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Q: Upgrade from Aperture 2.1 to 3.2.3

Hello,

I recetly upgraded from Aperture 2.1 to 3.2.3 and now my library does not open.

It looks like 3.2.3 does not recognize the older file format used by 2.1 library.

How do I get this work?

 

Thanks!

Meghana.

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 1, 2012 4:48 PM

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Q: Upgrade from Aperture 2.1 to 3.2.3

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  • by meghanabendre,

    meghanabendre meghanabendre Apr 1, 2012 5:10 PM in response to meghanabendre
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    Apr 1, 2012 5:10 PM in response to meghanabendre

    Correction: My library file is on an external drive. I got Aperture to load by creating a new library. Then I tried to switch libraries and selected the old one that is on the external drive, it threw an error: "Aperture cannot switch to the selected library because the file system of the library's volume is not supported"

     

    Does this mean I need to copy the library to an internal location, upgrade and then move it back? Will the move back to external be supported?

     

    Thanks!

    Meghana.

  • by Frank Caggiano,

    Frank Caggiano Frank Caggiano Apr 2, 2012 6:17 AM in response to meghanabendre
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    Apr 2, 2012 6:17 AM in response to meghanabendre

    Close Aperture and double click the library on the external drive. This will cause Aperture to open and load the library. It will ask you if you want to update it.

  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Apr 2, 2012 6:35 AM in response to meghanabendre
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    Apr 2, 2012 6:35 AM in response to meghanabendre

    Then I tried to switch libraries and selected the old one that is on the external drive, it threw an error: "Aperture cannot switch to the selected library because the file system of the library's volume is not supported"

      Meghana,  how is your external drive formatted? Is it not MacOS Extentended?

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by cdiehm,

    cdiehm cdiehm Apr 2, 2012 11:48 AM in response to Frank Caggiano
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    Apr 2, 2012 11:48 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

    Frank,

    I need to transfer my pictures on my hard drive to an external drive.  I've started the "relocate masters" process. Once I transfer everything, can I delete everything from my desktop hard drive?

    Thanks,

    cdiehm

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 2, 2012 11:56 AM in response to cdiehm
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    Apr 2, 2012 11:56 AM in response to cdiehm

    @cdiehm

     

    perhaps you'd better start your own discussion and not hijack this thread: without more information on your setup would it be difficult to encourage you to erase your system drive!

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by meghanabendre,

    meghanabendre meghanabendre Apr 2, 2012 1:56 PM in response to Frank Caggiano
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    Apr 2, 2012 1:56 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

    Sorry, Frank. That didn't work. Still see an error that says "The library could not be opened because the file system of the library's volume is unsupported."

    It is puzzling that Aperture 2.1 could recognize the external hard drive's file system but 3.2.3 does not.

  • by Frank Caggiano,Helpful

    Frank Caggiano Frank Caggiano Apr 2, 2012 2:44 PM in response to meghanabendre
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    Apr 2, 2012 2:44 PM in response to meghanabendre

    Didn't see that in the second message you posted. What is the filesystem of the drive the library is on? How did the library get on that drive?

     

    You will need to copy the  library off that drive and reformat it to Mac OS X Extended.  Is there other data on the drive besides the Aperture library? If so you will need to backup all the data, reformat the drive and restore it.

  • by meghanabendre,

    meghanabendre meghanabendre Apr 3, 2012 8:47 AM in response to meghanabendre
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    Apr 3, 2012 8:47 AM in response to meghanabendre

    I wasn't aware that new version of Aperture needs a Mac OS X Extended formatted external drive. The older version was able to read from my FAT 32 formatted drive.

     

    Thanks for your help!

    Meghana.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Apr 3, 2012 9:02 AM in response to meghanabendre
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    Apr 3, 2012 9:02 AM in response to meghanabendre

    I wasn't aware that new version of Aperture needs a Mac OS X Extended formatted external drive. The older version was able to read from my FAT 32 formatted drive.

    Then you have been very lucky, Meghana, it has been like this since Aperture 1.0, see here:

     

    Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3252

     

    Cheers

    Léonie

  • by meghanabendre,

    meghanabendre meghanabendre Apr 3, 2012 11:54 AM in response to léonie
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    Apr 3, 2012 11:54 AM in response to léonie

    Wow, now I wonder how it was working before.

    I know that I had to format another external drive that holds videos for it to work with iMovie. But this FAT 32 formatted drive has worked with Aperture until I upgraded Aperture last weekend.

    Strange, indeed.