A reference on iPhoto 8.x to Aperture 3.22 migration

This might be useful to others, I'm also seeking additional references.
Based on my own testing and what I've read here and elsewhere I've been editing a blog post on iPhoto 8.x to Aperture 3.22 migration (I chose Aperture migration rather than upgrading to iPhoto 9. I'm also still on Snow Leopard/MobileMe - I'd prefer to migrate to Mountain Lion than to Lion.)
So far I've migrated two smallish iPhoto Libraries (<5 GB). My 90GB iPhoto Library will go last.
It's not been painless, but in many ways it's gone better than I expected (my expecations were low). I'm glad I waited for Aperture 3.22/3.23 before migrating.
The lack of migration of Album/Event Descriptions is the biggest disappointment so far. There are no Descriptions on Aperture Albums, but the lack of migration of Event Descriptions is weird. Aperture Projects do have Descriptions.
I'm updating my notes here:
http://tech.kateva.org/2012/03/iphoto-8-to-aperture-3-migration-notes.html
If you know of any good Community posts or FAQs or articles please send them my way and I'll update the little article I wrote. Apple could document this a bit better.

no need for help... it seems like whenever i imported the pics from iphoto, they became corrupted. after a painful 12 hours long process, i finally get all my pics reloaded into the iphoto library.

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IPhoto images edited in Aperture?

It is pretty easy now to open the iPhoto browser in Aperture and editing images from the iPhoto library in Aperture. Once done with the edits, however, is it possible to return the Aperture preview to iPhoto or flag the image in iPhoto to indicate it was edited in Aperture?
Thanks.

I do not use Aperture so can not test or verify this - any there may be an even better way but iPhoto can have any editing program set in the preferences as the external editor - I assume that this would include Aperture and that once you have edited in Aperture you would save (not save as) to return the photo to iPhoto and have iPhoto update the thumbnail and place the edited photo in the modified folder
To do this go to the iPhoto menu ==> preferences ==> general as set the edit photo menu to external editor and point to Aperture - double clicking on a photo (or selecting it and clicking edit ) will sent the photo to the external editor for editing - saving in the external editor will return the photo to iPhoto
I also believe that Aperture can be set to reference the iPhoto library but am not sure how that would work for letting iPhoto know that a photo had been edited - it seems like it might be a problem
Several advanced users here use both - more probably to come
Good Luck
LN
LN

Merge two iPhoto libraries into an Aperture library for my Macbook Air

Hey,
I've searched around a bit for this but can't seem to figure out how to to it.
I'm trying to manage my ~140GB photo library on my Macbook Air which has 128GB of HDD. On top of that, you can imagine that most of that 128GB is filled with system stuff.
My objective is to keep most of my library offline from the Macbook Air, but still keep it all together.
I kinda went "all-in" with iPhoto a few years back to organize my photos so gave up on Aperture. I'd always wanted to move to Aperture or Lighroom but the migration appeared to be a complete disaster. Now with "transparent" compatibility it seems like a no brainer to get the best of both worlds.
I thought that Aperture allowed you store files on external hard drives but still have "thumbnail" access to them even when the drive wasn't connected. Or did I misread that? (Is that Lightroom?)
Anyway with the new update I thought that I could merge my available iPhoto libraries into one Aperture library that I could always have access to, while offloading the actual photos somehow to an external HDD.
This would be a real winner for me. It seems tho that an iPhoto library stays an iPhoto library. So while merging might be helpful for someone with a big hard drive, it's completely useless for me as if anything, I need to split. Or create more. Or some other form of adding complexity.
Any ideas here?

