Duplicate Books

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Duplicate Books

I am trying edit duplicate books (created with the File > Duplicate Book command). I encounter lots of bizarre behavior in the copy but not in the original. The two most annoying are that I can't delete a photo from the book (using the Images > Remove from Album command) and the Show Unplaced Images button doesn't work. (Although, if it is active, strange things happen when I click on images in the browser.)

The result is that I find "Duplicate Book" to be essentially useless. Can anybody help me?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6), Aperture, Logic Studio

Posted on Apr 23, 2009 10:16 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 24, 2009 11:06 AM in response to Stephen Wandzura1

I tried Aperture on a different (PPC) computer with a different (and much smaller) library. That Aperture was still 2.1.2. It did NOT show the problem. I updated it to 2.1.3 - still no problem. I will try exporting the offending project, duplicating the book on another computer and reimporting the project on the original computer. I can see why I haven't had any replies - maybe I am the only observer of the problem...

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Answer 2

rwboyer

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Apr 24, 2009 12:26 PM in response to Stephen Wandzura1

Sounds to simple but...

Have you tried a library rebuild?

RB

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Answer 3

Apr 24, 2009 1:44 PM in response to rwboyer

Thanks for answering. Simple, yes, but frightfully time-consuming, as my library is around 300GB. I wanted to avoid it if possible.

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Answer 4

rwboyer

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Apr 24, 2009 4:02 PM in response to Stephen Wandzura1

I really would give that a try - something is amiss as I have use the crap out of books and have not experienced what you are describing. As you have noted - it doesn't happen to everyone or for that matter many people.

Make sure that you have another good back up before the rebuild - separate from your last good backup. (Actually I would probably just make a copy and try a rebuild on the copy to see what happens)

RB

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Answer 5

Apr 26, 2009 8:07 AM in response to rwboyer

I have tried:

1 - Rebuilding library
2 - Trashing preferences
3 - Consistency check
4 - Exporting the offending project (with image consolidation) to another computer.

The book that has "Images > Remove from Album" disabled stays that way. It is quite bizarre.

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Answer 6

Apr 26, 2009 12:41 PM in response to Stephen Wandzura1

I have been able to avoid the inability to use "Images > Remove from Album". If I avoid using the "File > Duplicate Book", it does not happen. The method I use to duplicate the book (without using the command) is to export the enclosing project and then reimporting. I can then remove images from the book in the reimported project. Along the way, duplicate masters are created, but I can tolerate that. Maybe this could be avoided if I did not choose "Consolidate Masters" - I don't know...

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