Luxvier
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Q: Changed HDD in NAS Drive, lost all links

Hello world,

 

 

I keep all photos in separate directory structure (16.000 photos in 140 directories), and have the mediathek on the local drive.

 

Now I have changed the HDDs in my NAS drive (dLink DNS 323, connection via smb), and restored all folders from a backup. In the finder I can see all photos (randomly tested).

 

Although the share-name and the user-ID are set up the same as before, Aperture lost the connection to all photos.

 

I am not going to believe that I have to refresh the links to every single photo...

 

Any idea anyone?

 

Greetings from Germany

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 15, 2012 11:03 PM

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Q: Changed HDD in NAS Drive, lost all links

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 15, 2012 11:36 PM in response to Luxvier
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    Jun 15, 2012 11:36 PM in response to Luxvier

    Hello,

     

    usually using "Reconnect All" should suffice to reconnect all files, if you restored your library from a backup.

     

    But I am not quite sure, how you restored your library - do I understand this correctly:

    1. Your Aperture Library (Mediathek in german) is on the system drive?
    2. Your referenced master image files / original image files are on a NAS drive?
    3. You had to replace the drives in the NAS and restored from backup?

    Then your estored files are no longer identical to the files Aperture is referencing, and you will have to reconnect.

     

    In the long term the NAS setup might be risky; Apple recommends to keep the Aperture library on a local volume, MacOS X extended formatted - your NAS is neither local nor MacOS X extended, see this Support Article:

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

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

     

    To reconnect your images quickly:

    1. Make sure your NAS is properly mounted.
    2. Create a smart album containing all referenced images: 
      1. File > New > Smart Album
      2. Add rule: File status is referenced  (or offline, or missing)
    3. Select all images in the smart album.
    4. From Aperture's  main menu bar select:   File > Locate referenced files
    5. in the "Referenced Files" panel you see two panes:
      1. In the upper pane select the first image with a missing original (master) image file.
      2. In the lower pane point the File chooser to the location of the master on your NAS.
      3. Now the "Reconnect" buttons should appear. Press "Reconnect All". If you are lucky, this will reconnect all missing original files at once.

     

    Good Luck, und "Hummel Hummel" aus Hamburg von der Waterkant!

    Léonie