Figured this out on my own.
Make a backup of everything - Aperture seems to require rebuilds and stuff and stories abound of "things going a bit wrong."
Did you make a backup? If you don't want to or can't, I wouldn't do this. After all, it's your photos!
Setup your Aperture library on a USB drive.
Update iphoto to the newest version. Open all your libraries in iPhoto to update them. This may take awhile depending on library size.
Import whatever iphoto libraries you have to Aperture. This make take awhile (hours!) - if your stuff is more than say 25 gigs I'd recommend setting it up for overnight.
Once everything is in Aperture - check its all working right. Then go ahead and maybe make another backup
Then migrate your photos out of the library. This takes all the originals and stores them elsewhere, called "offline". Once they're there, you can't move them around, so pick a good spot!! This also takes forever.
Once this is done your Aperture library should be smaller and just copy it to your MacbookAir
I'm still working on this as it looks like something went funky and I have to rebuild my thumbnails, another overnight processing thing. Like I said, keep a backup But I have a slimmed down Library on my Macbook Air now which is what I wanted.
This whole thing is kinda a mess and while it's feasible Apple hasn't made it easy. There's also some crazy stuff Aperture does with thumbnails and "previews" so that they take a bunch of space up (in my case almost as much as my photos), so you might have to work with that.
The guy at Apertureexpert.com is a genius.
Check out this post for more on slimming your Aperture Library:
http://www.apertureexpert.com/tips/2010/1/20/reducing-library-sizedramatically.h tml
Edit:As a side-note I put some HTML in my message and it looks like it isn't used in the forum - why does Apple bother having the formatting tools if they don't work? Kinda like the close-door button on an elevator?
Edit2: Haha it shows up in the answer but not in the normal thread. Strange, eh?

How to import a book from iPhoto 9.2 to aperture 3

Can I import Projects (Photobooks) from iPhoto 9.2 to Aperture 3? I have all my library on iPhoto and I would like to be able to transfer it completly to Aperture. Some advice would be great, since I am new to Aperture, Thanks!

You can't do this.
Regards
TD

Quality concerns when creating a book in iPhoto from images in Aperture

I use Aperture but I still like the ides of creating books in iPhoto as their styles are more suitable to, such things as, holiday photo albums than the styles offered in Aperture. The approach I use is to open iPhoto, use the 'Show Aperture Library' facility, drag and drop the images into iPhoto, and then create a book in the normal way in iPhoto.
The concern is that the imported images into iPhoto are just small jpegs. The original in Aperture may be a 8MB RAW image whereas the imported image into iPhoto, for the purpose of book creation, may just be a 500KB jpeg. This surely must have an effect on the quality of the printed images in the book. Any views, please.

John,
Unless you get the little yellow exclamation mark triangle warning when you put the photo in the book. you should be ok. If not, you may have to recreate the preview for those images back in Aperture. I believe the previews are all that are used in the book. I just had a book printed through Aperture and had no problems with the default half size previews.

Iphoto 9 libary to aperture 3.4?

Is it possible to import an iphoto 9 libary to aperture 3.4?
Problem: after a hard disc exchange I cannot reload my time machine backup.
However iphoto libary has been backuped on an another external disc.

Hi Léoni,
I'm working on an iMac 27" with an intel core duo 3,06 MHz, (Jan. 2010) and iLife 9 was pre-installed.
Apple made a recall on iMacs out of this period, because of potential failures with the hard disc.
I took it to my dealer to exchange the HD, but before I did an update with Time Machine.
When it returned, I was not able to re-load the last update, because the Mac didn't find working Back up's.
However, I saved any data (documents, music, movies, pictures etc,) on a separate Hard disc.
iPhoto 9 is not on the installation discs which came together with the Mac.
It's not a problem to buy iPhoto 11, but I'm wondering, whether I will be able to open the old iPhoto library (vers. 09)!?
Do have an idea on this issue?
thx
Thomas.

Merging iPhoto's library with Aperture's

What I want to accomplish: merge my iPhoto library with my Aperture library, creating one Aperture library while removing any duplicates.
What I've done: copied my iPhoto library to an external disc.
What I've tried to do: use "import library" on the Aperture File (while in the current aperture library on my internal disc) menu to import the saved iPhoto library on my external disc.
What happened: iPhoto library is visible but not selectable.
What went wrong? Thanks.

