Aperture 3 external library issue.

I just upgraded to Aperture 3, but now I can't get the program to link to the external drive housing my photo library. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Did you move move your library to a new drive? Is your drive formatted MacOS Extended and a local volume, or is it a network volume? See:
Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3252
Check the ownership and permissions on the drive, also the "Ignore Ownership on this Volume flag", and try to launch Aperture on this volume by double clicking the Library.

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IPhoto and Aperture referenced library issues

Hi,
For the last couple of days I've been busy trying to get my iPhoto/Aperture library to work properly. I recently created a referenced library using Aperture because of lack of space on my internal ssd. I can see all of my Projects, thumbnails, metadata etc. in both iPhoto and Aperture when my external drive is disconnected. However, there are two major issues:
1) Most of the video thumbnails are broken, both in Aperture and iPhoto. By double clicking a thumbnail of a video (.mov, .avi etc.) it sometimes starts playing (with the external drive connected), sometimes it doesn't, totally inconsistent. I can export the video and it works just fine.
2) While using iPhoto with the external drive disconnected, all Events are there, the thumbnails are there, everything looks ok, but I can only view some of the previews/photos after double clicking the thumbnails. A dialogue opens up saying "The volume for [imagefilename] cannot be found. Insert the disk or connect to the server volume..", but I can actually see the full size preview behind this dialogue. By clicking "Cancel" the photo dissapears and is replaced by a black screen with a grey exclamation mark. This does not occur while using Aperture, I can see all of my previews in full glory when the external drive is disconnected. However, with the external drive connected everything works in iPhoto (except above mentioned issue with videos).
Please boys and girls, I need your help on this one!
System information
OS: Maverick 10.9.1
Aperture: 3.5.1
iPhoto: 9.5.1
Thanks!
//Michel

1. Are these videos different formats? Or the same?
2. See my answer to your duplicate post.

Frustrating external library issue

I store my music collection on an external drive. When I open iTunes without the external drive hooked up, my library marks all songs as not found (which makes sense). But when I plug it back in, iTunes doesn't automatically recognize the songs on the external drive. The only option it gives me is to manually locate each song one by one.
Is there some setting or some way to avoid this? Does iTunes erase the original file path from the song if it doesn't find it?

You can confirm the drive is being recognized by double-clicking on My Computer in Windows Explorer (XP Start menu > All Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer).
To answer the second question in your original post: Does iTunes erase the original file path from the song if it doesn't find it?
No, iTunes retains that file path and keeps looking to that location. The exclamation mark means it can't find what it's looking for.
Is it possible you've either moved the song files or renamed a part of the path that leads to them?

I have an external hard drive set up as a Time Machine backup on my IMac. I want to add a second external hard drive and put my Aperture Photo Library on it. Is there a way to have the photos on this second hard drive automatically back up to the Time Mac

I have an IMac with an external hard drive set up as a Time Machine for automatic backups. I want to add a second external hard drive and load my Aperture Photo Library on to it so that the library can be shared by both me and my wife. Is there a way to automatically backup the photo library that will be on the second hard drive to the Time Machine hard drive?

Open System Preference > Time Machine
Click Options....
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I can't get my screensaver to see my Aperture 3 library which is on my external drive via firewire. It wants to use an older Aperture 2 library on another drive instead. Both drives are daisy chained together.
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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.
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or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser

Aperture 3 failing to update your Aperture 2 library? Please read!

Hello all,
This is for those who are not running the trial version - the trial version CANNOT upgrade an existing library.
Like many others here I ran into a snag when upgrading my Aperture 2 library with Aperture 3. I kept getting "Warning: Update Failed" box immediately after choosing to upgrade the library for the new features in A3 (I tried with the box checked and unchecked). I rebuilt and did a permissions fix using A2 (holding down Option + Command while launching A2) but still no avail. I checked the library file itself to see if I (username for my OS X account) had read & write privileges - I did. I even tried to re-install A3 to see if that would fix anything - it didn't.
I keep my library on an external hard drive in a folder called "pictures". Within this folder are both my Aperture and iPhoto libraries. I then thought to check to see if I (username for my OS X account) had read & write privileges for the "pictures" folder and was partially relieved to see that I didn't. I changed that and A3 started the update/upgrading procedures.
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My external library 100 GB on a 2TB drive is taking a long time to open.

