HT202012: Aperture 3: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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johnfromcamberley
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Q: manage library

I have nearly filled my hard drive up with a very large aperture 3 library... I have an external drive always connected and back up to a time capsule, both drives.

 

What is the best way to manage this library, can I move it off the hard drive?

 

When it moved what's the best way to manage it as its all in one file?

 

Is their a good how to web site for this type of information, as I have a couple of books I have read and it gives me no advice...

 

Cheers John.

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 3, 2012 1:57 PM

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  • by Terence Devlin,Helpful

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Apr 3, 2012 2:06 PM in response to johnfromcamberley
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    Apr 3, 2012 2:06 PM in response to johnfromcamberley

    Managed or Referenced Library?

     

    Managed -> Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

     

    1. Quit Aperture

     

    2. Copy the Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.

     

    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching Aperture and in the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.

     

    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.

     

    Referenced -> FIle -> Relocate Masters will move the originals to the external.

     

    Regards

     

     

    TD

  • by Kirby Krieger,Helpful

    Kirby Krieger Kirby Krieger Apr 3, 2012 2:16 PM in response to johnfromcamberley
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    Apr 3, 2012 2:16 PM in response to johnfromcamberley

    Hi John,

     

    Best, or easiest? 

     

    The best set-up for you is to leave the Library on your system drive, purchase a dedicated external drive for the your Masters (FW400 is actually fast enough), and relocate all (or all but your most recent) of your Masters to this new drive.  There is much information available on this, including in the User Manual.  Take a look and ask more.

     

    The easiest set-up is to buy a new fast external drive (FW800 or faster) and move your Library package (using Finder, with Aperture closed) to this new drive.  Double-click the Library file in Finder after moving it, and run Aperture from there.  Every time you launch Aperture that Library will load as long as it is available.

     

    Note that in each case you will want to change and verify your back-up scheme.