HELP - V3.4.5 Importing issues from iPhoto

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HELP - V3.4.5 Importing issues from iPhoto

Hi all,

A newbie here so apologies if this basic subject has already been covered!

I have just updated my software version of aperture to version 3.4.5 and I cant seem to locate any of my pictures stored in iPhoto via Aperture. I was able to do this with the previous version of Aperture. The pictures are stored in iPhoto but I cant locate them via Aperture..........hope that makes sense??

Can someone please point me in the right direction?? I have tried to import pictures from iPhoto and I have tried to access my pictures via Aperture but with no luck!!

Many thanks in advance,

Justin

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 20, 2013 1:48 PM

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léonie

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Jul 20, 2013 2:02 PM in response to JDBlade

The iPhoto Browser is no longer available in Aperture 3.4.5, if that is what you have been using.

Now Aperture and iPhoto are using the same library format, and you could simply open your iPhoto libraries in Aperture. Only this requires, that you update iPhoto as well to the most recent version 9.4.3. Then open your iPhoto libraries at least once in iPhoto 9.4.3 to convert them to the new format, and Aperture can open them as Aperture libraries.

See: Aperture 3.3: Using a unified photo library with iPhoto and Aperture

If you want to consolidate your iPhoto Libraries and your Aperrture library into one library, to be used with both iPhoto and Aperture, you can import your iPhoto libraries into your current Aperture library.

See: Aperture 3.3: How to use Aperture to merge iPhoto libraries

Regards

Léonie

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