mattspace
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Mac OS X

Q: Move part of Aperture Library to Photos.app

Hi Folks,

 

I've currently got all my photos in Aperture, and I'd like to move my iPad & iPhone derived pictures to Photos.app, while keeping Aperture for my DSLR.

 

The two main questions I have are:

 

  1. What is the procedure to move photos to a new Aperture library (which I'll import to Photos.app) so that they're physically removed from my main Aperture library? I can find plenty of tutorials for copying to a new library, but not split library / move photos. Or, do I have to copy then manually delete?
  2. In iTunes, I'm currently syncing photos back onto my iOS devices after they've been removed by Aperture on import (Cloud-based photo sync isn't an option). What I'm eventually going to need to be able to do is have photos on my iPad from both Photos.app AND Aperture.
    • Does anyone know, when you select your iOS device in iTunes, then go to the Photos settings, is the "Copy Photos From:" dropmenu a single option...
    • or is its function to allow you to set up multiple inputs for the photo sync process, and then when you hit sync it grabs all of the things you chose from each app and album you selected (so you can have an album from Aperture, and a different album from Photos.app, and the contents of a random folder on disk etc)?

 

Thanks,

Posted on Apr 22, 2016 12:26 AM

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Q: Move part of Aperture Library to Photos.app

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 22, 2016 12:34 AM in response to mattspace
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    Apr 22, 2016 12:34 AM in response to mattspace

    TO create a new Aperture library from your iPhone Photos create a folder with projects an albums that has only your iPhone Photos, you may use a smart album based on the camera model to find them.

     

    then select this folder in your library and use the command File > export > Folder as new Library.

     

     

    in iTunes you can only sync with one library - photos library or Aperture library, but not with both.

  • by mattspace,

    mattspace mattspace Apr 22, 2016 8:45 PM in response to léonie
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    Apr 22, 2016 8:45 PM in response to léonie

    Thanks for the response.

     

    Does exporting the folder as a new library remove the items from your existing library, or does it require a manual delete afterwards?

     

    When you say one library - what happens when you have multiple Aperture libraries? does it require you to choose one of them?

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 22, 2016 9:41 PM in response to mattspace
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    Apr 22, 2016 9:41 PM in response to mattspace
    Does exporting the folder as a new library remove the items from your existing library, or does it require a manual delete afterwards?

    Exporting as a library does not remove the items from the original library,  If you want to remove them afterwards, test first, if the export went well.

    When you say one library - what happens when you have multiple Aperture libraries? does it require you to choose one of them?

    iTunes will always open the Aperture library, that has been opened last and is show as the current library in the Aperture preferences file.

    And if you select to sync the Photos for Mac library, iTunes will use the Photos for Mac library you designated as your System Photos Library.

     

    The problem is, that iTunes synced photos are not stored in the Camera Roll on your iPad or iPhone. They are stored separately and so you cannot add to the synced photos by simply syncing two libraries one after the other.  Each sync will erase the previously synced photos and replace them by wriiting the currently selected photos from the current library to the device: Sync photos to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in iTunes - Apple Support

  • by mattspace,

    mattspace mattspace Apr 24, 2016 9:10 PM in response to léonie
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    Apr 24, 2016 9:10 PM in response to léonie

    So I guess a solution would be to export all the iOS photos to a new Aperture library, delete them from my main Aperture library, then Airdrop them to the iPad from Finder, putting them back into the camera roll. Then, use Photos.app to take photos from the iPad without deleting them on import, and then only sync from Aperture in iTunes to bring across the DSLR mages I want on the iPad.

     

    Byzantine joke of a process to get around iOS and photo apps not being based around simple user-accessible hierarchical file-structures.

     

    I'd give it a go, if Airdrop hadn't mysteriously decided to no longer work on both my mac and iPad unless it's set to "everyone", because apparently I've ceased to be in my own contacts.