Is it more efficient to store the aperture library I'm working on in my MPB hard drive or on the same remote hard drive the referenced images are on?

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Is it more efficient to store the aperture library I'm working on in my MPB hard drive or on the same remote hard drive the referenced images are on?

Hi

I store all my images on a remote hard drive using an airport extreme. The library that I am working in that references these images is also on the remote hard drive. Is it more efficent or quicker to put the library onto my MBP and still reference the images to the remote hard drive.

The main issue Im having is its taking 2-3 hours to import images into the library. Currently the library and the images all sit on the remote hard drive. I'm not sure if I have a wireless issue, hard drive problem or its just the work flow.

Thanks

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 16, 2012 10:26 PM

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léonie

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Jul 16, 2012 10:59 PM in response to kiwi92651

You are lucky, that this setup works at all, if your Aperture library is on a remote hard drive, see this support article by Apple:

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

Remote volumes are slower, and transmission errors may corrupt your library. For a good performance put the Aperture library on the fastest drive you have - that is usually your system drive or a second internal volume, if you have it. If your Aperture library is too big for the internal volume, you can relocate the original (master) image files to an external volume, formatted MAC OS X extended, but for the Aperture library itself you need quick access.

Regards

Léonie

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kiwi92651 Author

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Jul 17, 2012 7:07 AM in response to léonie

Thank you for your answer. Funny thing is that everything was working ok on this system. The remote hard drive is a Seagate Go Flex drive. I think formatted for Apple. It has a spin speed of around 5200 rpm. How could I eliminate the wireless system or hardrive.

Currently it takes about 1.5 hrs to transfer across a 16 gig worth of pictures to this remote hard drive.

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