Red Robin

Q: How do I MOVE images WITHOUT COPYING, please?....

In Aperture 3.5.1 on Mac OS 10.9.1 and I have no accounts such as Flickr or Facebook listed in Aperture Account Preferences.

 

Project A has no Albums and Project B has various Albums containing images which were directly imported from camera...

 

I wish to MOVE only (not copy) some image/images from Project B's individual Albums to Project A.

 

If I drag-n-drop the image, Aperture only creates a copy in the new destination. I don't want so much duplication.

 

I have looked in the Help docs but cannot see an answer to my particular question, so I'm here.

 

Any help appreciated.

Many Thanks,

Robin

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jan 30, 2014 3:56 AM

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  • by Frank Caggiano,Helpful

    Frank Caggiano Frank Caggiano Jan 30, 2014 3:05 PM in response to Red Robin
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    Jan 30, 2014 3:05 PM in response to Red Robin

    You're getting the contextual menu you are getting because the images are stacked.

     

    Unstack the images

     

     

    Screen Shot 2014-01-30 at 18.00.34 .pngScreen Shot 2014-01-30 at 18.00.34 .png

     

    Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano - Jive is being silly when adding an image while editing a post, the reason for the double image. Anyway the above contextual menu was gotten in an album when selecting one image in a stack.

  • by Red Robin,

    Red Robin Red Robin Jan 30, 2014 3:54 PM in response to Frank Caggiano
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    Jan 30, 2014 3:54 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

    Frank Caggiano wrote:

     

    You're getting the contextual menu you are getting because the images are stacked.

     

    Unstack the images

     

     

    ....Gee!! It's that simple!

     

    It even works when you select an Original and CM > Remove from Album.

     

    The keyboard shortcut is the Delete key but the true delete on keyboard in Aperture is Cmd-Delete.

     

    THANKS!

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 30, 2014 3:56 PM in response to Frank Caggiano
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    Jan 30, 2014 3:56 PM in response to Frank Caggiano

    that's it, cheers!

     

    Aperture had me fooled - I tested with stacked images when I saw the gray background in the screenshot, but I always saw the "remove from album", and so I dropped that approach:

    See the stacked images and "Remove from album"?

     

    Screen Shot 2014-01-31 at 00.51.36GMT+1.png

    What had me fooled, was that I forgot to test with a single image in stack - I always selected a complete version stack, and that is behaving differently.

  • by Kirby Krieger,

    Kirby Krieger Kirby Krieger Jan 30, 2014 4:12 PM in response to Red Robin
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    Jan 30, 2014 4:12 PM in response to Red Robin

    Careful!

     

    Red Robin wrote:

     

    The keyboard shortcut is the Delete key but the true delete on keyboard in Aperture is Cmd-Delete.

    Those are _different_ commands.  They do different things.

     

    "{delete}" = Remove from Album

    "{command}+{delete}" = Move to Aperture Trash

     

    It is crucial that you understand the difference.  I think you do -- I just want to make sure  .

  • by Red Robin,

    Red Robin Red Robin Jan 30, 2014 4:15 PM in response to léonie
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    Jan 30, 2014 4:15 PM in response to léonie

    Thanks anyway, leonie, for your attempts to help - I learnt something from you anyway.

     

    Much appreciated, and everyone else who has replied in this thread,

     

     

  • by Red Robin,

    Red Robin Red Robin Jan 30, 2014 4:20 PM in response to Kirby Krieger
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    Jan 30, 2014 4:20 PM in response to Kirby Krieger

    Kirby Krieger wrote:

     

    Careful!

     

    Red Robin wrote:

     

    The keyboard shortcut is the Delete key but the true delete on keyboard in Aperture is Cmd-Delete.

    Those are _different_ commands.  They do different things.

     

    "{delete}" = Remove from Album

    "{command}+{delete}" = Move to Aperture Trash

     

    It is crucial that you understand the difference.  I think you do -- I just want to make sure  .

     

    ....Yes I do.

     

    However, until today I had hit "{delete}" thinking I was moving an image to Aperture Trash.

     

    Does Aperture Trash empty when you Empty Trash in the OS? Or perhaps when you Quit Aperture, so in the same way as Mail does (or is meant to because it doesn't always do so the first time!).

  • by Kirby Krieger,

    Kirby Krieger Kirby Krieger Jan 30, 2014 4:28 PM in response to Red Robin
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    Jan 30, 2014 4:28 PM in response to Red Robin

    Red Robin wrote:

     

    Does Aperture Trash empty when you Empty Trash in the OS? Or perhaps when you Quit Aperture, so in the same way as Mail does (or is meant to because it doesn't always do so the first time!).

    No, it does not.  You must manually empty the Aperture Trash in order to empty the Aperture Trash.  Doing so moves any managed Originals that are no longer used in your Library (because you are removing the last Image that is based on that Original) to the System Trash, and gives you the option of moving referenced Originals that are no longer used in your Library to the System Trash or leaving them where they are stored.

     

    More here (click and scroll down):

    Working with the Aperture Trash

  • by Red Robin,

    Red Robin Red Robin Jan 31, 2014 1:35 AM in response to Kirby Krieger
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    Jan 31, 2014 1:35 AM in response to Kirby Krieger

    Thanks, Kirby - Very helpful

     

    I really should RTFM in a bit more depth!

     

    This thread has taught me a lot about the structure of how Aperture manages images and I can now see how it works well.

     

    Robin

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