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Q: I am running aperture 2.1.4 and am considering purchasing the latest version. will my photos, projects, and folders etc. transfer over automatically ?

I am running aperture 2.1.4 and am considering purchasing the latest version. will my photos, projects, and folders etc. transfer over automatically ?

Aperture 2, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 4, 2012 12:09 PM

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  • by léonie,Solvedanswer

    léonie léonie Aug 4, 2012 12:31 PM in response to Mark Joost
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    Aug 4, 2012 12:31 PM in response to Mark Joost

    will my photos, projects, and folders etc. transfer over automatically ?

    Nearly automatically.

     

    This will be a major upgrade, and Aperture will have to upgrade your library.

    As a precaution, make sure you have a working backup of your library, and I'd keep a copy of the Aperture 2.1.4 Application installer as well.

    Also it is recommended to repair the permissions and to rebuild the library, to make sure that  the library has no corruptions before you upgrade.

     

    Rename the Aperture Library to a name different from the default name before you upgrade.

     

    Launch the new Aperture version by double clicking your Aperture library. Aperture will prompt you, that it is necessary to upgrade the library; let it run, this may take a while. And yes, you should find all your photos, projects, folders, etc. after the upgrade just as you imported and organized them.

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by Kirby Krieger,

    Kirby Krieger Kirby Krieger Aug 4, 2012 12:44 PM in response to Mark Joost
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    Aug 4, 2012 12:44 PM in response to Mark Joost

    Hi Mark,

    Léonie said:

     

    Also it is recommended to repair the permissions and to rebuild the library, to make sure that  the library has no corruptions before you upgrade.

    This is so highly recommended it should actually be included as part of the upgrade itself.  Don't even think about skipping!  (I'm assuming these actions are available w. v. 2.x -- I never used it.)

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 4, 2012 12:53 PM in response to Kirby Krieger
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    Aug 4, 2012 12:53 PM in response to Kirby Krieger

     

    Kirby, you are so right!

     

    And actually, this advice is part of the "Release Notes", see http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2518

     

    But you have to scroll far to the bottom of the page, to "Additional information", past all the other paragraphs on older upgrades, so I am sure most people with miss this advice altogether.

     

    Cheers

    Léonie

  • by Kirby Krieger,

    Kirby Krieger Kirby Krieger Aug 4, 2012 1:01 PM in response to léonie
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    Aug 4, 2012 1:01 PM in response to léonie

    They really should make it part of the upgrade.  Just tell the user that the machine must be plugged in, shouldn't be used, and that the upgrade may take hours.  Some dialog like "Please wait while we confirm that your Library can be upgraded without incident."

     

    If it had been included with all upgrades, we would have avoided at least 1,000 posts here.

     

    (OK: I found that number on a Post-it on my desk and decided if I used it I could then discard the Post-it.  Done.)

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 4, 2012 11:25 PM in response to Kirby Krieger
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    Aug 4, 2012 11:25 PM in response to Kirby Krieger

    OT:

    I found that number on a Post-it on my desk and decided if I used it I could then discard the Post-it.

    "Post-it"s made from paper? I love the virtual stickies. These I can retrieve from Time Machine, if I accidentally trash a wrong one


  • by Be3G,

    Be3G Be3G Aug 15, 2012 5:05 AM in response to Mark Joost
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    Aug 15, 2012 5:05 AM in response to Mark Joost

    Hello,

     

    My apologies for the off-topic-ness but I have a question you might be able to help me with. I'm running Aperture 2 but I'd like to upgrade to Mountain Lion, and you seem to be the only person on the internet who's dared run such a combination of software… so I was wondering if you could tell me please if Aperture 2 runs OK on the latest operating system?

  • by Mark Joost,

    Mark Joost Mark Joost Aug 16, 2012 12:33 AM in response to Mark Joost
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    Aug 16, 2012 12:33 AM in response to Mark Joost

    Hi Be3G,

    Sorry for lateness of reply.

    Aperture 2 started crashing on me on 'mountain lion' (for no apparent reason) also I couldn't use a third party editor (photoshop) and a couple of other things. It got to be a drag. I use aperture alot that is why I upgraded to aperture 3. I hope this helps. I had no problem transfering the files over from 2 to 3

  • by Be3G,

    Be3G Be3G Aug 16, 2012 4:10 AM in response to Mark Joost
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    Aug 16, 2012 4:10 AM in response to Mark Joost

    That's very helpful, thank you. Aperture 2 seems to be OK in Lion so I hoped that would remain the case for Mountain Lion too – alas it seems not!