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Q: aperture

Hi,

 

I recently updated my Aperture to 3.5.1.. I imported my library (from an other computer) and now I only can see my photo's in projects. The albums are empty.

How can I see my photo's in albums again?

Thanks

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 14, 2014 1:13 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 14, 2014 1:54 AM in response to Sporta
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    Aug 14, 2014 1:54 AM in response to Sporta
    . I imported my library (from an other computer)

    How did you import the library?  If you did not import the library using "File > Import > Library" you will not have migrated the albums and products.

     

    Try to open the library instead. Copy the original library to your new computer and double-click it to open it in Aperture and to upgrade the library to anew format.

  • by Sporta,

    Sporta Sporta Aug 14, 2014 2:39 AM in response to léonie
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    Aug 14, 2014 2:39 AM in response to léonie

    Hi,

    My MacBook is not big enough to copy the library on it. So I import the library from another computer (I connected the two computers en shared all my files). In Aperture --> preferences --> general: the library location is also connected the the other computer. So I can use Aperture on my MacBook without having all of my photo's on it. I can see my aperture projects with photo's but the albums are empty.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 14, 2014 2:51 AM in response to Sporta
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    Aug 14, 2014 2:51 AM in response to Sporta
    So I import the library from another computer (I connected the two computers en shared all my files).

    Is it a wired connection (Firewire, Thunderbolt) or a network connection?

     

    but the albums are empty

    Do you see the albums, but they are empty? Are are the albums missing altogether?

  • by Sporta,

    Sporta Sporta Aug 14, 2014 3:19 AM in response to léonie
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    Aug 14, 2014 3:19 AM in response to léonie

    It is a network connection. I see the albums in the same structure as before but no photo's.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 14, 2014 5:42 AM in response to Sporta
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    Aug 14, 2014 5:42 AM in response to Sporta

    Aperture libraries (and iPhoto Libraries) are not supported on network volumes. Accessing the library this way may cause library corruption and data loss, be careful, see this link:

         Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

    and also:

         iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users

     

    If you don't have enough space on your new mac, copy the library to an extern drive, formatted as described in the second link above.

     

    Your library has probably a permissions or access control list problem, since it has been created using a different user account. After moving the library to a different drive run a permissions repair. I'd not do that, while the library is still on the network volume.

    To repair the permissions  launch Aperture with options-command keys held down, until you are seeing the first aid panel,  and select "Repair permissions".

  • by Sporta,

    Sporta Sporta Aug 19, 2014 6:36 AM in response to léonie
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    Aug 19, 2014 6:36 AM in response to léonie

    Hi,

    I put the library on an extern disk (after formatting this disk) en repaired the permissions but the albums are still empty. When I import new photo's in albums, it is okay. I can see the new photo's but the old ones are only visible in the projects.