Migrate Aperture library to ipad through Photos

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Migrate Aperture library to ipad through Photos

I can successfully see my Aperture content in Photos. However when I select that I want all my photos to be synced to my ipad via cable it says that the Photos library is empty and cannot be found.

How can I fully move all Aperture content to Photos? So far it looks like Photos is just accessing the old library without making it its own that I would then be able to pass on somewhere else.

My end target is to do all my editing on my ipad pro and only keep backups on my Mac.

How can I achieve this?

Thank you.

MacBook Air

Posted on Dec 8, 2019 1:43 AM

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léonie

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Dec 8, 2019 2:06 AM in response to classified1

Have you already made the Photos Library your System Photos Library, so it will be accessible in the Media Browser?

While viewing your photos in Photos open the Photos > Preferences > General. At the top of the Preferences panel is a button "Use as System Photos Library". Click this, if it is not grayed out.

Quit Photos and restart the Mac.

Photos may need some time to render previews for the Media Browser. After that, your Photos Library should appear in other applications.

Which system version is running on your iPad and your Mac?

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léonie

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Dec 9, 2019 1:38 AM in response to classified1

On the iPad with iOS 13 you have the option to display the photos as a tiled grid or in the correct aspect ratio, but only in the All Photos view.

I am using the "Days" and "Month" only to get to the correct moment I want to work with, then select a photo and switch to "All Photos". In All Photos it is easier to compare photos, because they are not tiled and cropped after clicking the "Aspect" button:

I prefer iCloud Photos to sync the photos from my Mac to the iPad. When I add titles and keywords to a photo on my Mac, I can use the search on the iPad to find the photos by the metadata, even if the iPad does not display them.

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classified1 Author

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Dec 9, 2019 12:12 AM in response to léonie

I think your answer already helped me!

I am on the most current firmware status for all devices.

After I selected the option you mentioned above the Photos app crashed at first but I think it worked to the desired outcome.

Now I have to figure out how to organize my pictures on the iPad, the default view by year is fine casually but really meaningful for serious work.

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classified1 Author

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Dec 17, 2019 1:27 PM in response to léonie

Thank you for your helpful input.

I have one follow up question. Since I now migrated to photos and deactivated icloud as a the default photo source I think the software now created an entire second library.

In my user folder I now find 2 files: Aperture Library.migratedaplibrary and Aperture Library.photoslibrary.

The aperture old file is 180gb large and the new file 220gb. Can I delete the old one? Is everything copied?

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