2x aperture library (desktop and notebook) sync to mobileMe gallery

i've 2x aperture library, (one on MacPro and second on Macbook Pro). How can I sync to the same MobileMe Gallery and keep both aperture mobileme album in sync (update), thanks?

Hi,
I have a similar problem and have posted about it on this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2668209
I'm watching this thread too to see if anyone responds.
Thanks,
Joe

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So now, I have my libarary on my Desktop Dual Power PC machine at home and also on my MBP in the field ... I'm in heaven!
My question is this. If I make a bunch of updates to the library (adding new images, new projects, new albums, rating new and existing images, assigning keywords, etc) on my MBP while sitting at Starbucks or laying on the beach is there any way to go home and sync these changes with the library on desktop machine?
I realize that if I do all my work on the MBP in a new Project and then export that project I can then import it into the machine at home ... but that only solves 1/2 my problem ... how do I deal with projects and albums that already exist on both machines?
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My question is this. If I make a bunch of updates to
the library (adding new images, new projects, new
albums, rating new and existing images, assigning
keywords, etc) on my MBP while sitting at Starbucks
or laying on the beach is there any way to go home
and sync these changes with the library on desktop
machine?
I realize that if I do all my work on the MBP in a
new Project and then export that project I can then
import it into the machine at home ... but that only
solves 1/2 my problem ... how do I deal with projects
and albums that already exist on both machines?
Copying the entire Aperture Library back and forth is
an option but at 40GB and growing that does not seem
like a lot of fun.
Any ideas? Even a 3rd party app would be cool if it
worked. Would something like ChronoSync see inside
the Aperture Library container and deal with changed
items?
<...>
Aha! That (file sync) is exactly the first thought I had when I read your post (though I personally was thinking RSyncX, Chrono Sync may be easier to use).
To many programs the Aperture library looks just like a directory, which it really is - Finder and a few other things treat is specially but usually the origins of file synchronization tools are more UNIX utilities that just see the Aperture library and projects therein as a series of directories.
In particular, what you'd be looking for this tool to update are:
* Import directories in exisitng projects with new images and updated sidecar/XML files.
* Added folders and albums
* (most important) new copy of the Aperture database.
All of these things are just files so it should be very easy for the sync utilitiy to find they are newer on the laptop and copy them over.
Now what will not work well with this approach would be to edit files on the laptop and the desktop at the same time, and then attempt to syncronize them - but if you are only using one at a time you should not have issues.
I would make a small sample library in both places to test this approach against but I see no reason why it should not work.
The only other approach really would be shuttling projects back and forth between systems, which you may have to do someday if your desktop library exceeds the capacity of the laptop.

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I am aware about the quality issues Apple had with earlier builds of their notebooks, but it seemed like Apple managed to sort it out mostly as of now. I was going to wait for them to come out with Merom notebooks, but after seeing the benchmarks, I thought there was no compelling reason to wait on Merom any further anymore (which wasn't surprising, since current intel notebook CPUs (Yonah) are actually very good unlike Prescott).
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Or you can buy yourself a new iMac, you won't be disappointed. Looks great, has an awesome display, and is about as clutter free as possible. You can also run Windows via bootcamp if you need be.
My friend has a macbook air, real cook machine, but it suffers in t he performance area to keep it light weight. However, it does EVERYTHING he wants it to do.
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Aljrob_UK wrote:
...I have a 2011 MB Pro (2.3Ghz i7 with 512GB SSD) on order and 8GB of DDR 3 arriving
...I understand that moving to referenced masters on an external drive might be a good idea and save me precious SSD-space.
1. Can anyone recommend a companion external HDD for Aperture and the 2011 MBPro? I guess either FW800 or Thunderbolt are the way to go.
...Key requirements are a) as compact as possible, and b) bus powered.
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2. Is there going to be significant loading/processing delay whenever I switch to a new image?
SSD latency is orders of magnitude less than hard drives. Switching to a new image even fast hard drives with fast connectivity add significant latency delay. To avoid that what I do is leave (Referenced) Masters on the SSD until all editing is complete (which may be a few weeks). Only then do I use Aperture to change the Referenced Masters location from the SSD to a large external drive.
What kind of performance can I expect if I go down this route?
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• Eject and physically disconnect the card reader.
• Back up that file folder on external drive(s).
• Only after backup is complete, reformat the camera card in-camera.
• Import images into Aperture from the file folder on the SSD.
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p

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