What machine do I need to run Aperture efficient?

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What machine do I need to run Aperture efficient?

HI everbody,

I have been working with Aperture on a Mac mini with an 27 Apple monitor for a few years. Memory is upgraded to the max in the unit I have. It seems that with every upgrade of the operating system the unit slowed down.

To a point at I do not even want to work with it any longer. What machine do I need to run Aperture efficient? Do I need to upgrade to a mac pro or would the latest Mac mini do it?

On a side note. Can a Aperture library be split in several different once?

thanks for the input!

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Posted on Mar 6, 2015 4:03 PM

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William Lloyd

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Mar 6, 2015 6:58 PM in response to dirkfromhoover

A Mac mini might be a stretch.

Basically, you need at least 4 GB of RAM, though 8 GB is recommended. And you really want a machine with flash storage (i.e. SSD). That can make all the difference in the world, as an SSD these days is 5x or more faster than a conventional hard drive.

As to your side question, yes, an Aperture library can be split into several libraries by exporting sets of libraries as a new project and then deleting those profiles from the original library. However, in general this won't make Aperture any faster.

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Lanny

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Mar 7, 2015 2:57 PM in response to dirkfromhoover

Memory is upgraded to the max in the unit I have.

And what would that be?

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Mar 12, 2015 5:41 AM in response to William Lloyd

Thanks for the Feedback . I have the Memory maxed out with 8gb already. Yesterday I ordered a 1TB SSD drive. That should make a world of difference.

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Ziatron

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Mar 12, 2015 12:10 PM in response to dirkfromhoover

Mac Pro.

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léonie

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Mar 12, 2015 12:26 PM in response to dirkfromhoover

For me, 16 GB RAM and an internal SSD drive made all the difference when editing large scans.

It wil depend on what kind of photos you are editing. Are you shooting gigantic RAW files or average sized original files? I noticed the difference between 16GB RAM and 8GB RAM only when editing scans larger than 100MB.

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