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Q: It appears that my 'Aperture Trash' under 'Library' has disappeared.  Any ideas"

While deleting photos, I noticed under Library..Projects, Photos, Places...my Trash is no longer listed.  I can't view what's there.  I can still empty trash. I have OS X Mavericks and the latest update of Aperture.  Any ideas?

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 15, 2014 12:35 PM

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Q: It appears that my 'Aperture Trash' under 'Library' has disappeared.  Any ideas"

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  • by judysings,Helpful

    judysings judysings Mar 17, 2014 7:31 AM in response to 1bluestar
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    Mar 17, 2014 7:31 AM in response to 1bluestar

    Hi 1bluestar,

     

    Welcome to the Support Communities!

     

    Take a look at the article below.  Deleting the user preferences should bring back the Aperture Trash in your sidebar. 

     

    Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

     

    Delete the user preferences

    You can resolve many issues by restoring Aperture back to its original settings. This will not impact your image files or your library. To reset your Aperture user preference settings to their original state, do the following:

    1. Quit Aperture.
    2. In the Finder choose Go to folder from the Go menu.
    3. Type ~/Library/Preferences in the "Go to the folder" field. Press the Go button.
    4. Remove the "com.apple.Aperture.plist" file from the Preferences folder.
    5. Restart your computer if you're using OS X Mavericks.

    Note: The locations of your Aperture libraries are stored in the preference file listed above. If you have stored your library outside the default location of  ~/Pictures/Aperture Library, make a note of where the library is before deleting the Aperture preferences file. If you have more than one library, you can bring up a dialog to choose which one to load by pressing Option immediately after you open Aperture.

     

    Cheers,

     

     

    - Judy

  • by Frank Caggiano,Helpful

    Frank Caggiano Frank Caggiano Mar 17, 2014 8:03 AM in response to 1bluestar
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    Mar 17, 2014 8:03 AM in response to 1bluestar

    Starting in Apertute 3.5 (or there abouts) the sections in the Library tab can be shown or hidden.

     

    If you hover the pointer over the Recent heading, Show will appear, click it.

     

    Screen Shot 2014-03-17 at 11.01.56 .png

  • by 1bluestar,

    1bluestar 1bluestar Mar 17, 2014 8:19 AM in response to Frank Caggiano
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    Mar 17, 2014 8:19 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

    Thank you, Frank!  I did see an earlier posting regarding the 'Trash' disappearance shortly after my post.  It was the same recommendation as yours.

     

    Again, thank you, Frank.  You're always so helpful!  And it's appreciated!

  • by 1bluestar,

    1bluestar 1bluestar Mar 17, 2014 8:21 AM in response to judysings
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    Mar 17, 2014 8:21 AM in response to judysings

    Thank you, Judy, I appreciate your expertise with my problem.  It was solved with an easy 'hover' of the pointer over the Recent heading shortly after posting the problem.

  • by Frank Caggiano,

    Frank Caggiano Frank Caggiano Mar 17, 2014 8:23 AM in response to 1bluestar
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    Mar 17, 2014 8:23 AM in response to 1bluestar

    Glad you got it sorted out

     

    regards