HT201289: Aperture 3: Troubleshooting basics

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Rilely
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Q: How to re-generate my previews?

I just recently purchased a new MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display with upgraded Mountain Lion. When transferring over my Aperture Library from my last Time Machine Backup using Migration Assistant, all of the previous got messed up! Some of them are missing, some of them are of other pictures in my library, and some are just... noise... Any idea of how to fix this? I've tried everything including repairing permisions, reparing the database, and rebuilding the database without success. I'm reinstalling Aperture now.

 

Any thoughts? Also, apparently its a $49 fee for Apple to help me with this, even though I already paid up for a very expensive AppleCare agreement. Ugh!

Posted on Aug 12, 2012 4:30 PM

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Q: How to re-generate my previews?

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  • by Antonio 29,

    Antonio 29 Antonio 29 Aug 12, 2012 5:55 PM in response to Rilely
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    Aug 12, 2012 5:55 PM in response to Rilely

    If the problem relies on your previews, you can simply select as many or few images as you like and while clicking the Alt key select on the menu Photos-Generate Preview. I'd say it's safer to have a separate back up of your library or a Vault besides your time machine backup.

    Hope this works.