Aperture 3: Library Management

I am sorry to ask such a simplistic question, but I am not sure how to do this and did not see a post on the question.
I have my main aperture 3 library. I am going to break the library up to speed performance and make the library smaller (Around 60 GB). I am going to break the library up into things such as Sports, Family, School, etc.
Here is my problem. I export a folder into a new library "school". I do not consolidate files. The new library is created and the file structure is in the new library. The file structure still exists in the old library. I delete the folder structure in the old library and move it to the trash. When I empty the trash all the master files are gone.
How is this done without deleting files?
Thanks

Here is what I did, as i wanted to "break up" my libraries the same way. Its taking me all weekend but I am getting it done and I am having good luck, knock on wood.
1. I created a new Aperture 3 Library called Sports
2. In finder I right clicked on the Aperture 2 library and selected "Showed package contents"
3. I created the folders in the new Aperture 3 library to equal the stuff I wanted imported. I did not recreate the projects.
4. I dragged and dropped the Aperture 2 project from the finder in the New Aperture 3 library.
5. Waited until it was done.
This did two things for me, it kept my Aperture 2 library intact, and allowed me a clean start.
This also works for dragging and dropping Lightroom2 folders.
So far so good.
Bill Debevc
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  • Aperture iPhoto library storage

    Just a little bit of background. I have two computers (iMac and Macbook) and I currently use iPhoto on both. I sync the libraries using Chronosync.
    I am thinking about buying AP3 and installing it on the iMac but I still want to be able to sync its library with iPhoto on the Macbook. Now, currently to sync my 2 iphoto libraries I select the library files on each computer. If I get AP3 on my iMac, can it just use the iPhoto library to store without creating a new AP3 library?
    If AP3 can store the images inside iPhoto library, how will iPhoto appear if I open that?
    Or is the best option just to install AP3 on both computers seeing that Apple's license allows it?

    I have two computers (iMac and Macbook) and I currently use iPhoto on both. I sync the libraries using Chronosync.
    What do you mean by "Sync".
    The general term means when two Libraries (A and B) are compared and files in Library A are copied to Library B, while files in Library B are also copied to Library A so that both Libraries are identical.
    This is bi-directional copying and you cannot do this with automatically with iPhoto. No Syncing software is capable of parsing the iPhoto Library in this manner. One or both of your Libraries will be damaged if you try this.
    You can have uni-directional copying - files in Library A are copied to Library B - this is essentially backing up. Obviously you can also copy from Library B to Library A.
    The nearest you can get to syncing is to use iPhoto Library Manager to move files/Albums/Events plus assoicated metadata between Libraries. This process cannot be automated.
    hinking about buying AP3 and installing it on the iMac but I still want to be able to sync its library with iPhoto on the Macbook.
    Sync Aperture and iPhoto? Aperture has an entirely different Library from iPhoto and iPhoto will make no sense of it whatever.
    If I get AP3 on my iMac, can it just use the iPhoto library to store without creating a new AP3 library?
    Yes.
    If AP3 can store the images inside iPhoto library, how will iPhoto appear if I open that?
    The same as now.
    Note that iPhoto will have no access to edits done in Aperture.
    Regards
    TD

  • Workflow help needed, transitioning from iPhoto/iPhoto Library Manager

    HI all, I am using latest Aperture, iPhoto, and 10.6.3 on lan connected macs and need some help setting up a workflow/libraries that represent some sanity amid the tens of thousands of photos that I have. Before getting Aperture3, i was using iPhoto and iPhoto Library Manager to work between an imac and an mbp; i would create a temp library to travel with on the mbp and then when I returned to the office I would merge the updated temp lib with the master lib housed on a huge external drive hanging off the imac. Using iPhoto Library Manager this is a lot of work and very slow indeed.
    So with my new install of Aperture3, I am sure there is a better way, I just have not found a coherent tut that explains what I should be doing under these circumstances. I see that I can import iPhoto libraries, and that I can also use referenced files to get things into Aperture no matter where they are, or I can ??? Really confused on all the options.
    Ideally, I think what we all want is a cloud like repository for all photos where users could check in and check out photos and have all the metadata preserved, but I guess they also want ice water down under, and haven't gotten that yet either.
    Short of the above fairytale, what can I do? I do expect to have another mbp in the field soon, so that will be two machines/users that will need to pull things out of a master repository and check back in updated files as well as add new files to the collective.
    Thoughts? Thx.
    coocoo
    Message was edited by: coocooforcocoapuffs