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I recently moved my library to an external drive. When I tried to load the external drive, it said it needed to repair and I let it happen overnight because it was taking a long time.
Now it seems to just freeze when I try to load the external library. Can someone let me know if there is something I can do to make this process speed up? Should I move some of my projects to another library and keep it off-line?
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Network sharing of iTunes library issue

Hello,
I've searched for a similar problem, but did not find one.
I have a main computer where I keep all of my MP3's on an external drive. I've sucessfully shared the library to the second computer - all of the playlists show up complete with artwork. The problem is, when I try to play or download to an iPod on the 2nd machine, I get an error message on the second computer the "the original files can't be located - would you like to locate them? Well, yes, I would, but not for 500+ albums!
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This issue of sharing music among many different Macs on one network seems to be much harder than it should be. As mentioned above it would be ideal to be able to walk up to any Mac I own in my home (all of which are registered with Apple to play my AAC files) and listen to any song I want from a common library of songs on an external drive (and from any user account on each of those Macs). Also, if the fancy strikes me to hop onto iTunes and buy a song I should be able to do so from ANY computer and have the song automatically be placed into that external library AND show up on EVERY iTunes library of every user on every Mac in my home. This is where it gets sticky - I have been able to point each iTunes to the iTunes Music folder on the external drive (either directly pointing it to the folder or using an alias as mentioned above) but there is no way that I have found to AUTOMATICALLY have a new song I have purchased show up on all Macs. What I need to do is manually go to each iTunes (on each Mac and on each user account!) and add that purchased song to the iTunes library of that Mac. Confusing, right?? Gets worse if you purchase songs on more than one Mac in your home (I have 3). Apple really should make this entire process seamless -- especially if they want to have us buying media (songs, movies, TV shows, etc...) from them to play wherever and whenever we want on our Apple products (iPods, iPhones, AppleTVs, AppleToilets, etc...). Would seem straightforward to have iTunes check a file to see if a new file has been added to the main library on the external drive and if so, add that file to that particular iTunes library. Just some of my thoughts.....

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Hi:
I start working with hibernate in a DC component, so I create my DC project and EJB module inside. I Make an external library following this
Thanks a lot for your time on this thread.
Rocío.

Hi Rocío!
Umm, I don't usually use DC's... I don't know if this will work... you can make an EAR (New Proyect -> J2EE -> Enterpise Application Module), add your EJB Module to the EAR (right click on EJB Project and choose Add to EAR proyect), and you'll find a j2ee-engine file on it, and you can add the reference there.Then deploy the EAR.
I normally do something similar to your issue, I make a EJB calling XI via Java Proxys, and the reference to the XI libs are allocated on the EAR, not on the EJB. This is only for runtime, for compilation you must reference the hibernate jar with an external jar file, as always.
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Adding Libraries & External Library DC - Not able to import JAR Files

