This year I've once more made our family yearbook in Aperture. When I try to buy the book nothing happens - it just freezes. I have Yosemite OS X and I know that Aperture is fading out of the system (how sad!!!) But how can I MAKE the computer buy the book I've spend som much time making? Can I put it into "Photos" somehow?? Or is there another smart way??
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
iMac, iOS 5.0.1, Lion
Aperture books do not migrate well to Photos, because Photos uses different themes and is more limited. It would be much better to get the book printed from Aperture.
Is the PDF preview of your book correct? Sometimes a book will not upload, because an image cannot be rendered. Check this link: iPhoto, Aperture: Previewing an order in iPhoto or Aperture
Do you have enough free storage to create the finished book? Sometimes the book cannot upload, because there is not enough free storage for the PDF preview.
And Antivirus software of a firewall might be blocking the connection to the Print Products store.
Check, if your AppleID is working by buying some free application from the AppStore.
Dear Léonie
Thanks for your answer. I made a PDF preview and some of the pictures in the beginning of the book look very different - sort of paleish (white and too much contrast) So something must be wrong. Have you got any idea about that problem?
Thanks for your quick answer
nielsfromthisted
Try to make a second book for testing and add one of the palish photos. and one new photo.
Is the preview correct for a new book?
Have you checked the pages with the pale photos if a filter has been applied to the image? Check the Filter dropdown menu in "Edit Content" mode:
Thanks again léonie. Very helpful answers. they were not marked "wash-light" - but I found out that all the palish photos were deleted from Aperture in the original folder. Luckily I have the originals in Photos also - so now there's "only" a small job moving those pictures into Aperture again - adjust them - photoshop them - and there are only about 50 of them. Arghhh!!!! We learn from our mistakes - simple as that! Thanks once again. I owe you one.....
nielsfromthisted
By the way - now that Aperture are "fading out of the user market" - what can I use in the future that are just as good as this programme??
nielsfromthisted
what can I use in the future that are just as good as this programme??
I have not found yet a perfect replacement.
I keep my main library in Aperture. It is working reasonably well on El Capitan.
A selection of my photos, mostly the 5 star photos, I have migrated to Photos to sync it to all devices using iCloud Photo Library.
But the editing and organizing tools are limited compared to Aperture; it is a decent successor to iPhoto, but not for Aperture. The editing tools are getting better, now that their are more Photo Editing Extensions available, the problem is, that there is not much customization for the workspace, the database design, the metadata presets.
If you like Adobe PhotoShop, Lightroom would be the obvious successor to Aperture.
The look and feel of Capture One is closer to Aperture than Lightroom's, however. Both have advanced editing tools and very good RAW processing.
I have explored neither of them close enough to be able to recommend either one.
When Aperture stops working, I'll probably go back to open source software. The rest of my family is using digicam and GIMP on Linux.
Dear leonié. I thought I had solved the problem but no!!
Now I've got
1. perfect a PDF file
2. tested my apple-id shopping code (it's alright)
3. No firewall on my computer (iMac)
4. Deleted the main chain key "Netservices"
But when I try to buy the book - all I get is the "rainbow coloured turning ball" - meaning "Aperture does not answer"
What do I do now?????
yours nielsfromthisted
Dear leonié. I thought I had solved the problem but no!!
Now I've got
1. perfect a PDF file
2. tested my apple-id shopping code (it's alright)
3. No firewall on my computer (iMac)
4. Deleted the main chain key "Netservices"
But when I try to buy the book - all I get is the "rainbow coloured turning ball" - meaning "Aperture does not answer"
What do I do now?????
yours nielsfromthisted
How long have you waited?
If Aperture has been beach balling for hours quit it, restart the Mac, then launch Aperture again. Open the Activity window in Aperture (from the View menu) and the cConsole window (from Applacions > Utilities).
Then try to order again. Perhaps you can see some diagnostic messages this way, so you can see what Aperture is trying to do.
You said the right words: How long have you waited?
I didn't turn Aperture off in the ordering-book mode while I corresponded with you - so suddenly - there it was! A confirmation that they had received it and the order was going through.
I MUST GROW MORE PATIENT.
Thanks leonié for your extraordinary fine help!!! :-)
Yours nielsfromthisted
You're welcome, Niels!
I hope your book will turn out great! You may want to keep your PDF preview until you receive the printed book, so you can compare.
Happy New Year!
Dear léonie
OMG - I got a message back from App Store - that they where not able to read the file I send them (The PDF-file is fine). They told me to update the software - restart etc. etc. But.... how do I update Aperture. Years ago I bought the programme in a box. Have you any idea how I go on from here?
Regards nielsfromthisted
Which version of Aperture do you have?
You wrote, you have Yosemite. if you are using MAcOS X 10.10.3 or later you have probably updated to the last version of Aperture, Aperture 3.6. Or are you running an earlier version?
You see - I have Aperture 3.6 on the computer - but during an update in the beginning of 2015 with Aperture (and Keynote, iMovie and another one I can't remember) something went wrong and I only got them partly updated. That I found during all these troubles with Aperture. I had two versions of them all. I saw it in "programs" and I deleted the "partly-updated" versions of the programs. It went well with Keynote, Imovie and the last one. They immediately offered me the latest update, and this time it succeeded - BUT not with Aperture. Since I have deleted the partly-updated version of Aperture, I can't even place the order of the photobook anymore.
And another thing. I thought I had Yosemite, but I must have updated to OS X El Capitan version 10.11.2
How am I doing - have I explained my situation well enough?
nielsfromthisted
And another thing. I thought I had Yosemite, but I must have updated to OS X El Capitan version 10.11.2
Check the system version in the -menu in the upper left corner of your display. -menu: About this MAc
The "About" panel will tell you your system version.
If you indeed upgraded to MacOS X 10.11.2, only Aperture 3.6 will run.
If Aperture is correctly installed, you should be seeing this in your Applications folder:
Version Number 3.6, and the size should be 1.02 GB
If the size is smaller, try to reinstall.
Move the partial Aperture to the Trash, but do not empty the Trash, so you can put it back.
Then open the Mac App Store, sign into the Store menu with your AppleID, open the fourth tab "Purchased". You should be seeing Aperture with the option "Install". If you are seeing an Install button click it.
This will install the newest version.
Aperture into photo books!
