Q: iPhone photo edits lost after import / sync to aperture ?
Two problems I noticed while syncing photos to my iPhone 6 with iOS 8.1:
First, while importing, Aperture told me it could not recognise several items (Unsupported items) so I had to save them in a separate folder in my mac. Those items are files with the name of the photo plus an "AEE" extension. (say IMG_2340.AEE ) and I assume those files are the edits I have made to my photos.
Then I noticed that synced photos do not have the original edits. So the photo goes to the mac and looses the edits plus when the photo is back to the iphone via iTunes sync all the changes are gone. Some pictures appear duplicate also. (I'm still trying to find the logic of the error )
It looks more like a bug but I just wanted to know if someone else is experiencing this.
- How could I re-link the AEE files to the original photos and preserve the edits after sync?
Here the content of one of the AEE files I mentioned:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>adjustmentBaseVersion</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>adjustmentData</key>
<data>
YnBsaXN0MDDRAQJac2xvd01vdGlvbtIDBAUWV3JlZ2lvbnNUcmF0ZaEG0QcIWXRpbWVS
YW5nZdIJCgsUVXN0YXJ0WGR1cmF0aW9u1AwNDg8QERITVWZsYWdzVXZhbHVlWXRpbWVz
Y2FsZVVlcG9jaBABEkNSzWASO5rKABAA1AwNDg8QFRITEwAAAAE6LRPAIj4AAAAICxYb
IygqLTc8QktUWmBqcHJ3fH6HkAAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABcAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACV
</data>
<key>adjustmentEditorBundleID</key>
<string></string>
<key>adjustmentFormatIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.video.slomo</string>
<key>adjustmentFormatVersion</key>
<string>1.1</string>
</dict>
</plist>
iPhone 6, iOS 8.1
Posted on Oct 21, 2014 12:26 AM
Then I noticed that synced photos do not have the original edits. So the photo goes to the mac and looses the edits plus when the photo is back to the iphone via iTunes sync all the changes are gone.
That is a feature of iOS 8, not a bug, unfortunately. Downloading via USB will import the contents of the camera roll. Previously you could save the edited photos to the camera roll and then import them this way, but that is now not possible. So importing using a USB connection will only give you the original photos without edits, see this Apple Support document:
iPhoto and Aperture don't have edits to photos you import from iOS 8 devices
As to the .AEE files, I don't know. Have you used any third-party photo editor ? Have the files been downloaded from email?
Posted on Oct 21, 2014 12:26 PM