Exported Aperture JPGs not working on Windows machine

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Exported Aperture JPGs not working on Windows machine

Hey Guys,

I have a FAT32 formatted flash drive (sandisk, pretty standard) to which I've been exporting JPGs from Aperture. Pretty standard export settings, I've even tried it with versions and originals. I export them to the drive, plug the drive into a Windows 7 machine that I'm trying to transfer to, and it will not read the file. The file is THERE, it just shows a generic JPG preview and when double clicking on it will not open. The Windows OS seems to have added characters to the export as well, i.e. a space and a comma before the name.

This happens whether it's a hard drive or flash drive, but not over email. I can email a file directly and it works just fine, it's only when putting it onto disk that the problems arise.

I would use email, but I need to send thousands of photos.

Thanks in advance!

Posted on Jul 11, 2013 8:35 AM

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Ernie Stamper

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Jul 11, 2013 9:15 AM in response to JayhawkCWE

Not sure, but a test we need to run is to Export to a folder, say on your Desktop, and then away from Aperture drag the folder or image file to this same flash drive. Then check the result on the Windows box.

Ernie

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Jul 11, 2013 10:42 AM in response to JayhawkCWE

FAT32 has a file size limit of 4gb. Are you exported images bigger then this?

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JayhawkCWE Author

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Jul 12, 2013 12:49 PM in response to Ernie Stamper

Ernie, will try that as soon as I get a chance. This is actually a problem that a student of mine is having. I won't be able to test that until she returns. But, I get what you're saying and why to do it that way. Maybe it's a direct export issue... Thanks!

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Jul 12, 2013 12:50 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

no sir, all individual jpg files. the total is over FAT32's limit, but not the individual files. I also tried formatting the drive as exFAT, still waiting to hear the results. Thanks!

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