapse video I shot and have to change the exposure on about 1000 files. Is there a was in Apple Aperture to batch edit files?
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What workflows help when using Photo Stream to import from iOS to Aperture?
When I take a picture on my iPhone, the photo is going to PhotoStream and to Camera Roll.
My way of importing the pictures to my Mac was just to go in the PhotoStream folder of Aperture, and copy the ...
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Why are my images exported to flickr at a lower resolution when I asked for “Actual size”?
When I export a bunch of images to Flickr by using the built-in share to flickr, I see the images getting exported but they all appear as max 1024 pixels on either side. I did select "Actual size" ...
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Google Earth coordinates and Aperture place
I'd like to geo-tag some already-imported photos in Aperture.
To get the correct location, I'm using Google Earth. However, when I copy/paste the coordinates into Aperture Places, the maps shows a ...
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When backing up to an Aperture vault, says I have referenced files. When I use locate referenced files, it shows none. Why?
I am running Aperture version 3.3.1 on OSX 10.7.4 on a MBP Retina. When I try to update one of my vaults, it gives me a warning that the "n" number of images imported by reference will not be a part ...
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How can I export Aperture projects to folders that are named according to library project names?
I want to upload an Aperture library to a FTP/SFTP server for use with Zenphoto. Since Aperture doesn't have it built in, and since uberupload doesn't appear to exist any longer, I figured it would be ...
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iPhoto '09 referenced library - modified files are saved locally?
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 ...
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ZEVO ZFS and Aperture
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
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organize pictures into destination folders automatically based on date
I have a ~50000 pictures:
located in multiple folders
not organized,
there are duplicates
source contains videos, but I need only pictures
I would like to organize all of them into subfolders ...
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What is a method for sharing an Aperture library?
As a group (work, family,...), you produce an Aperture library on your computer.
Others (spouse, coworker...) in the group now want to access and edit this library from other computers.
Any ...
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How to export a growing Aperture Smart Album repeatedly without creating duplicate files
I have a smart album in Aperture which contains a steadily growing set of pictures, which I want to share with others. To do that, I use Dropbox and export the smart album every now and then to my ...
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Aperture: use iptc tags for face recognition
I have about 10'000 pictures with iptc tags. Aperture shows this tags after the pictures have been imported.
Most of the tags are person names. Is there a way to use this tags to assist face ...
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how to keep low-res photos handy, while archiving high-res versions?
I have a laptop with a 256Gb SSD that always seems to be full. A lot of my disk space is used by photos (in Aperture and iPhoto).
What I really want is to have low-res versions of all my photos on ...
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Selectively control when Aperture/iPhoto opens
Both Aperture and iPhoto have a setting of whether to open "when a camera is connected." I want this option to be checked, but I don't want it to consider my iPad a camera. How can I enable it for ...
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Batch editing metadata in Aperture
In Aperture 3.2.2, is it possible to batch edit photos' metadata? For three days, my camera's clock was one year ahead but with the correct date, and I want to set them right all at the same time.
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Using a Mac Mini as a central photo repository
Is it possible to setup a mac mini as a central photo repository and have all the tagging and extra info follow to the other computers on the network? Or would each computer have to access iPhoto on ...
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How to force include files in Time Machine
I'd like to force-include some files in Time Machine. Specifically I want to force-include "iPod Photo Cache" and "Thumbnails" in my Aperture Library.
I have checked this file:
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Installing Aperture from the App Store when a previous version is installed
I have installed Apple Aperture some time ago using a serial (likely pirated) that I searched for on the internet.
Now, I want to purchase a legal version through the App Store, but it is seeing the ...
