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Clarification on how the Aperture 2 Trial works -- and why

As some of you have discovered, we have set up the Aperture 2 Trial so that it can NOT automatically upgrade an existing Aperture 1.5 Library to v2 until you actually authorize it as a licensed copy.

This was done intentionally to protect customers from inadvertently upgrading a library they subsequently would not be able to open. Since Aperture 1.5.6 can't read a v2 library, we didn't want anyone to unthinkingly upgrade their existing Library using the trial, only to discover 30 days from now, that unless they actually buy Aperture 2, they can no longer access it.

The Aperture 2 Trial is intended to take the app on a test drive. You can import new images into it and even import whole projects that you created in Aperture 1.5. It is fully functional and can support a library of any size you choose to create. But to actually upgrade you existing Library -- a one-way "no turning back" process -- you need to license it.

This way, you're not converting your library into the up-to-date format until you know you'll be sticking with Aperture 2 and it is completely safe to do so.

We've modified the text on the Trial download page to make this clearer. Hope this helps!

Joe Schorr
Sr. Product Manager, Photo Applications
Apple

Posted on Feb 12, 2008 1:06 PM

28 replies

Feb 13, 2008 1:05 AM in response to kiwifiz

Joe and Aperture Team.

For those of use who are not totally lame, and would like to take a look at Aperture speed with 40k images, isn't there some magic button you could put in allowing us to convert a backup (what a concept!) of our original 1.5 Library? Are we playing to the lowest common denominator here or what?

Maybe we should really call this a semi-pro application 😟.

Feb 13, 2008 5:35 PM in response to Rich Hayhurst

Being a PRO-photographer doesn't make you computer literate!

Feb 13, 2008 5:41 PM in response to Mark Connell

"Being a PRO-photographer doesn't make you computer literate!"

In my book, you're ONLY a pro - since 1998 if you -are- computer literate, unless of course you're using film.

Feb 13, 2008 6:17 PM in response to Joe Schorr

I was switching back and forth between 1.5 and 2, but now every time I try to open 1.5, it tells me that the library selected was created in a newer version, and my only option is to quit. If I go back to A2 and open the Prefs, there is no library I can choose that 1.5 will open when I try again.
How can I open 1.5 now?
Thanks.

Ian Wood

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Feb 13, 2008 7:57 PM in response to ronniepitman

ronniepitman wrote:
I was switching back and forth between 1.5 and 2, but now every time I try to open 1.5, it tells me that the library selected was created in a newer version, and my only option is to quit.

Taken directly from the trial page...

+To open an existing Aperture 1.x library with Aperture 1.5 after you've run the Aperture 2 trial, drag the library onto the Aperture 1.5 application.+

Ian

Feb 14, 2008 6:01 AM in response to Ian Wood

Thanks, Ian. Problem is, A2 overwrote my old library. I know the opening message in this thread says this won't happen, but I tried it, and it did. I thought it would rename my original library "libraryold" and save it, but it didn't. I'm going in to my local Apple store this morning. I may have to reinstall 1.5, and then restore my library from the vault.

bk1000

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Feb 14, 2008 6:06 AM in response to kiwifiz

Reply to kikifiz

s this why my trial version of aperture 2 has expired already???

I did have a look at trial of Aperture 1.5 last year, but stuck to a much faster lightroom on my 1.67 powerbook. I now can't make a valid comparison because my trial expired after my first opening!!

Not very helpful for convincing me to shift to Aperture 2....<

I tried 1.5 last year and rejected it, and the 2.0 trial is running fine for me. Recheck the license, ask for a new license key, or check with your local Apple rep.

Feb 14, 2008 6:38 AM in response to ronniepitman

It did not overwrite your library. Here's what happened to me and how I fixed it.

1) Once I installed the 2.0 trial, it put the 2.0 trial library in the same folder as the 1.5 library. The folder was located on a dedicated data hard drive (the Aperture folder). This was the same folder my 1.5 library was in.

2) I opened Ap2.0, played for a bit, then shut it down so that I could export a project out of Ap1.5. When I opened Ap1.5, my heart skipped a beat as it said that my library was from a newer version and couldn't open it.

3) I checked my Aperture folder, the old library was still there, so I drug the new library to a different location (root of my data drive). Once I restarted Ap1.5 all was good.

4) I then restarted Ap2.0 and pointed a location different than my Ap1.5 library.

All is now well. I suspect the problem has something to do with putting the 2 libraries in the same folder, but I'm not sure.

Roy

I had the same problem which is corrected by moving the 2.0 trial library out of the same folder as the 1.5 library.

Feb 14, 2008 9:53 AM in response to Joe Schorr

Help? ... Last month I downloaded an Aperture trial (to decide if I should purchase Aperture instead of Lightroom), which just expired yesterday. I really liked Aperture and would have purchased it, but then - the same day - Aperture 2 came out. So I downloaded the Aperture 2 trial to see what it's like, but now I have no idea how to move my images to Aperture 2, since I don't actually have Aperture 1.5. I'd like to try A2, too, before I buy it. I don't have Lightroom on this laptop either, since its brand new. Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

Feb 14, 2008 9:57 AM in response to toastersinflight

Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

Buy Aperture 2.0 and import your v1.5 library 😉

Cheers,

Andreas

Feb 14, 2008 10:26 AM in response to Andreas Yankopolus

Right, but I don't want to (and never intended to) buy it immediately, and I need my images immediately. I want to buy it in a week or so, regardless. (I just dont have the money right now - I have mono and I can't work).

At the end of the Aperture 1.5 trial there was an option to export my images. Is there any way to get that back? I dont care if it involves losing the 2.0 trial. Thanks so much for the help.

Feb 14, 2008 10:50 AM in response to toastersinflight

The Aperture project file is a Mac OS X package file which is just a fancy folder.

You can either right click on the project and go in there and find your files (they will be in project files which are also packages that you must descend to), or you can create a smart folder in Finder (using Spotlight) which shows you all files of type image in the Aperture folder. Then all your RAW and JPEG or TIFF or whatever files will show up, and you can drag them somewhere else.

I must say, painting yourself into a corner you don't know how to get out of, when given 30 days, is pretty inexcusable if you're a professional.

Feb 14, 2008 1:06 PM in response to rnanderson

Roy, thanks for your generous response. I've just come back from the local Apple store and all's well. Like you, the "genius" there moved my libraries and A2 to a different folder, so when we started A1.5, it was forced to create a new library. But, my previous 1.5 library had in fact been overwritten by A2, as witnessed by its reduction in size from several gigabytes to 650 KB--the size of an empty trial library. It also showed to be an A2 library in Get Info. So, we then restored my 1.5 library from vault on my external drive. 'Twas a lengthy process to reimport 7000 images, and then another long period of time for it to recreate all the thumbnails, but now all's well.
The Apple troubleshooter was impressed enough that she submitted an online report, an "escalation," to Cupertino. I imagine few people will have the problem I had, as I had tried pretty hard to attach my 1.5 library to A2 (hadn't read the opening message in this thread, yet). It just didn't quite work out.

Clarification on how the Aperture 2 Trial works -- and why