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Q: Aperture Library Problem

I have two Aperture libraries that I have been using for a while.  I am unable to switch to the second library and get the following message. "Aperture cannot switch to the selected library because the file system of the library's volume is not supported"  I am guessing it has something to do with the recent update, any thoughts or solutions?

 

Thanks

 

M-

Aperture 3, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 29, 2012 9:59 AM

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Q: Aperture Library Problem

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 29, 2012 10:12 AM in response to mcourts
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    Jun 29, 2012 10:12 AM in response to mcourts

    Where is your second library located? On an external volume? The Aperture Library needs to be on a locally connected volume, formatted MacOS X Extended.

     

    See:

    Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3252

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by mcourts,

    mcourts mcourts Jul 1, 2012 4:29 AM in response to léonie
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    Jul 1, 2012 4:29 AM in response to léonie

    The second library is located on an external RAID. It had been working perfectly, but now I get the error message mentioned in my post.

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    léonie léonie Jul 1, 2012 5:44 AM in response to mcourts
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    Jul 1, 2012 5:44 AM in response to mcourts

    file system of the library's volume is not supported

    But what is the type of the file system on your external raid?

     

    What does Disk Utility show?   (Disk Utility is located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder)

    Select your drive in the left column of the window and click the "First Aid" tab. The file system will be displayed at the bottom of the window.

     

    raidlacie.png

  • by mcourts,

    mcourts mcourts Jul 4, 2012 7:28 AM in response to léonie
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    Jul 4, 2012 7:28 AM in response to léonie

    LeonieDF

     

    Thank you for trying to help, the RAID does not show up in the disk utility screen.  See below, for a shot of the drive in finder.  When I set up the Synology drive, I did so from this imac and would have used a mac format since this is the only computer that the drive has ever been used with.  The Aperture library worked well for months, and recently stopped working and I now get the message below.

     

     

    I do not know if the recent Aperture undate is to blame and if so how to get it fixed.

     

    Thanks again.

     

    Malon

     

     

    Screen Shot 2012-06-29 at 5.28.16 AM.png

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Screen Shot 2012-07-04 at 10.23.51 AM.png

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jul 4, 2012 7:49 AM in response to mcourts
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    Jul 4, 2012 7:49 AM in response to mcourts

    So your Aperture Library is on a shared network volume? Then you have been lucky, if it worked before. The Aperture Library should reside on a locally connected volume - it is not guaranteed that network access will work, sorry. As I pointed out before, this is what Apple recommends:

     

    Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3252