Aperture library in Apple TV?

Hi!
I like the feature where you can use your iPhoto events as screensavers. But is it possible to do so with Aperture? I have recently started to use Aperture instead of iPhoto, so it would be nice if it worked. I have tried but can't find how to.
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    Understood.  I thought perhaps the period meant that I was finished and just needed to call Apple Care and fork out the fee. 
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    Thanks again
    but...
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  • Can I put an aperture library on a network drive and edit from multiple computers?

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  • Can multiple users share Aperture Library over network

    I'm considering moving over to Aperture because iPhoto is starting to show the strain under the number of RAW pictures I'm uploading. My current iPhoto library is stored on my NAS and is shared between my RMBP and MacMini. If I make the transition over to Aperture will I be able to have the same set-up?
    Thanks
    VP

    iPhoto is starting to show the strain under the number of RAW pictures I'm uploading.
    What do you consider to be a "strain"?
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  • Can I share my Aperture Library over my home network?

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  • Aperture Library/Database hacks

    After one week playing around with aperture, i want to share my current insights with 'customizing' (my) aperture's way of dealing with my picture files.
    Warning:
    The following thoughts and arrangements are working for me, they're
    undoubtly NOT supported by apple and the programmers of the aperture
    application!
    Reading a lot of articles in the forum when aperture hit the masses, i've been disappointed about how aperture will fit with me.
    Over the years my growing picture collection moved over from one computer to the other, deploying more storage, and will continue to do so in the future. So the technical equipment has to be independent from the treasure's of my data, to follow state of the art hard- and software development.
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    Sorry to be that longish, but to explain my concepts i have to.
    Modern operating systems distinguish private/personal and public/common data for their file storage locations. Hopefully they follow the 'FHS' (Filesystem-Hierarchical-Standard) brought up by linux, to name the diverse locations for classified data.
    I do run mixed os'es within my networks, as no computer should be isolated from a networked environment anymore. But to be honest it's more a single-user situation in reality, then the multi-user aspects i always keep in mind when designing my infrastructure environment for a network.
    My picture library/online-archive is classified 'common' data, so it stores outside my home-directory, and every user allowed to, has access to it. I do not support locales within my filenaming-conventions, users and me are german-spoken, so the 'common' data for my systems is always called
    '/Bibliothek'.
    Furthermore we're dealing with pictures (Bild), movies (Film), music (Musik) and documents (Dokumente) in all common used operting systems (os x, windows), storing private data to the home-directory within appropiate directories and public/common data to the equivalent directories at a common storage.
    /Bibliothek
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv
    /Bibliothek/Filmarchiv
    /Bibliothek/Musikarchiv
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    '/Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/2005/2005-12-00, a bunch for the whole period/'
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    For now, aperture seems to be pretty much a single-user solution.
    But it's library can be 'distributed' to accomodate my needs.
    I started to import my data by drag'n'drop, which works best for me. I didn't like the import assistent, which seemed to result in a different structure of my data in aperture's 'all projects' list. By creating a folder in aperture for the year, then drag'n'drop the multi-selected directories from the finder, i got within aperture:
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    <div class="jive-quote">Library (smart-albums, collapsed)
    2005 (folder)
    2005-11-00 (folder, nested)
    2005-11-17, sample bla (project, from directory)
    Images from 2005-11-17, sample bla (album, inherited)
    2005-12-08, take a better name (project)
    Images from 2005-12-08, take a better name
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    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/2004/2004.aplibrary
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/2005/2005.aplibrary
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    to make me feel comfortable with aperture, i switched to (terminal hacking!):
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/2004/ ->
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/2004/2004.aplibrary
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/2005/ ->
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/2005/2005.aplibrary
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/Texturen/ ->
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/Texturen/Texturen.aplibrary
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/...
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/2004/2004.aplibrary
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/2005/2005.aplibrary
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/Texturen/Texturen.aplibrary ->
    /Volumes/HD39.1/Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/Texturen/Texturen Library.aplibrary
    Linking folders to where i believe they are right placed in my systems.
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    folders within aperture, for data stored on the external drive. Having a folder located on my inetrnal hdd and 'linked' to aperture:
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/local ->
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/working.local.aplibrary
    i can work with aperture normally, even if the external drive is not available.
    the grayedout folders/subfolders/projects are browsable, but all thumbnails are just gray rectangles with its 'version name' underneath. same with smart-albums. available pics have colored thumbnails, unavailable pics are gray, naturally.
    And aperture's database? well, i am very happy with it, really. Compared to my pre-aperture structure all the above mentioned tweaking gave me:
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/Aperture.aplib/Library.apdb
    This file is actually the sqlite3 database file. it's size is 111 MB now.
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/Local ->
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/Working.local.aplibrary
    I can store pictures there into folders and projects when i am on the road, filling up my local harddisk. Inspecting the paket shows up how aperture differenciated my pre-aperture filestructure:
    /Bibliothek/Bildarchiv/Working.local.aplibrary/2005-12-08, take a better name.approject/2005-12-08 @ 01/49/06 PM - 1.apimportgroup/DSC0168/dsc0168.nef
    All nicely packed into a single unit from the finder, easily browsable from aperture, and searchable by sql queries. Every Master enclosed in its own folder box, hm. Every import of files seperated to one folder, which makes clearly apparent that we will import redundant(duplicate) files for ever.
    Adding two/three levels to my previous filestructure, strange namings all inclusive. As i sort my files with aperture into projects, the files accordingly move around at the filesystem-level. I'll let them go. They are there if i need access to them in case of failure.
    T H E G L I T C H E S
    within my setup the most current sql database is stored at:
    ~me/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/Aperture.aplib/Library.apdb
    importing the way i did results in a sqlite3-database file for each library i switched to before linking them together. Right after linking one of those aplibrary pakets as a new folder, aperture will rebuild the current database at startup, which can indepently be invoked with 'option command aperture' anytime the program is started.
    Changes to the metadata of a picture are written to the current database aperture is running on, but can be transfered to any other database file
    when rebuilding the library at startup (which can be a time-consuming thing!)
    Even if the external hd is reconnected before startup, some thumbnails are not properly generated all the time. At the current state i don't have any glue what's the cause for this. All Versions are properly accessable anyway.
    Once again,
    DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK,
    if you try some of the suggestions i've made. Better you know how to handle a terminal before you even think about what i told here. Don't bother me, if something does not work for you - it works for me.
    I can do this because it's my data, i am the only one affected by failure and i still do have my data on my windows system as a backup, for now.
    Do the same before you trash your treasures.
    Why i did made this post? Aperture really lacks support for team-working now. I cannot see how aperture can be really employed to its potential for an environment with more than a single user?. The sqlite3 database is said to handle concurrent users, i read on its homepage. So i still hope, there will be a group-worked aperture someday.

