Aperture in macOS High Sierra...

Hi!

I just tried to install Aperture 3 (trial) that I still had, but I could not install it. I loved A3 before they discontinued with it, and had to move to Lightroom. But now when Adobe killed all non subscriptions, I am abandoning Adobe totally. I like C1P, but it cannot handle a cataloge with alot of photos...

So I really want to use A3 again. Anyone who knows how to install from scratch on Sierra/High Sierra?

Hi:

I have Aperture v 3.4.5 and I just updated to High Sierra (I had Lion), and my Aperture doesn't work. I read in these forums that Aperture v 3.6 is working on High Sierra. Please, does anybody know if there is same place to download Aperture v 3.6?

Thanks to everybody

Bob

Robrodrigo wrote:

Please, does anybody know if there is same place to download Aperture v 3.6?

Robrodrigo,

Look back at posts in this discussion thread. You'll find instructions about what to do to upgrade your Aperture version.

I had loaded all my photos in Aperture & set up new Projects. However, at some point I opened Photos & now all my pics and Projects are in the Photos System library & I can't get them back into Aperture. I tried copying the System Library & renaming to Aperture, but that didn't work. Apparently, only Photos can access the System Library. Aperture was working fine up to that point. Any ideas?

The migration from Aperture to Photos created a separate Photos Library. It renames the filename extension of your Aperture library from ".aplibrary" to ".migratedaplibrary". Select your Aperture Library in the Finder and change the filename extension back to ".aplibrary", then double click the renamed Aperture Library to open it again in Aperture. Or did you delete the Aperture Library?

You know, the kind of cinematographic colours, mostly gloomy.

That is true. But luckily each of the presets has a slider to tune down the effect to a natural look, and we can save the presets.

I like the ease how we can apply brushed adjustments in separate layers, so we can apply and revert them independently of each other.

Thanks for the update on C1P. I have been wanting to download a demo copy to test it all year. I have been having a bunch of other project getting in the way. It looks like late spring or early summer things should break lose and I can testy it.

Several. You just need to choose one and get on with it. Aperture is a dead end street. The only thing that is certain is that you will be moving to another app, either now, while it still runs, or eventually, after it stops.

Allan Eckert wrote:

Sure but every little bit helps.

That may be true.

I had plans when we heard that Apple had erred in its evaluation of the importance of the Mac Pro to remind them of their misunderstanding the value and importance of Aperture and software like Bento.

Decided Tim was too involved with selling phones and social values to be interested in past Apple ventures.

"Besides I thought it was better for him to post there where it is possible to something rather then here where

we can't."

True again! I've often wondered why Apple supports these discussion, but doesn't seem to read/listen to what's said here.

I wish you luck with the huge scan project. We are on the same track. I'm undertaking a similar effort. I had a 2008 Mac Pro and replaced it with a 2010 Mac Pro which just hit end-of-life. I can install High Sierra, but that may be the last.

I recently completed the scan part but my job was much smaller, perhaps 5000 scans. It took a couple of years but I took breaks. While the scanning is complete I created digital negatives for all the slides and film negatives and they all still need to be organized and "developed". May take another year!

Hey Gary,

im exactly in the same situation. My only concern is what happens if do to future updates of OS at one point in time Aperture will stop working at all...I would be deeply frustrated (to put it mildly) if I then would not be able to migrate the library content to some place else and lose everything, cannot even imagine that. I guess I'll export all the photos onto an external drive just to be sure

Would really like sb from Apple to comment on here to get some more certainty!

Thanks.

Pat

The problem there is you're going from one non-destructive database app to another one: essentially they are the same kind of app, so, to send back a non-destructive version C1 has to send back a tiff. If you want non destructive processing you should really stick to one or the other. Settle for sending back a jpeg and you'll have the sizes you want and still have the original in Photos.

Ideally you would use one or the other. Using both makes little sense.

I was only checking out the possibilities with editing apps

I think you're confusing editors - like Photoshop - and database driven non-destructive Processors like Capture One. Editor edit the photo - the add and subtract bits. Processors don't do that. They are, effectively, digital darkrooms. They never change the photo, simply record your decisions.

Thanks.

If one more person posts no issues, I will upgrade... 😁

I concur