Q: Aperture library on NAS: Aperture keeps asking where it is
Hi all
I have both the library as well as files (separately, referenced) on a NAS (Synology), and that generally works well.
The only thing that keeps bugging me is that most of the times upon starting Aperture, it keeps asking where the library file was. It is even more strange, as the library path displayed in the error window is exactly correct. What I need to do is then to show Aperture the library path, whereafter Aperture starts normally.
Anyone know how to avoid the sysyphus work? Anyone experiencing the same?
Thanks
Simon
MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.5)
Posted on Apr 21, 2014 4:15 AM
Apple's recommendation for sharing a library is a sneaker drive: Use a portable drive and plug it into the mac, where you want to use it: See this document on how to prevent permission issues with this setup:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198
To achieve the same on a NAS create a writable disk image on the NAS and store the library on that disk image. The only complication would be that you ensure that the disk image will be mounted before you are launching Aperture.
This will ensure the correct file system, but still leaves the problem of network access to the database files inside the library. You are risking database corruption and data loss this way, I cannot recommend it.
Posted on Apr 21, 2014 6:26 AM