Hi,
I am trying to import the jar files to development environment.
The JAR file was added by following the steps mentioned in below blog :
/people/bala.krishnan2/blog/2006/09/25/bid-adieu-to-bots--using-captchas
Please find the error log below :
20100728065650 Info   :connected to deploytool via sdm protocol
20100728065651 Info   :deploy every archive associated to the buildspace: DP1_MSSTRK19_D
20100728065651 Info   :getting DC mss/eepro/salarydata from CBS for buildspace: DP1_MSSTRK19_D
20100728065651 Info   :Following SDAs were added:
20100728065651 Info   : 201007280456510519_sap.com_SAP_MSS_1_sap.com_msseeprosalarydata.sda
20100728065651 Info   :archives (201007280456510519_sap.com_SAP_MSS_1_sap.com_msseeprosalarydata.sda) for DC mss/eepro/salarydata were selected
20100728065652 Info   :Start deployment:
20100728065652 Info   :The following archives will be deployed (on http://sapdp1ci.zrh.swissre.com:53018)
20100728065652 Info   :/usr/sap/DP1/SYS/global/TCS/DEPLOYARCHIVES/201007280456510519_sap.com_SAP_MSS_1_sap.com_msseeprosalarydata.sda
20100728065652 Info   :starting deployment
20100728065652 Info   :errorhandling rule is switched from OnErrorStop to OnErrorSkipDepending
20100728065652 Info   :prerequisite errorhandling rule is switched from OnPrerequisiteErrorStop to OnPrerequisiteErrorSkipDepending
20100728065654 Info   :deployment finished
20100728065654 Info   :errorhandling rule is reseted
20100728065654 Info   :prerequisite errorhandling rule is reseted
20100728065654 Info   :Deploy log:
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: Start file transfer to /usr/sap/DP1/JC30/SDM/program/temp/201007280456510519_sap.com_SAP_MSS_1_sap.com_msseeprosalarydata.sda
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: File transfer of /usr/sap/DP1/JC30/SDM/program/temp/201007280456510519_sap.com_SAP_MSS_1_sap.com_msseeprosalarydata.sda finished for 9 ms. Total file size is 1347307 bytes.
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: The SDM client uses an old SDM client API.
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: -
Starting deployment -
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: Error handling strategy: OnErrorSkipDepending
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: Prerequisite error handling strategy: OnPrerequisiteErrorSkipDepending
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: Update strategy: UpdateAllVersions
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:52 AM Info: Starting deployment prerequisites:
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:53 AM Info: Loading selected archives...
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:53 AM Info: Loading archive '/usr/sap/DP1/JC30/SDM/program/temp/201007280456510519_sap.com_SAP_MSS_1_sap.com_msseeprosalarydata.sda'
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:54 AM Info: Selected archives successfully loaded.
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:54 AM Error: Unresolved dependencies found for the following SDAs:
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :1.: development component 'mss/eepro/salarydata'/'sap.com'/'DP1_MSSTRK19_D'/'31236'/'0'
20100728065654 Info   :dependency:
20100728065654 Info   :       name:     'temp/jxljar1'
20100728065654 Info   :     vendor:     'swissre.com'
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :There is no component either in SDM repository or in Deployment batch that resolves the dependency.
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :Deployment will be aborted.
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:54 AM Error: No Software Component Archive (SCA) or Software Delivery Archive (SDA) selected. Select at least one.
20100728065654 Info   :Deployment will be aborted.
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:54 AM Error: Prerequisites were aborted.
20100728065654 Info   :Jul 28, 2010 6:56:54 AM Error: Error while creating deployment actions. No Software Component Archive (SCA) or Software Delivery Archive (SDA) selected. Select at least one.
20100728065654 Info   :Deployment will be aborted.
20100728065654 Info   :end of log
20100728065654 Info   :End deployment:
20100728065654 Info   :
20100728065654 Info   :Summary of deployment
20100728065654 Info   :==> deployment finished for mss/eepro/salarydata (28979) with rc=12
20100728065654 Info   :deployment finished for buildspace: DP1_MSSTRK19_D
Please let me know how to fix this issue.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks and Regards,
Rashmi

Rashmi,
Following observations from the error log:
a) DC temp/jxljar1 is External Library DC; if I am not wrong.
b) Once the J2EE DC is deployed; automatically jxljar1 should also be loaded in server
Coming to the issue you are facing; plz let us know following points:
a) Are you trying to transport the content from one landscape to the other i.e. development to QA?
b) During what operation and in which unit(DTR/CMS/CBS);you are facing the issue?
Regards,
Ganga

