Q: disappeared database
i am on a mac pro running yosemite with aperture 3.6 and i no longer see my original database. currently my aplibrary file is like 8 MB and there is another file listed next to it called a .migratedaplibrary?
does anyone know what i am not understanding with this continuing genius level UI that i somehow can never figure out? i mean, has opening PHOTOS somehow imported all my images to this new program and somehow wiped out my aperture library database?
i know i got a prompt at one point that asked me WHICH of the aplibraries i wanted to use to open PHOTOS. this basically showed a list of THREE exactly same named aplibraries because one of them was on an external which was a backup of my hard drive and the other was on another external backup and for some reason photos wanted to know which of these i wanted to use (somewhwt understandable i guess).
but does anyone know why i am not seeing my 60 GB aplibrary?
i guess i can search for a file of this size but i have to go out of town and i was hoping to take care of some watermarking before i leave and besides this is /very/ disconcerting when i am running multiple backups before i go out of town...
thanks for any help.
jon
Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Aug 14, 2015 1:51 PM
however, if i point aperture to this database i get a prompt saying that the library has been migrated and changes won't be saved (or something similar).
The warning panel has a button "Open in Aperture". Click it.
The waring about "Changes are not saved" refers to the fact that the libraries are not linked. If you edit the library in Aperture, you will not be able to see the edits in the migrated Photos library and vice versa.
Posted on Aug 15, 2015 1:01 PM