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Q: "Photos" doesn't show image version of Aperture library

Hi,

 

About a year ago, I posted a query in this forum Re: Aperture and external hard drives

I wanted to save space on my MacBook, by moving a big chunk of pictures from the last couple of years to an external hard drive. I still wanted to visualise those pictures, but keep the originals (the heavy part of the image) on an external hard drive. Thanks to Léonie's advice, I was able to do so.

 

I followed Léonie's directions which were:

"Make your library referenced: Select all photos in the album and use the command "File > Relocate original file".This will leave the image versions in your library, but move the original image files to the external drive. You can browse all photos with the drive offline, but to be able to edit the images or to export them, the drive with the original files needs to be connected. The advantage of this method is, that your library will still be only one library. It simply moves the part that is needing the most space - the original files - to a different disk."

 

This has worked fabulously so far.

 

I have now updated to Yosemite 10.10.4 and switched to the new Photos app.

 

However, when opening Photos, I only see the latest album I had loaded onto my Aperture library a month ago. I hadn't referenced this album or relocated the original files. I do not see anymore all the albums from my Aperture app, pictures from the previous years, which were mere "image versions", as I had relocated the original files to my external hard drive.
I still have the hard drive with the original files of all those albums. However, is it possible to visualise under the Photos app all the "image versions" of those

albums like I used to have under Aperture?

 

FYI, I can no longer open my Aperture app.


Thank you very much for your help.

Diane

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 12, 2015 1:47 PM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 12, 2015 2:33 PM in response to dlegrez
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    Aug 12, 2015 2:33 PM in response to dlegrez

    Diane, were all your photos in one large Aperture library, or did you have several Aperture libraries?

     

    Your referenced Aperture images should have been migrated to Photos, and the Aperture projects will have been represented as albums in Photos, because Photos does not support projects.  Look for a folder "IPhoto Events" or "Aperture Events" with albums inside.

     

    See this document on how libraries are migrated:   How Photos handles content and metadata from iPhoto and Aperture - Apple Support

     

     

    Are you using iCloud Photo Library with the new Photos.app?  iCloud Photo Library does not work for referenced originals.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 12, 2015 2:32 PM in response to dlegrez
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    Aug 12, 2015 2:32 PM in response to dlegrez

    FYI, I can no longer open my Aperture app.


    Thank you very much for your help.

    Have you tried to update Aperture to version 3.6?  If you are having an AppStore version of Aperture 3, you may be able to update, see this User Tip:   Updating to Aperture 3.6 After the Release of Photos

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    dlegrez dlegrez Aug 23, 2015 6:39 AM in response to léonie
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    Aug 23, 2015 6:39 AM in response to léonie

    Hi Léonie,

     

    Thanks for your reply and sorry about the delayed response.


    I am under the impression that I only had one Aperture library. But, I could be mistaken. I thought after the initial manipulation of my library more than a year ago, that I had only one Aperture library, but maybe I'm getting this wrong.

     

    I had a look again in my Photo app. There is one album under "iPhoto Events". This is the only album I had imported in Aperture 2 months ago. I had not "made my album referenced".

     

    Do you know how I can find all the "image versions" of all the pictures I had on my Aperture/macbook and import them to my "Photos" app?

     

    I am not using iCloud Photo Library.

    I hadn't purchased Aperture from the Apple Store, a friend had installed it for me.

     

     

    Thank you for your help,

    Diane