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Is it possible to Aperture Library by copying over the Contents?

Hi,

My new Drobo 5D is having issues, and i'm not able to copy the Aperture File Directly over directly as its 530GB and the hard drive keeps failing in the last 30GB or so.

so I was wondering is it possible to copy over the contents bit by bit by using the show contents folder and then somehow recreating the Aperture file from the folder of Contents copied over?

Otherwise, is there any other solution?

thanks!

Derrick

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 2.5Ghz, 16GB Ram, 500GB HD

Posted on Jan 14, 2013 10:44 PM

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léonie

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Posted on Jan 14, 2013 11:42 PM

Derrick,

how is your Drobo formatted? If it is not formatted Mac OS X Extended (Journaled), you will not be able to open the Aperture Library on it. Aperture requires the drive to be formatted Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). Also, the wrong formatting usually causesthe kind of copy errors you are seeing, because of conflicting filenames. In that case, copying in smaller batched will not help either.

So check the formatting of your drive, either with Get Info ("File > Get Info" from the Finder's main menu bar ⌘I) or with Disk Utility.

Regards

Léonie

Added: To move an Aperture library in smaller bits, the only safe way would be to turn it into a referenced library:

Relocate the images from some projects to the new drive, so that the library becomes smaller (File > relocate originals).
If you have relocated enough projects, move the library as an entity by dragging it to the drive.

Aperture 3 User Manual: Working with Referenced Images

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macbuzzz Author

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Jan 28, 2013 9:00 PM in response to léonie

Thanks Leonie for all your trouble in helping me problem solve this!. .have learnt a few ideas etc for solving future problems too:). . much appreciated!!:))

léonie

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Jan 28, 2013 10:23 PM in response to macbuzzz

You are welcome. I am glad you could rescue most of your pictures.

Is it possible to Aperture Library by copying over the Contents?