Q: Aperture 3.3 libraries readable by Lion and Snow Leopard?
I have been running Aperture 3.1.3 under Lion and under Snow Leopard. We have family iMacs that, for what I consider very good reasons, we do not want to upgrade to Lion. Now there is Aperture 3.3, and this seems to have major changes. If I upgrade on my Lion Macbook to this new Aperture 3.3 will our older Snow Leopard iMacs still be able to view (and edit) the libraries? These iMacs run 3.1.3 and cannot upgrade to 3.3 without upgrading to Lion.
Aperture 3, library compatibility question
Posted on Jul 8, 2012 8:03 AM
The Upgrade to Aperture 3.3 is a major new release. Aperture 3.3 requires Lion - MacOS X 1.7.4, and will only run on Macs with 64bit Intel Processors. If you upgrade to Aperture 3.3., your Aperture Libraries will be converted to a new format, that is incompatible with earlier Aperture versions. You will no longer be able to open these libraries on your older iMac. Sorry.
Léonie
Added: See the Technical Specifications: http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs
and the Aperture 3.3.1 release notes
Posted on Jul 8, 2012 8:15 AM