This should be easy. In my library on some of my projects there is a number in parenthesis. This is not the number that tells you how many shots are in the project, but one that follows the name of the project. What does the number mean?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7), 2.8 Quad Core
The number is created automatically to make the project name unique. How do you create your projects? If your preset creates a name that is taken already, a number will be appended.
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Léonie
Right now I'm dealing with an iPhoto import so I'm not sure how I've got them set to import. Currently I've got them organized by date, but in the Library sidebar the projects come out organized by name and then date. So, "A" for April leads the pack and included are some projects with names that begin with A that were not shot in April. They are not really chronological at all. So, the projects "Archaic's Studio" has a date of September 11, 2003 while the projects "At The Range" have March 12, 2006 and for "At the Range (1)" has a date of January 1, 2007. Here's a screen shot.
My File Naming preset is:
Version Name Custom Name Image Date.
My Folder Naming preset is simply "Project Name".
I've changed it to :
"Project Name/ Image Month/ Image Day/ Image Year". But I see no change at all in how the library projects look in the sidebar.
Should I change that to: Image Year, Month, Day and then Project Name to get a chronological view in the sidebar?
None of that has anything to do with the project names in the Aperture library.
If these projects were created when you imported from iPhoto then the most likely reason for this is that this is the way the events in iPhoto are named.
Yes, the naming came from the iPhoto Library, however I've changed some of the names in A3 but their location in the sidebar remains the same. Basically, all I want to do is have the library sidebar sorted chronologically.
The library tab of the inspector does not sort by date. You can sort by kind (album, folder, project), name or manual.
If you want a date sort you need to use the Projects icon at the top of the library list.
Ok, that's what I'm doing now. I just find it curious that one cannot do what appears to me to be a normal and expected behavior, ie Chronological sorting.
Anyway, thanks for the answer.
What does the number mean?
