Retroactive (GitHub) to run Aperture on Catalina

Hello, I found Retroactive software from GitHub (free) that is intended to allow Aperture running on Catalina.

I am still using Aperture on High Sierra, with Nik collection. I was not motivated to stop using Aperture and switch to Photo because Photo is not so good compared to the clear interface of Aperture. So because of keeping Aperture, I am not ready to update the OS to Catalina. I think many people are in similar case.

But now, with this Retroactive software, it might be possible to continue with Aperture on Catalina.

However, I have no idea if Nik collection can work. To know it, I have to install Catalina ... with the risk of loosing Aperture ...

If someone using Aperture, has installed Catalina, would it be possible to try Retroactive to give us a feedback to know if it works well ? Especially for those, like me, who are using Nik Software collection on Aperture because there is no feedback on Nik Collection users with Retroactive.

My dream is that Apple develop another Aperture compatible with Big Sur or Catalina, and working also on High Sierra. This will allow more people to update the OS peacefully, which is not the case when having Aperture as main photo treatment interface.

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 10:21 PM

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Yer_Man

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Jul 7, 2020 3:18 PM in response to katrin49

Thanks for sharing, but perhaps you'd be best sharing that over at the DxO site, after all, they're the people you paid for the software, they own it and support it.

katrin49

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Jul 7, 2020 3:20 PM in response to Yer_Man

Yes I have but its with the Catalina upgrade that all these problems occur .

Emails gone, older versions of Lightroom gone aso

Yer_Man

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Jul 7, 2020 3:58 PM in response to Antony Platt

So you have a learning curve with new software. Some people traverse that faster than others.

Oh, and punctuation helps others understand you faster. So do paragraphs.

katrin49

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Jul 7, 2020 4:05 PM in response to Yer_Man

Thank you

Yer_Man

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Aug 15, 2020 10:22 AM in response to christinefromaiea

Say what now?

Aug 5, 2020 3:43 PM in response to tomigaya31

Tomigaya31

it works very well the only issue I have found is video beside that I have no problem

but what would you update

photos is crab and they haven't not even made a lift and stab and with then big sur the only thing you are getting is a new desktop

once I can close to some internet I will go to High Sierra

since none of the new things is any good for me.

I have been around LR and Capture one, both of them are good but none of them comes even close to AP with it comes to DAM

Apple will never make a new version of AP and looking the way they are going with this ARM thing, well I was thinking to get CO1 so I can move over to windows after 15 years with Mac

Apple is about making phones and or stuff then to make a photo application that works

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Retroactive (GitHub) to run Aperture on Catalina