Q: pink photos

Are your images raw images? And had the older Mac an earlier raw support version? Then your images may need reprocessing of the raw.  (Photos > Reprocess original).

i tried backing up a collection of photos on imac 2.4ghz 20" from a previous imac backup from a different imac i once had.

But sirry, I do not understand what you are doing: What do you mean by backing up from an earlier backup? Or are you restoring from an earlier backup?  What kind of backup is this? A vault? Time Machine? A folder with backed up originals?

once all file are transferred and look good....once the file are finished processing they all turn pink????

And how exactly are you "transferring" the backup? Are you reimporting into Aperture? As a library or as image files?

If your images are raw images, what is your camera model?

If the files are Raw Nikon Nef files and you recently did the Raw Camera bundle update to 4.08  and you are on Mountian Lion you might be experienceing a probllem that is affecting users with that setip. See

All my raw photos turn red.

My 2012 iMac is on acid

RAWs appear blue/pink-ish in Preview, Apercu and Aperture

for examples.

Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano - The bit about being on ML may or not be the case. So far all users who have posted here with this problem have been on ML but it may affect Lion also.

Frank, I have been on this for a while now, as you know from my first post. ASAIK, the problem is not Lion /Mountain Lion but a combination of graphic card with the rest. That is my conclusion becaus some "red" pictures are perfectly fine on a differend machine with 4.08. Also problems with 4.08 are not solely with Nikon cameras, there are issues with others. Apple has already acknowleged a distortion problem with Sony.

Yes your work with this has been good.

I agree with your conclusions that is is some combination of system components and camera equipment that is causing this or else we'd all be seeing the problem.

My post above was a direct addressing of the problems reported by fmurphy and what I felt was best to get this problem resolved. Sometimes adding more info just clouds the issue.

regards

Thanx,no problem.

Hi,

Not to derail the thread, just thought I would mention that I had problems with 4.08, Canon 60D and 2011 iMac with raw images turning black. Downgraded to 4.07 and all problems went away.

How did you import the images?

It happened to images that were in my library for months. First one in by current project went black, then I went back a few months and clicked around, and a few others went black too. Then I panicked. Lucky I saw something here about rolling back to 4.07, and I did that ASAP, and everything went back to normal. I am fairly sure the update was the cause, it happened immediately after upgrading, and went away immediately after downgrading. Nothing else changed in the interim.

(Please excuse my english)

You're English is fine, thanks for the feedback.

Did you import directly fro the Canon to A3 ?? If so I think it is a problem with some graphic card. It is weired, because this is the first time we here from trouble with a Canon.

Hi Norbert,

Yes, I always import directly. They are managed for a month or so, then they go referenced. So the problem occured with both managed and referenced files. I didn't experiment too much, I was worried about my Library. I hope this helps a little bit.

I used my library in the morning, then a bit later on quit Aperture, and then noticed the update. I let the update install, then 20 minutes or so later opened the Library (without rebooting) almost right away one image went black in the project I was working on that morning. I spent some minutes trying to figure out what happened, (Exporting original to desktop, and re-importing caused the same problem. Also, I could see the correct icon on the desktop, but when I opened it with preview, I got an incompatible image format error. (I wish I made screenshots)

Then I realized the update, might be the problem. I went back a few projects, saw some other images turn black, reverted, and the problem is still solved. So, I strongly suspect 4.08.

(Everything is latest versions, OSX and Aperture.)

Hi Johan, very strange. Again , you are the only Canon shooter that I heard has a problem with 4.08. I don't have an answer.

How do you downgrade to 4.07? I'm having the same issues with my raw photos in Aperture. It was working fine the other day, then after the update to 4.08 they're all turning pink when I click on the pictures. Actually, the first one I clicked on turned white, then all the ones I tried after that turned pink (I only tried a few because I promptly stopped clicking on pictures).

You know what? Nevermind. I checked for system updates immediately after I posted that and Apple now has a raw camera update for 4.09... I did that, everything seems golden now. All the pictures I had problems with are now back to normal, except for the white one was still white. Apprently I somehow turned recovery all the way up on that one, so I turned it back down to zero and the picture is totally fine.