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Q: accessing external DB from other computer?

i am migrating from a 2006 mac pro running Lion to a 2012 running yosemite.

 

two questions please.

 

1. can i /store/ the aperture database on a separate 1 TB drive in the 2012 machine with a number of other databases and simply have this drive be my "database" drive?

2. can i open and work on the aperture database on this drive that is in the 2012 machine (say if it is in the pictures folder on the 2012 machine or on the separate "database drive" in the 2012 machine) while i am booted into Lion on the 2006 machine? i mean, until i get totally set up to work in yosemite is this a possibility?

 

thanks

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 28, 2014 1:47 PM

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Dec 28, 2014 2:01 PM in response to hotwheels 22
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    Dec 28, 2014 2:01 PM in response to hotwheels 22

    You can store your Aperture library on a second internal drive or a directly connected external drive. The file system of the drive needs to be MacOS Extended (Journaled). So if you want to recycle drives you used with a Windows computer, move all data off the drive, and reformat the drive with Disk Utility. 

    See this support document:  Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

     

    If you want to access the drive from different user accounts set the "Ignore Ownership on this Volume" flag, see: iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users (the tile says iPhoto, but this holds also for Aperture).

     

    If you want to use a library, that is on an internal disk on another mac, you cannot use the library over a network connection. You need a wired connection.  Boot the second Mac in target disk mode, see:    OS X Lion: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode

    Target disk mode will mount the second computer as an external disk.

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    hotwheels 22 hotwheels 22 Dec 28, 2014 3:32 PM in response to léonie
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    Dec 28, 2014 3:32 PM in response to léonie

    hi leonie.

    thank you.

    if i use an internal drive do you know if i have to move the whole Pictures folder or if i just move the aplibrary file to the other drive?

    also, do you happen to know if i can connect two mac pros via ethernet cable and have this count as an externally connected volume?

    thanks

    jon

  • by William Lloyd,Helpful

    William Lloyd William Lloyd Dec 28, 2014 4:22 PM in response to hotwheels 22
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    Dec 28, 2014 4:22 PM in response to hotwheels 22

    You don't have to move the pictures folder. You just have to move the Aperture Library (.aplibrary file).

     

    Two Macs connected via Ethernet shouldn't be used. You can connect this way, but Aperture doesn't support drives accessed over a network, which is what this situation would be. Just get a good external drive (Thunderbolt is best; USB3 isn't bad) and put the Aperture library on that.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Dec 28, 2014 4:35 PM in response to hotwheels 22
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    Dec 28, 2014 4:35 PM in response to hotwheels 22

    As William Lloyd said, Jon.

     

    Just move the Aperture library to the drive in question and double click it to open it in Aperture, when you want to access it.


    i am migrating from a 2006 mac pro running Lion to a 2012 running yosemite.

    The Aperture version you are having on your Lion machine will be an older version.  Once you open the Aperture library from your Yosemite Mac, you will no longer be able to open the library on your Lion Mac.

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    hotwheels 22 hotwheels 22 Dec 28, 2014 4:37 PM in response to léonie
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    Dec 28, 2014 4:37 PM in response to léonie

    OK. thanks. this is a big help. i didn't know the library will not be compatible with an older version!

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    hotwheels 22 hotwheels 22 Dec 28, 2014 6:21 PM in response to William Lloyd
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    Dec 28, 2014 6:21 PM in response to William Lloyd

    thanks william