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I've been trying to get the example that Valery is outlining in his <a href="/people/valery.silaev/blog/2005/09/14/a-bit-of-impractical-scripting-for-web-dynpro">Blog</a>.
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Apr 7, 2006 8:48:00 AM /userOut/Development Component (com.sap.ide.eclipse.component.provider.listener.DevConfListener) [Thread[ModalContext,5,main]] WARNING: js/lib: built with warnings orion.com/js/lib(MyComponents) in variant "default" (0.753 sec) :
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Development Component Build (2006-04-07 08:48:00)
Component name: js/lib
Component vendor: orion.com
SC compartment: MyComponents
Configuration: LocalDevelopment
Location: local
Source code location: jarpak@UFIES-JARPAK
DC root folder: C:\Documents and Settings\jarpak\.dtc\LocalDevelopment\DCs\orion.com\js\lib\_comp\
DC type: J2EE Server Component
DC subtype: Library
Host: UFIES-JARPAK
DC Model check:
          [dcmake] All used DCs are available locally
          [dcmake] validating dependency to build plugin "sap.com/tc/bi/bp/addLib"
          [dcmake] validating dependency to public part "Tokenizer" of DC "orion.com/js/jars"
          [dcmake] DC model check OK
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Build Plugin 'J2EE Library', Version 6.40 SP 16 (630_VAL_REL, built on 2006-02-13 00:17:07 CET)
   development component: js/lib (orion.com)
      software component: MyComponents (demo.sap.com)
                location: local
                    type: J2EE Server Component, subtype Library
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         source location: jarpak@UFIES-JARPAK
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                 Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 1.4.2_03-b02 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
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convert *.xlf to *.properties: yes
include sources for debugging: yes
Warning: Warning: Source folder does not exist, will be ignored: server
Plugin initialized in 0.03 seconds
Warning: No runtime information available for development component type External Library (sap.com), cannot validate runtime dependency.
Preparing data context..
No 'default' JDK defined, will use running VM.
Data context prepared in 0 seconds
Executing macro file..
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Creating output file: C:\Documents and Settings\jarpak\.dtc\LocalDevelopment\DCs\orion.com\js\lib\_comp\gen\default\logs\build.xml
Macro file executed in 0.482 seconds
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Using build target:   build
Generation folder:    C:\Documents and Settings\jarpak\.dtc\LocalDevelopment\t\C2CEFADCC9470A9F87865E9894AAE426
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prepare:
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     [mkdir] Created dir: C:\Documents and Settings\jarpak\.dtc\LocalDevelopment\t\C2CEFADCC9470A9F87865E9894AAE426\int-pp
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compile:
createPublicParts:
createDeployArchive:
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       [cda] Creating descriptor server/provider.xml ...
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packDeployArchive:
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Kind Regards,
Jari Pakarinen

Hi,
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Error Loading External Library - worked on 10g, now upgraded to 11g and not

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      (ORACLE_HOME = c:\oracle\ora11g)
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EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SID = PLSExtProc)
      (PRESENTATION = RO)
)Wrapper:
create or replace procedure OutputString(
p_Path in varchar2,
p_Message in varchar2,
p_mode in varchar2,
p_NumLines in binary_integer)
as
external
library externProcedures
name "OutputString"
with context
parameters (context,
              p_Path string,
              p_path INDICATOR,
              p_Message string,
              p_message INDICATOR,
              p_mode string,
              p_mode INDICATOR,
              p_NumLines int,
              p_numlines INDICATOR)
;And the actual pl/sql code
create or replace procedure extract_b
(pname in varchar2
,ppath in varchar2
is
     vBlob          blob;
     vLen          number;
     vRaw          raw(10000);
     i          number;
     j          number := 10000;
begin
     select blob_content into vBlob from wwv_document$ where name = pName;
     -- find the length of the blob column
     vLen := DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(vBlob);
     -- Read 10000 bytes at a time
     i := 1;
     if vLen < 10000 then
     -- If the col length is < 10000
          DBMS_LOB.READ(vBlob,vLen,i,vRaw);
          outputstring(pPath,rawtohex(vRaw),'wb',2*vLen);
     -- You have to convert the data to rawtohex format. Directly sending the buffer data will not work
     -- That is the reason why we are sending the length as the double the size of the data read
     else
     -- If the col length is > 10000
          DBMS_LOB.READ(vBlob,j,i,vRaw);
          outputstring(pPath,rawtohex(vRaw),'wb',2*j);
     end if;
     i := i + 10000;
     while (i < vLen ) loop
     -- loop till entire data is fetched
          DBMS_LOB.READ(vBlob,j,i,vRaw);
          outputstring(pPath,rawtohex(vRaw),'ab',2*j);
          i := i + 10000 ;
     end loop;
end;Any ideas?
Thanks
Robert

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