    1) Import my one massive iPhoto Library into Aperture 3 - but do I use referenced or embedded options? Is there any advantage to leaving everything in iPhoto and just referencing from Aperture? Or do I get everything into Aperture and then just blow away iPhoto?
    I see no reason to leave the files in iPhoto. If you agree you can do one of two things: either move them elsewhere and reference them or manage them in Aperture. Many folks recommend referencing them, but it's a choice only you can make.
    I see no reason to continue with iPhoto.
    2) In Aperture, I can export a set of projects from the main repository into a "traveling library", say when I take the MBP out on assignment,
    Correct: File -> Export Project as New Library
    and then when I return, I just import that library back and the updates I made on the road will get integrated with the whole again? If so, that's worth the price of admission!
    Correct.
    Regards
    TD

  • Sync BOTH Aperture & iPhoto library

    Hello!
    Is there a way to sync both Aperture & iPhoto library onto an iDevice? I know that I can import the iPhoto library to Aperture but this does not solve my problem.
    I update both libraries separately as I use Aperture for RAW images which were taken with a DSLR and iPhoto for other image files from point-and-shoot cameras or mobile devices.
    If I import iPhoto into Aperture and then later update the iPhoto library then the new images do not show up in Aperture or my iDevice.
    Thank you.

    I'm using they both to get more free space.
    Using two libraries in different applications to manage the same data does not get you "more free space". Precisely the opposite, in fact.
    Unless you have a specific need for using iPhoto as well as Aperture, you should simply elect to use one and forget about the other. Pick one horse and ride it.
    Regards
    TD

  • VERIFY your library prior to update: iPhoto Library Manager

    I am a believer. Please, verify your iPhoto library prior to updating. In fact, verify it every few months. I did this with my iPhoto 5 Libraries prior to updating and I'm so happy I'm buying a SECOND license to IPLM just to say thanks. [1]
    How do you verify? You register iPhoto Library Manager ($20) and you use it to verify your library.
    But, you say, IPLM is just used to manage multiple libraries. There are free apps to do that, iPhoto 6 can handle 250,000 images (given enough machine power), iP6 can option-click load separate Libraries anyway.
    All right. Except IPLM is the most perversely unmarketed software in existence. The library manager features are free. They are nice, but not essential.
    What you get for $20 is the barely mentioned capability to combine (merge, import) Libraries or portions of Libraries (images and albums) with much of the metadata preserved (titles, comments, keywords(!), ratings, roll data, and album membership).
    But, you say, I don't need to merge Libraries. I have one Library, my partner(s) and children use the one Library, I don't have a desktop/laptop Library. Ahh, but you do need to verify.
    How do you verify? You tell IPLM to create a new Library and import all the images from your existing Library. You won't KEEP the new Library. You do this to test for problems.
    If there are no error messages, no glitches, matching image counts, etc -- you're fine. Otherwise, sort this out BEFORE you update.
    I have done this with two libraries of about 3000 images each. In each case IPLM/iPhoto identified ONE corrupted JPEG [2]. I was able to restore from old CD archives.
    Now I feel confident in the integrity of my iPhoto Libraries. I will be using IPLM to verify them every few months from now on.
    Highly recommended. And no, I'm not associated with them in any way.
    [1] In my case I have 3 iP5 Libraries and I want ONE iP6 Library on my iMac -- I decided to do the merge prior to going to iP 6 because IPLM has been used for over a year for iP 5 merges, so it's more tested that way.
    [2] What happens is iPhoto reports it couldn't import an image. On examination in an image editor the JPEG is corrupted. When I went to backups and the original Library I confirmed the corruption. Don't try to open these images in iP 5 -- they will cause iP 5 to hang with a spinning pizza of death. Yes, that's very bad programming. Preview manages them properly. In both cases I was able to get an original good image from old CDs and archives -- but I backup more than 99% of the world. I think these images were corrupted by older/flakier versions of OS X and iPhoto. I have a personal evidence-free belief that the pre-journaled OS X file system was not reliable.
    G5 iMac 20   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   G3 iBook

    Oops. Well, I still think IPLM is a very good way to test for Library problems, but I would strenously warn against using it to merge iPhoto 5 Libraries prior to running iPhoto 6.
    For more details see my blog:
    http://googlefaughnan.blogspot.com/2006/02/iphoto-6-what-bloody-mess.html
    The only safe way to merge iPhoto Libraries appears to be to buy Aperture.

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