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Is there any way to sync photos from Aperture to Android? There seem to be a couple of options to sync from iPhoto to Android devices (doubleTwist and Missing Sync), but none for syncing from Aperture to Android devices. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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lindsayfrombc wrote:
Hi there,
Just wondering if you found a solution to this? I am considering switching to a Galaxy S4 from my iPhone but use aperture to manage ALL of my photos... and it's the one thing holding me back from switching phones.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Unfortunately, no. If I do, I will post it here. If you would do the same, that would be greatly appreciated!
No need to double up on disk space. Exporting versions sized to Email Medium will give images good enough for any tablet and typically only 5% of the size of the Aperture library. Either import to iphoto for sync then delete the small images, or copy the images across using whatever method your tablet supports.
peter_watt wrote:
No need to double up on disk space. Exporting versions sized to Email Medium will give images good enough for any tablet and typically only 5% of the size of the Aperture library. Either import to iphoto for sync then delete the small images, or copy the images across using whatever method your tablet supports.
For me at least, the issue isn't that a workaround doesn't exist, it's that a proper sync solution doesn't exist (and that any proper workaround is WAAAAY too much work). Having to export from Aperture, import to iPhoto, copy or sync to my Android device, then delete the photos from iPhoto, then delete the iPod Photo Cache folder, then have that folder re-create the next time I sync my iOS device (because the iPod Photo Cache folder was deleted, which takes over an hour to re-sync all the photos from scratch again) isn't really a solution in my book.
My solution is long winded but has generality, as not all droid devices are the same, and you include steps that are not needed such as deleting from iphoto and deleting ipod cache which as far as I know is not created.
Also when we move away from mainstream (iphoto to professionsl apps, app,e to Android) we can expect complications.
What I would like to see is a simple export from Aperture to iphoto of reduced versions.
Specifically, if it helps, with my ipad i export reduced size versions to simple (project named) folders then sync them to ipad in itunes. Two steps. The small image copies are also very useful to email to family.
peter_watt wrote:
My solution is long winded but has generality, as not all droid devices are the same, and you include steps that are not needed such as deleting from iphoto and deleting ipod cache which as far as I know is not created.
Also when we move away from mainstream (iphoto to professionsl apps, app,e to Android) we can expect complications.
What I would like to see is a simple export from Aperture to iphoto of reduced versions.
Specifically, if it helps, with my ipad i export reduced size versions to simple (project named) folders then sync them to ipad in itunes. Two steps. The small image copies are also very useful to email to family.
The photos would need to deleted from iPhoto if I didn't want it just taking up extra space on the hard drive. You are right about the iPod Photo Cache folder. I just realized that if I keep my iPad syncing photos with Aperture through iTunes, a new iPod Photo Cache folder for the new iPhoto library shouldn't get created.
If I'm just syncing from Aperture to iPad/iPhone/iPod touch, I don't see a need to export separate smaller copies; when you send an e-mail, you should be given options on what size photo you want to send. Besides, you can change what size photos automatically get synced I believe (Aperture -> Preferences -> Previews).
As I've said before though, I'm not sure why this functionality hasn't been implemented in the syncing solutions that already exist. doubleTwist and Missing Sync can both sync an Android device with iPhoto. iPhoto and Aperture have been able to share libraries for about 18 months now, I think. So if iPhoto and Aperture can use the same library, and there are programs that can sync with iPhoto, why can't those programs sync with Aperture?
You mention Missing Sync in the first post as not being adequate. It says right on the Missing Sync app page that it handles Aperture:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.markspace.missingsync&hl=en
I came across it, and this post, while researching the potential iphone > android switch, and Aperture is how I manage my photos
Sync with Aperture and Android?
