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When deleting masters in Aperture 3.5.1 it does not delete the files from the disk.
I'm using a WD MyBook USB Drive formatted for MAC OS.
I only use referenced masters to save space with the Aperture Library.
Any help to get Aperture to delete files fully, or a way to find a couple years worth of not deleted files on the drive
(e.g. find all files in a folder on the drive that are not in Aperture), would be very welcomed.
thanks
- omaether
léonie wrote:
Storing the library on a network volume is not supported by the application.
Thanks for the link léonie. However, it makes no difference to the problem if I store the library on a local volume and instead reference the masters on a net share - originals are still not deleted. There is no mention in that article that this configuration is not supported by Apple, so I can only see this as a bug in Aperture until Apple confirm they don't support referenced originals on a net share either.
FWIW, I have been storing my iTunes library on a RAID5 AFS net share for around the last 5 years, also iPhoto and in the last 18 months, Aperture. I have not had a single issue with their libraries on the NAS, other than Aperture not deleting originals when emptying its trash. While performance over 1000BaseT ethernet obviously won't compare with an internal SATA drive, I find performance is still more than adequate for daily work.
NAS volumes do not normally support a two stage delete. That is on a locally mounted volume when a file is deleted it is moved to the .Trash folder on that volume and the file appears to be in the users Trash folder on the root volume. When the user empties the trash the file in the Trash folder on the volume is actually deleted.
Network volumes usually do not do this, when you delete a file on a NAS volume it is deleted immediately. Aperture is not designed to work with a single stage delete.
regards
deleting in aperture does not delete from disk
