Aperture keywords issues

Is it just me or are there major issues with searching by keyword?
I've just given three pictures the same keyword and when I use the filter with 'Library' selected only one of them is found. The un-found picture is in an iPhoto library - do keywords not work on managed files? if not what is the point of inputting the keywords?
A second point - how hard is it to go from aperture to lightroom? Will lightroom import the projects along with their keywords from aperture.

Lightroom will not import whole projects and you will lose all your adjustments. I believe that if you export your images with xmp files, that those file will contain the keywords, and Lightroom will bring them in. Do a test. Don't be in a big hurry blow out your Aperture libraries. Lightroom is very different from aperture, and it took me several months to figure out that I was fighting it's workflow, and it was actually costing me significant amounts of time. YMMV.

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  • Aperture Keywords

    I have Aperture 3.4.1 installed. I have used Aperture for several years. I am not new to this.
    I have covered all the basics here. I have run a repair on my library, and restarted the computer. I will discuss the problems that I am seeing.
    I use keywords a lot. I have a smart album that specifically shows me images that do not have keywords, so that I can assign them.
    When I assign keywords I am assigning several of them at one time. The pupose for this is tha I am an artist. I take photographs to support my artistic work. So I might be doing a piece that I need a train, or a flower, or a person on a beach in Maine, or even a specific place that I have been. I can create a quick smart albumn and find all the images matching my needs and then filter them down from there. Very useful.
    In another example, I was asked for a picture of my neice. I said what sort of picture. Once they gave me the specifics, that it was a picture of her at a birthday party, at an uncles house; I was then able to create a smartalbumn with all the necessary keywords and boom all those images oh my neice appear. We found the one the person needed and made a print.
    My keywords are organized in groups. I have all the main ones: states, cities, people, family, extended family, objects, places, parks, museums, etc.
    Inside each group I have several keywords that fit into those group buckets.
    When I assign pictures keywords I select all the images that have those keywords, select multiple keywords using the command button, and then drag that group of keywords onto the selected images. Pretty easy stuff, but I have a lot of hours invested in placing keywords on my images.
    Problems:
    - moving a keyword and letting go, while it is still inside the keyword list, the keyword disappears and does not come back.
    - Restarting aperture will show sometimes duplicate groups of keywords. Each group has a different count number of images for the keyword.
    - Merging keywords does not appear to update the image count, or combine the image count.
    - Occassionally when starting aperture all the keywords are gone
    - Occassionally when starting the groups are there, but all the keywords are no longer inside the groups.
    - Smart Albumns do not always find the images, but if you look at the image data, the keyword is right there on the screen. So a Smart album that looks for the Automobile keyword will show no images, but I can find several images that have this keyword on it.
    - it does not appear that the images lose the keywords assigned. Aperture just does not see them, or does not organize the list properly.
    - Some keywords will not show any image count, when I know there are several thousand images with that keyword.
    - lifting and stamping keywords does not stamp the group it was in. Therefore, the next time you start aperture the keywords that were stamped appear in the keywords list outside of the groups. I think I stopped stamping keywords in Aperture 2. This has not worked right for as long as I have been using Aperture.
    - keywords in group have a number of images containing that keyword. However, the group never shows a total for the group. Would be nice to have so that I can see how many pictures I have in these different groups. That could be really valuable for stock photographers as well. They could track how many photographs of objects, people, animals, autos, builds and more, that they have.
    I have over 10,000 images in my library. Most images in my library have 3 or more keywords assigned to them.
    Deleting a smart albumn and creating a new one will still not display any images.
    All these smart albumns and keywords had bugs, but for the most part I had work arounds for those bugs and could still do things. Right now I am trying to organize a portrait of someone and I cannot perform any filtering to find the images of that person. So I have to go through hundreds of projects by hands to look through thousands of images to try and find it manually.
    Has any one used Keywords or seen problems with it? Again, this all worked before 3.4.1 was installed. I got this recently as an update, but before that everything worked (smart albums). Now I cannot even get it to keep the list of keywords in order.