Got it working--not sure what happened.
Probably your iPhoto library needed upgrading to the latest iPhoto version that is compatible with your recent Aperture version. If your Aperture version is currently Aperture 3.5.1, you need to open any iPhoto library that you want to import at least once in iPhoto 9.5.1. Otherwise you cannot select it. See this document:
Aperture 3.3: How to use Aperture to merge iPhoto libraries http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5296

Using iPhoto Book Themes in Aperture

I would like to use the iPhoto book themes in Aperture.
Anyway of importing them.
Thanks, Paul.
iMac Intel Core Duo 20", 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) Nikon Coolscan V ED, Nikon D200, Iomega MiniMax

In iPhoto-08 I have 13 book themes and in Aperture 2.0.1 I have 8 beautiful themes, fully customizable that is. I am also able to make my own Custom Themes.
The new themes is Formal and Modern Lines.
You can find more info on this at:
www.apple.com/aperture/features/100.html
I think that the reason for more themes in iPhoto is that iPhoto is aimed at the consumer market and Aperture for the professional market. If I really would like to make a book with the Crayon- or the Water Color theme (would I ever?) I certainly would update preview for those images and then make the book in iPhoto.
IMHO the book options has become more flexible in v2 although there are some issues yet and some features I really would like to see in an upcoming upgrade.
Regards
Paulk

IPhoto Pictures Stuck in Aperture

I keep getting a message when trying to delete some photos in iPhoto:
This photo is in an Aperture stack and cannot be put into the iPhoto Trash. Use Aperture to delete this photo.
I have removed all the photos from Aperture, including emptying the Aperture trash. So, not sure why I'm getting this message if there aren't any photos in the Aperture library??? Any ideas would be great, thank you.

1. make a backup of your iPhoto library folder or the 'Originals' folder within.
2. paste this script into Script Editor and save it as an Application.
3. in the Finder, drop the 'Originals' folder from within the iPhoto library onto the new application; what we call a Droplet. the Finder will replace all aliases within the folder and nested folders with their original image files.
the script:
-- begin
to open theFolders
   repeat with i from 1 to theFolders's length
      copy theFolders's item i to theFolder
      if (theFolder as string) ends with ":" then
         replaceWithOriginal(theFolder)
      end if
   end repeat
   return
end open
to replaceWithOriginal(theFolder)
   tell application "Finder"
      set containedItems to every alias file of theFolder
      repeat with i from 1 to containedItems's length
         copy containedItems's item i to theAlias
         try
            copy theAlias's original item to theOriginal
            duplicate theOriginal to theAlias's container with replacing
         on error number -1728 -- orphaned alias
            delete theAlias
         end try
      end repeat
      set containedFolders to every folder of theFolder
      repeat with i from 1 to containedFolders's length
         replaceWithOriginal(containedFolders's item i) of me
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end replaceWithOriginal
-- end

Merging iPhoto libraries...Aperture stalls near the end

that about says it all, trying to merge two iPhoto libraries into one Aperture library.
First off one empty Aperture library, import one iPhoto library, stalls near the end and have to FQ.
Try to import and merge the second library, same stall and have to FQ.
Any ideas....totally new to Aperture.
Using latest versions of Aperture and iPhoto.

update: second time around with merging libraries, it went to the end. But now I have the one library contained thousands of duplicates!

IPhoto 9.3 and Aperture 3.3 can't see ....

I upgraded to iPhoto 9.3 and Aperture 3.3. One feature was to see Iphoto library in Aperture and Aperture libray in iPhoto. This does not work for me. Or am I missing how to do this. I see in Aperture there is no longer an import from iPhoto option. I see everything fine in ther respective apps.
Any ideas?

May we assume you are running 10.7.4 -- you info reports 10.7.3?
Are you trying to use the Switch Library command?
Ernie

Going to buy but should I import/embed or reference my iphoto library?

I have a complex mixed bag of photo situations. I have photos on my hard drive in Finder.
I have a few iPhoto libraries as well. And I want to avoid duplicates.
Should I import all my photos into Aperture and archive/delete my iPhoto libraries or should I keep iPhoto around and just reference the files in both my iPhoto and my Finder. Then is there a good tool to help with getting rid of duplicates?
Unfortunately I use to have an iPhoto reference library to save space but found the changes were not placed in the Finder file but in the iPhoto file so I really couldn't rely on going to the Finder to get the latest changes of the file (if I wanted to change using Photoshop for instance). I heard Aperture uses an non destructive XML file change tracking system which might make referencing a good way to go.
Ideas welcome. Thanks.
Dave

