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Q: Aperture 3 library location on NAS?

Good afternoon,

I would like to know if it is possible to allow more than one computer to use the same Aperture library?

I have one macmini and one iMac 27''.

 

My question is, would it be possible to store the Aperture library I have on a nas box and share this out to both systems.

I would not be looking to use both computers at the same time.

 

 

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Jul 21, 2012 4:39 AM

by léonie,Solvedanswer
léonie léonie
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A:

That is not recommended by Apple, sorry, see this support article:

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

 

Your external volume needs to be formatted MacOS X Extended. And placing the Aperture Library on a network volume will give poor performance, because the access time is slow, and also unpredictable results. You may corrupt your Aperture library this way and risk data loss.

 

Since you do not need to access the library at the same time from both machines, it would be safer to put the library onto a fast external drive, connected by firewire or fast USB and plug this drive into the computer where you want to use the library.

 

Regards

Léonie

Posted on Jul 21, 2012 6:27 AM

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  • by léonie,Solvedanswer

    léonie léonie Jul 21, 2012 6:27 AM in response to talksrm
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    Jul 21, 2012 6:27 AM in response to talksrm

    That is not recommended by Apple, sorry, see this support article:

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

     

    Your external volume needs to be formatted MacOS X Extended. And placing the Aperture Library on a network volume will give poor performance, because the access time is slow, and also unpredictable results. You may corrupt your Aperture library this way and risk data loss.

     

    Since you do not need to access the library at the same time from both machines, it would be safer to put the library onto a fast external drive, connected by firewire or fast USB and plug this drive into the computer where you want to use the library.

     

    Regards

    Léonie

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    talksrm talksrm Jul 21, 2012 6:32 AM in response to léonie
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    Jul 21, 2012 6:32 AM in response to léonie

    Hi, thanks for your useful post. I will certainly consider your idea. My only problem is that I do have a very large library. I might give it a try and see how it performs.

     

    Thanks again for your help.

  • by SierraDragon,

    SierraDragon SierraDragon Jul 21, 2012 7:16 AM in response to talksrm
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    Jul 21, 2012 7:16 AM in response to talksrm

    It sounds like you have many managed-original images. Change to have all or at least almost all images as referenced-originals with the originals on external hard drives.

     

    Managed-originals are less than ideal from a database-physics standpoint. I strongly recommend use of a referenced-originals workflow.

     

    HTH

     

    -Allen