    my reports, just for the logs.
    drwxr-xr-x 2 fo03c fo03c 68 Dec 19 20:15 ArchiveInfo
    -rw-r--r-- 1 fo03c fo03c 362 Dec 19 20:17 DataModelVersion.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 fo03c fo03c 173107200 Dec 20 00:26 Library.apdb
    comparing the timestamps, the time needed to recreate 'my' library, is:
    4h 11 min.
    The sql database contains 972 projects with 57952 picture items, as the startup overlay tells me. not that bad, i think. depends on the situation, and how much zen you learned, if you can wait for the 'recreate'.
    but i didn't stop to mature aperture!
    i switched to one of my 'old' libraries (choosing from preferences panel) and set some new
    a) ratings
    b) keywords
    c) deleted a master from that 'old' library.
    after changing back to the 'linked' aperture database file (within my home-directory, as described previously), and restart aperture -
    yes, it crashed! oops.
    yet another try - crash. i realized, i deleted the first pic from the 'current view' aperture tries to load after relaunch. ?! =:-(
    if the database is corrupted again, i would have to reinvest ~4 hours to recreate the database? but how about the preferences?
    apple this is a bug! when i made the preferences file
    ~me/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Aperture.plist
    UNAVAILABLE (delete or rename as you like), aperture starts with the import assistent, as at its first time.
    Since then i can start aperture and navigate to the project i deleted the file from (very unpolitly). The corresponding thumbnail shows up with a new 'icon' to lower right corner of the thumbnail. It clearly means: this file is UNAVAILABLE.
    YES =:-) i deleted it!
    the rating and keywording on the 'old' database is gone -
    thus making the precedence of the database against the sidecars obvious, doensn't it?
    selecting the 'orphaned' thumbnail, now leaves aperture with the message 'loading', but it does not crash. Changes in ratings or keywording to the current library (the 'recreated' new one) on different files are persitent across restarts of aperture. btw, aperture restarts with the focus on the orphaned first thumbnail, now marked with the icon 'i am NOT available', but it does not crash anymore, when starting.
    my conclusion:
    someone in the forums pointed towards the difficulties maintaining a database of pictures and the separation of their storage, as users will delete or move files seperated from that database, breaking everything.
    NO, aperture does widely tolerate such doing.
    But why should we do so? =:-)f
    For me: its fun, i will not complain about failure, when i do mature an application like this.

