Brad Kugler

Q: Vault Update hangs

Tried updating my vault 2-3 times.  It hangs about 20% of the way through the update.  Tried creating a new vault from scratch and hangs in the same place.  Let it roll for 10-12 hours to see if it breaks through but just hangs until I eventually force quit.  Any ideas?

Aperture 3, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 2.8 Ghz i7, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD

Posted on Nov 26, 2012 7:04 PM

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Q: Vault Update hangs

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 26, 2012 8:41 PM in response to Brad Kugler
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    Nov 26, 2012 8:41 PM in response to Brad Kugler

    Have you tried to repair and rebuid your Aperture library?

    Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library: Aperture 3 User Manual

     

    I'd try to use all three Library First Aid options in turn.

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by wombat2007,

    wombat2007 wombat2007 Jan 21, 2015 5:54 PM in response to léonie
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    Jan 21, 2015 5:54 PM in response to léonie

    hey leonie
    having same problem
    i've deleted all vaults and created new ones on multiple drives

    those drives have been repartitioned
    i have repaired and rebuilt the library
    i have cleared all cache and PRAM
    i have also tried a non NAS local vault

     

    nothing seems to work.
    i get the pizza and it just hangs ( forever )
    act monitor gives a non-respond for Aperture

     

    not sure where to go from here

  • by wombat2007,

    wombat2007 wombat2007 Jan 21, 2015 5:55 PM in response to wombat2007
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    Jan 21, 2015 5:55 PM in response to wombat2007

    also removed Aperture .plists

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 22, 2015 6:01 AM in response to wombat2007
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    Jan 22, 2015 6:01 AM in response to wombat2007
    i have also tried a non NAS local vault

    A vault cannot be on a NAS. A vault is essentially an Aperture Library, and the same conditions hold.  Keep your vaults on a local drive, according to this Support document:   Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

    Is the non-NAS drive formatted correctly?

     

    If you cannot create a vault at all, the problem is probably with your Aperture library - some file that cannot be read or written.

     

    Can you copy your Aperture library to an external drive, or do you get an error message?

  • by wombat2007,

    wombat2007 wombat2007 Jan 22, 2015 4:29 PM in response to léonie
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    Jan 22, 2015 4:29 PM in response to léonie

    leonie
    i knew you'd be around ; >so - i learned a few things.
    All my libraries and vaults have been on external drives - always.
    I guess when I said local and NAS I confused you - they are on the same LAN
    As fate would have it I came across on article on ApertureExpert that was 5 years old, but this guy
    was simply saying, it's not what it looks like
    simply let it run for 24-48 hrs for a large library. I did and it's done.
    So, lesson learned - even though Aperture seems unresponsive in Activity Manager
    and you get the pizza of death, apparently it IS working. Just think in days - not hours.

     

    but to step back, leonie, yes i had gone through permissions, repair and rebuild.
    i have a backup library on another drive, as well as archives.
    i am in the process of taking the last five years and exporting versions out to a dedicated drive and then will
    be moving on to a new library and dumping the masters.
    The only way I have found to responsibly back up your library is ChronoSynch scheduled over a LAN( as it can unpack and only copy changes )

    I wonder how much of this Apertures fault and how much is hardware.
    I would love a pure thunderbolt drive to test but my suspicion is Aperture throttles this to the point of 'days' from all the other threads i've read.

     

    thanks again >>

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 24, 2015 11:44 AM in response to wombat2007
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    Jan 24, 2015 11:44 AM in response to wombat2007

    You're welcome. 

     

    I guess when I said local and NAS I confused you - they are on the same LAN

     

    Just be careful. An Aperture Library (or vault) is not supported on any kind of networked volume, even on the same LAN.