Don't give up on Aperture

Unfortunately you will have to change at some point. Some folks say that they won't update the OS and just keep using Aperture, but one day your Mac will break and you'll need to replace it. At that point you will have to use a new OS, and if Aperture won't run on that, then you will have a crisis on you hands.

Now is the time to evaluate alternatives and select one, so that you can do the transition is an orderly and managed fashion. If you think that might be too stressful, then imagine the stress when you're learning a new OS on a new computer and a new app all at the same time, and you can't even access the Aperture Library.

Adobe are not the only people with apps in this space, tho probably LR is the nearest to Aperture, and has a migration tool. But there are others: Capture One, Corel AfterShot, ON1 PhotoRaw, Luminar promises a new DAM app in 2018 and so on.

Frankly, I don't see that you have a choice. Do it now when it can be managed, or later when it's a crisis. That's your choice.

It is not as bad as that. The RAW support is working in Aperture for all camera models, that have been supported previously, until the developement of Aperture stopped. Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 6.17 is the last that is working with Aperture. But the RAW support for new cameras, released with El Capitan and newer systems appears not to be recognized by Aperture.

Good point.... shall we club together and see how many dollars we can offer? 😀

Just no one knows how close the wall at the end is.

But the writing has been on the wall, ever since Apple stopped the Aperture RAW support for new cameras.

Terence Devlin wrote:

... and very few good asset managers.

The new Lightroom Classic is, in part, advertised to "Easily organize all your photos on your desktop". When I started to look at Lightroom as an Aperture replacement I read that Lightroom would create a catalog which would be easily searchable, just like Finder. Well, of course, it was never like that. I've spent hours scouring the Lightroom catalog looking for folders of images which showed as having been imported to the catalog, but which I could never find.

Then last week Adobe decided to upgrade Lightroom 2017 to Lightroom Classic. In the process they had to upgrade my catalog, you know, the one in which I had trouble finding specific images. Upgrading the catalog so it would work with the new Classic resulted in a loss of more images, approximately half of the 13 or 14 thousand I believed were in the original catalog were inaccessible. I am currently re-importing 2017 images into a new catalog and hoping Luminar will produce a DMA product that will rival Aperture's so I can, again, spend time with my images instead of spending time looking for them.

So much for Adobe DMA!

Lot of wishful thinking going on here. Not going to solve the problem though. Aperture is blind alley. Just no one knows how close the wall at the end is.

As I have dyslexia and many other I know have trouble mapping work flow in Adobe, Light room is frustrating I just cannot get used to it. Also my friend who has worked in editing and printing all his life hates Lite room.

I am just starting to play with Infinity . But it still does not offer the ease of loading all your photos into one program, where you can flick through albums and watch videos name , shame , edit , export and resize, and water mark . everything a photographer need for ease and speed. The day that changes or if this mac I just up graded this 2011 with 2 Hybrid HD 3 TB . that support firewire to my other back ups. if it buggers up I will buy another used one.

I don't like playing music on Blue tooth, I like the optic out out on this MBP . Bitter that apple messed up with the speakers on this model , However. itd got HD screen and its fast, I more then probably buy an I mac when I have my own place to live, I just cannot afford to PAY FOR UP GRADE, I WILL NEVER TRUST THE CLOUD,

If that all goes , Then its throw in the towel and go fishing more.

losing aperture would be like taking away life support for me. It does what i want it to. If apple dont want it then let a developer have it who does. Who listens and not live off is EGO!

I still cannot see the logic why such an amazing world best work flow program should be dumped , WHY i read so much . bad strategy! Did adobe pay them off? Or agree to boost their own ? I shall have to stick with what I got, As no way can I change now. TO STRESSFUL I LOVE APERTURE!

Well I mentioned several alternatives to Aperture and you are experimenting with an alternative to... Photoshop? Go figure.

Anyway, whatever. Sooner or later you'll run out of second-hand machines. But good luck till then.

Let me begin by stating I have a very conditional relationship with LR - the minute I find something more suited to my needs and faster, I'm gone. So, I'm not a big fan, it's just the closet I've got. That said, I've never had any issues with finding images in LR, and it has a similar range of filters and smart albums to the ones that Aperture had. It did take a while to figure out the search box, and a trip to the manual, but just not an issue I've had. I'd post that on that on Adobe's forums, someone over there should be able to help.

I too am hoping for something usable from Luminar...

To Diveactive

"If apple dont want it then let a developer have it who does."

I 100% agree. Does anyone have an idea as to why Apple won't sell the rights / code to another developer to keep it going? It has a huge following so would likely be a great asset to another firm.

Duchy777 wrote:

To Diveactive

"If apple dont want it then let a developer have it who does."

Does anyone have an idea as to why Apple won't sell the rights / code to another developer to keep it going?

I think the real question is... has anyone or any company tried to buy the rights?

I completely agree!!!! I have over 200,000 photos in my Aperture database and still growing. I have tried Lightroom & Photos and they are not acceptable replacements for Aperture.

I would like Apple to wake up and start supporting Aperture or give it to some enterprising organization to pick up where it is and continue to improve upon it.

I would rather pay to an Aperture developer than Lightroom.

I support you all the way , I have just destroyed my life in photography, All because I wanted a new camera for holiday shoots. Only to have to up grade to sierra. Now aperture will not work the photos is no good , you just cannot work the skills and tools that aperture had.

As Allan Eckert pointed out, Aperture 3.6 is working on Sierra. Is the problem, that Aperture does not support the RAW format of your new camera? Aperture does no longer seem to be compatible with the new RAW support released as part of the macOS 10.12.2 update. (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207049).

For the most recent released RAW support for the cameras below, you will need to develop the RAW in Photos for Mac or another application and save the developed photo as a TIFF file or in another lossless format, before you can use the photos in Aperture.

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Canon EOS M5

Fujifilm X-T23

Nikon D3400

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G8 / G80 / G85

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX9 / LX10 / LX15

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500

Pentax K-70

Léonie,

Re-installed Aperture in High Sierra and now my thumbnails in the list view are no loner upside down.

Do you know when this got fixed?