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Can I back up multiple Aperture 3 libraries in one vault?

Hi,

I have divided my Aperture 3 managed images into two large libraries. Each contains about 25,000 images. My internal HD is backed up by Time Machine and I have a second 1TB HD on which I was going to create a vault. Amazingly, I cannot find any information in the manual or through online searches that will tell me if I can put more than one library into a single vault, or how to accomplish this. I know I have to limit myself to one vault per backup disk but all the references to "libraries" in the manual refer to backing up THE library even though they admit the possibility of maintaining more than a single library.

I appreciate any help the group can provide.

Cliff

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), 4GB RAM, 1TB HD, Aperture 3.4,

Posted on Sep 16, 2013 9:49 AM

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Sep 16, 2013 11:40 AM in response to cjfn

And just to muddy the waters some more, remember that TM is doing incremental not archival backups. Vaults too are not archival unless you are specifically putting vaults away and not touching them agiain.

Jan 24, 2016 12:22 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

Okay. I'm not really sure if the original post was answered in the way it was intended (I could be completely wrong here) The question (I believe) was; If i have multiple libraries and want them all backed up, do I have to have a Vault(s) for each library, OR if I"m in any of my libraries and do a "backup" will Aperture actually include ALL the photos in all my libraries in a backup? Or, do I have to make new Vaults for each of my libraries and back up them up when I'm in that particular library? (ie. if I had two libraries, should my backup disk(s) have two Aperture values (one for each library) or only ONE vault, that would contain both libraries at the same time?)

Can I back up multiple Aperture 3 libraries in one vault?