  • I just noticed that I can no longer select photos out of my finder that are located in my Aperture/Iphoto Library.  I used to be able to attach photos to my gmail out of the aperture library in the finder and for some reason, no longer can.

    I just noticed that I can no longer select photos out of my finder that are located in my Aperture/Iphoto Library.  I used to be able to attach photos to my gmail out of the aperture library in the finder and for some reason, no longer can.
    I can't access these images except to go into the applications. 
    Also, I'd like to import my iphoto library into aperture, and move aperture library to an external drive.  I tried the import first, but there wasn't enough space.  Then I tried copying over the aperture library onto the external drive but it failed bc it said file was in use. 
    As it is, I only have 50gb left on my imac, and the aperture library is 150gb.  Also, I have over 10k images in both libraries combined and there are tons of duplicates that need to be sorted, and hopefully not messed up because I've organized most of them.
    So in short, I need to know how to do the following:
    -select photos in finder in aperture/iphoto libraries
    -move aperture library to live on external drive
    -import iphoto library into aperture library
    -eliminate dups but maintain organization
    -moving forward i need a better workflow so that I import images from camera, and can organize right away into albums rather than creating projects by default and then creating albums so essentially the photos are in 2 different places, even tho they are referenced
    -live happily ever after
    Thanks in advance for any support you can offer!!

    If you're using apps like iPhoto or Aperture then they replace the Finder for managing your photos. The point is that you use the (many) options available via these apps for the things you want and need to do with the Photos.
    So, simply, you don't select the photos in the Finder. I'll append the supported ways to do this - which are faster and will yield the current version of your Photos - to the end of this post.
    -move aperture library to live on external drive
    Managed or Referenced Library? Managed -
    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    1. Quit Aperture
    2. Copy the Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching Aperture. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
    Referenced -  relocate your Masters first.
    These issues are covered in the Manual and on this forum hundreds of times.
    -import iphoto library into aperture library
    FIle -> Import -> iPhoto Library? Have you done this already? If so are you trying to move the Masters to Aperture from an  iPhoto Library? Or Consolidate them?
    -moving forward i need a better workflow so that I import images from camera, and can organize right away into albums rather than creating projects by default and then creating albums so essentially the photos are in 2 different places, even tho they are referenced
    You can't. Every photo is in a Project.  They’re the basic building blocks of the Library.
    You might want to spend a little time with the manual or the video tutorials. I'm not sure you've grasped the app  you've purchased.
    The following is written for iPhoto, but about 97% works for Aperture too.
    There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto/ APerture:   You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics. This is what you use to attach your shot to your GMail
    (Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
    You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
    There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps.  If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto/ Aperture.
    If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
    If you want to access the files with iPhoto/ Aperture not running:
    For users of 10.6 and later:  You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation  which will give you access to the Library from your Services Menu.
    Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
    or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser

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