Q: aperture to.....
My wife uses Aperture to manage her photos. She moved from iPhoto because she felt that iPhoto could not do what she wanted. It was set up stock. She does not use a managed library (whatever that is). I get to support all the tech in our house. Should everything get moved back into iPhoto? If so how would you do that and keep the events/projects organized. It would even be great to keep the masters and the current edited versions in place. I know that no one has a crystal ball here, but I need to find a way for her to continue doing stuff with her photos. She does take some (very few) pictures on her phone, most are taken with a DSLR. She does put some of them on her iPad to use to paint from. Having used Apple products for more years than I can count, I need to have a way to put her stuff into a more standard (????) system so if necessary to go to a non Apple product she can. All advice is very appreciated.
Posted on Jul 3, 2014 5:01 AM
First:
Don't do anything. Aperture will be updated for Yosemite. That means that the app will continue to work as it does now for a minimum of 18 months. It may work with later versions of the OS too, but at the very least there is no reason to change anything at this time.
Second.
Photos app will turn up sometime next year. It will migrate her Library when she tries it out. Wait and see what that brings. If - at that point - the new app does not meet her needs, that's the time to make a big change.
Third:
You can export everything you put into Aperture out again, in a variety of formats. There's no such thing as a standard system. You can easily relocate her masters if you so choose, it's all there in the commands.
So, no hurry and no panic. Lots of time to consider your options.
Posted on Jul 3, 2014 5:53 AM