Hard to tell you what to do until we know what you want to do.
Unfortunately I use to have an iPhoto reference library to save space but found the changes were not placed in the Finder file but in the iPhoto file so I really couldn't rely on going to the Finder to get the latest changes of the file (if I wanted to change using Photoshop for instance).
You'll have similar issues with Aperture.
You need to set Photoshop as an External Editor in either (or both) apps.
Regards
TD

Problem with iPhoto pictures imported into Aperture 3

I recently put together few thousand pictures I had in iPhoto with several other thousands I had on Aperture 3.
I just realized the pictures I imported from iPhoto have all a litle exclamation mark with an arrow just like this:
When I try to export any of these images, or create a book, or email them it gives me an error message just like this:
When I imported the pictures, I drag them into Aperture. Not sure what happened and why the original files were not imported as well.
Can anyone help? Thx!

This looks like your iPhoto Library may have been a referenced library - check, if the iPhoto preferences "Advanced" settings are set to "Importing: Copy items into the iPhoto Library". If this option has been unchecked, when you imported to iPhoto, your iPhoto Library references the images and does not include them. And if you import a referenced library to Aperture these images also will be referenced in Aperture.
How exactly did you import from iPhoto to aperture, and what are your iPhoto and Aperture versions? Where are the libraries located that you importet? On an external volume?
Try, if the links become active, when you connect the external volume again.
Regards
Lèonie

Possible for iPhoto to remove referenced Aperture previews that I deleted?

Maybe I've already gone down the wrong path here, but I've been using Aperture until iPhoto 09. I really want to face and geo tag my photos, so I'm sharing my Aperture previews with iPhoto.
Last night, I decided to clean out a lot of my junk shots because I shoot RAW and am running out of space. I figured iPhoto would be smart enough to auto-remove those files from the library, but... of course it did not.
Now, I have hundreds of photos scattered across multiple events that are gone. iPhoto thinks they're still there, still showing the small icon for each image. When it tries to reference the bigger version, I get the popup saying that it can't locate the original.
Any suggestions on how to clean up this mess? I know I could just delete the iPhoto library and start over, but I've already spent HOURS face tagging, and would hate to lose all of that information.
Thanks!

I find this to be a huge flaw in iphoto. I deleted a large group of original duplicate thumbnails of some pics that I had that iphoto had imported. Now iphoto faces in littered with thumbnails of missing pics. It will take hours to manually look for and then delete these entries. If you delete the original pictures on your drive, iphoto should be able to re-index and remove the missing files. It can do this if forced by holding down command option when starting and choosing to rebuild, BUT this does NOT rebuild the 'faces' lists. I had spend allot of time manually selecting a long list of multiple faces lists. Not only that, but when you manually delete these empty faces pictures you have to open each one to see if it then shows "not found" and then close it and then delete the icon to get rid of it. In the main list of pics you can at least hit the delete key on the full size pics as you scroll them. It is very tedious. Now you might say, well just delete the iphoto pics first instead of the originals, but that doesn't work, because there is no sub directory within the "faces" lists to remove in batch. It;'s just a mess to manage and do maintenance on. In short the "faces" lists do NOT have much control or sync once you set them up and tag them manually which severely limits their usefulness.

Move from storing masters in iphoto to storing in aperture

Way back, when I first got Aperture, I chose to 'store files in their current location' which was iphoto library - I am aware that this is referenced masters. I did this because Aperture 2 does not store video and I import video from my DSLR. So, my work flow was to import to iphoto (so I have a good system for storing video clips) and then import the photos into aperture.
Now that Aperture 3 will import video clips, I want to change to managed library, storing all photos (and in the future, photos & video clips)in aperture library. How can I do this easily before installing Aperture 3?

Thank you for responding to my question, above, this morning. And thank you for the link about PhotoStream. It was helpful in understanding how Photostream works, but, unfortunately, doesn't really reference my problem since it assumes that the photos were originated on one of my Apple devices. The photos I want to copy to my iPhone are in an album on iPhoto but I had originally downloaded them from my camera to my iMac then moved them to the album. The confusing thing for me is that they are 3 of a dozen photos takern over a period of 12 years on different digital cameras (two were taken on film and later scanned and eventually moved to the album in iPhoto) and all but three of the photos moved to photostream and are on my iPhone. It is those three, which were all taken on digital cameras and moved to the album, which I can't get to move to Photostream.

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