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Q: how to find my old aperture library after upgrade?

I recently updated my system to OSX 10.10, upon attempting to open aperture to view my photos, an info box came up saying my version of aperture was redundant and i should upgrade via the mac app store, I then tried to open the library through iPhoto and was given a message in the same tone (see screenshot 1).

 

 

I then purchased Aperture to upgrade the library and view all of my photos. Upon launching it did not give me an option to load the library in question, instead I was only given the option to load from the iPhoto library or to create a new library which, incidentally, was created as a REPLACEMENT to the existing library, in effect overwriting all of the data from my aperture library of five years with a new empty library.

 

 

No problem, I backed up the aperture library to ext HD but it is also refusing to open with the new aperture software (see screenshot 2).

 

How do I find the version of the library that was on the computer before it was replaced with the empty new one, it must be there as it was amounting to about 16 GB of photos, they cant just disappear?

 

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Posted on Nov 16, 2014 5:41 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 16, 2014 5:55 AM in response to 1pots
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    Nov 16, 2014 5:55 AM in response to 1pots

    No problem, I backed up the aperture library to ext HD but it is also refusing to open with the new aperture software (see screenshot 2).

    What is the file system of the external HD? The newer Aperture versions are checking the file system for compatibility and may refuse to open an Aperture library on a drive, that is not formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled).

    Move your Aperture library to a directly connected volume formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled).

     

    See this document:   Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library

    http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS3252

     

    instead I was only given the option to load from the iPhoto library or to create a new library which, incidentally, was created as a REPLACEMENT to the existing library, in effect overwriting all of the data from my aperture library of five years with a new empty library.

    Have you sent a bug-report to Apple? That should not happen.

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html

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    1pots 1pots Nov 16, 2014 5:55 AM in response to léonie
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    Nov 16, 2014 5:55 AM in response to léonie

    good idea, thank you, trying it now, is there a way without time machine to find the library which was being used at the time of upgrade? i have a few hundred images which were not backed up to the external thanks for you advice

  • by 1pots,

    1pots 1pots Nov 16, 2014 6:04 AM in response to léonie
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    Nov 16, 2014 6:04 AM in response to léonie

    thank you leonie, old aperture library from external is updating, is there somewhere the libary would have been placed before the new one was written to the pictures folder? sorry to keep asking the same thing I just feeling hopeful

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Nov 16, 2014 6:16 AM in response to 1pots
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    Nov 16, 2014 6:16 AM in response to 1pots

    I then purchased Aperture to upgrade the library and view all of my photos.

    If your Aperture version has been any version of Aperture 3, you are entitled to a free update. If the App Store is charging you, contact the App Store Support. Your email receipt should have a "Report a problem" link.

     

    is there a way without time machine to find the library which was being used at the time of upgrade?

    Did you keep your library in your Pictures folder? Check the sizes of all libraries you are seeing there. Sometimes an library will appear to be apparently empty, even if there are gigabytes of photos in them.

     

    To find all libraries, or traces of them, search with Fnd Any File (http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php) as described by Old Toad at this link:

     

    Re: Since I updated to iPhoto 9.5.1, my library is not listed or available. How can I find it? Can I use the time machine to restore it?

    Download and run Find Any File to search for a file with "ThumbJPGSegment" in the file name. These are files common to all versions of  iPhoto libraries.

     

    FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, system folders and packages. If there's a library hiding somewhere on your hard drive FAF will find it.

  • by 1pots,

    1pots 1pots Nov 16, 2014 6:27 AM in response to léonie
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    Nov 16, 2014 6:27 AM in response to léonie

    ok, library from external is updating, sorry to ask again but i'm hopeful, is there a place the system would have put it before writing a new library in its place? somewhere hidden?

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    1pots 1pots Nov 16, 2014 6:28 AM in response to léonie
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    Nov 16, 2014 6:28 AM in response to léonie

    sorry, safari wasnt refreshing the forum, thanks for the info, i'll give it a try thanks leonie