    Kirby,
    Thanks for the reply. Sorry. My post was sort of long. I wanted to be sure to give the full story so that people were not replying with things like "Did you restart your computer?" "Did you repair your database?".
    Problems:
    - moving a keyword and letting go, while it is still inside the keyword list, the keyword disappears and does not come back.
    This sounds like you are accidentally dragging your Keywords to a different level/parent in your Keyword HUD.  Is that possible?  The proper way to cancel a drag-and-drop operation is to press "{Escape}".
    I was very careful and while dragging made sure that the cursor and keywords where over their starting place. I was not aware of the Escape key press for canceling a drag-n-drop. I will have to remember that for next time.
    - Restarting aperture will show sometimes duplicate groups of keywords. Each group has a different count number of images for the keyword.
    Where are you seeing these groups?  What do you mean by "group"?  The same Keyword can exist at different levels of your Keyword hierarchy ("Black" is not the same as "Colors➞Black"; each can be separately assigned and will have a number independent of the other).
    Sorry. Let me define my use of the word groups. I use the term group to define a top level keyword, or top of a branch. It will typically have an arrow next to it that can be clicked on to expand. A keyword is a term that I use for a label that is defined in the main list, or inside an expandable label (a group).
    So, for example I could have a Family->Mom keyword twice in my list. One that says it has 42 images and the second that says it has 8. If I combine them I do not get 50. I get some other number, as if it was random. More importantly is that I don't have two different Family->Mom keywords. Why aperture started with a duplicate is beyond me.
    It should.  There is a bug where the numbers in the Keyword HUD are sometimes cropped at the right edge.  Have you tried enlarging the Keyword HUD?
    I noticed this problem as well and did not have it on my list. Hmm. Thanks. When the keywords hud does that I have been able to correct it, sometimes, by expanding the HUD horizontally and then slowly reducing the size and drag the numbers with it.
    - Occassionally when starting aperture all the keywords are gone
    Gone?  And you have re-input them more than once?  How do you know they are gone?
    Gone, yes gone. I mean I open Aperture and either use the Shift-H, or icon on tool bar, for opening the keywords HUD and the entire list is empty. Nothing there. I have even tried searching in the search box at the top of the HUD and get no matches. The list is just empty.
    When this happens I just quit aperture and shut down the computer. After restarting, sometimes, the list magically repopulates.
    - Occassionally when starting the groups are there, but all the keywords are no longer inside the groups.
    What groups?  Do you mean Parents with children Keywords?  How do you know the children are missing?  Do they return?
    Yes, I mean the Parent with children Keywords, or as I just added above a label (parent is better word) that can be expanded with keywords inside it. When I look at the list, For example, I have a Parent Keyword called Family. That group does not have an arrow and cannot be expanded. Furthermore, all the keywords that were at a lower level inside the Family group are now in the main list of keywords, or the highest level possible. If I want things to return to normal I have to restart the computer and aperture. Although that is not a garuntee to work everytime.
    Again, I assume by "group" you mean the parent Keyword.  Lifting a child Keyword and stamping it will apply that Keyword.  Aperture does not assign the parent Keyword, but it does understand that the stamped Keyword is a child of the parent Keyword.  If you filter using the Rule "Keyword" and check the parent Keyword, all Images with any of the children Keywords will be selected.
    Yes, and thanks for providing me with the term Parent keyword. I will use that more in the future. I don't have any problem with how the image is stamped with the keywords. But if I have a keyword Family->Mom and I lift this and stamp another image. That image will have the keyword Mom. Aperture now updates the master keyword list inside the HUD and shows Mom at the highest level with everything else. I don't want that, because now I have to merge the Mom keyword back into the Family Parent. I don't doubt that Aperture knows what to do when searching, but the keyword HUD does not.
    Thanks again for all the feedback. I do not have much exposure to other people using Aperture. I will do better at my terminology in the future. It is good to know that I am doing some things the same way everyone else does. I was thinking that maybe I was doing something more than everyone else. I wonder why no one else has said anything about the keywords issues. I would think that with so many peopel using them, there would be more complaints, or discussions.

  • Batch-Change Aperture Keywords

    Does anyone known of a script that can convert the iPhoto keywords to normal Aperture keywords?
    There seems to also be an issue if I re-classify a keyword in the Keyword HUD, there ends up being 2 versions of the keyword in the search HUD because some images are tagged with Family>Dad and some are tagged with Family>Parents>Dad.
    I want to be able to update all the photos that have Family>Dad and change them all to Family>Parents>Dad.

    Thanks. That script helped and it gave me an idea for another way of doing it.
    1. Add the offending iPhoto keyword manually to the Keyword HUD (create a top-level keyword iPhoto and create the keyword under it).
    2. Create a smart album doing a search for the offending keyword (say, Pets (iPhoto)
    3. Create a keyword button set containing both the offending keyword and the new keyword (make sure you know which is ordered first because the buttons will not show the distinction)
    4. select all the images in the smart album
    5. Add the new desired keyword to all the images
    6. Shift-click the offending keyword to remove it from all the images
    For reference, the apple script that does the same thing is below (adapted from the script posted in the other thread):
    <pre>
    tell application "Aperture"
    -- set the target to the smart album "Test" at the top level of the library.
    tell album "Test" of folder ""
    -- get a list of the images in the album.
    set x to every image version
    -- move through the images one by one, deleting and creating the appropriate keywords
    repeat with i from 1 to x's length
    tell x's item i
    -- Note. if the keyword is top level, then the parents value is "".
    -- Note, multiple parents should be in ascending order, for example: "Image type Photo specs" for the Action keyword
    delete (every keyword whose name is "Pets" and parents is "iPhoto")
    make new keyword with properties {name:"Pets", parents:"Family Personal"}
    end tell
    end repeat
    end tell
    end tell
    </pre>
    G5 Dual 2.5GHz, iMac 2GHz Core Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Nokia 3650, Nikon D50

  • Odd Keyword Issue

    I have created keywords and applied them to images in the past. Subsequently, I have changed those keywords and had them applied to replace the old keyword. In Aperture itself, I can only find and see the new keyword. However, when I export the Master and open it in Preview, the old (as well as the new) keyword shows. If I don't want this keyword to be embedded anymore, but it is not in my keywords in Aperture, how do I make sure to remove it from the Masters?

    Hi Nathan,
    To answer your question, no, the old keywords were not applied before I imported the photos into Aperture. You know, come to think of it, this makes me wonder about something. The keyword that I changed was a person's name. For example, let's use Janet Smith. She then got married, so her name changed to say, Janet Jones. I changed the keyword from Janet Smith to Janet Jones and in Aperture, this is the way it looks. In fact, if I never left Aperture, nor looked at the photo's metadata in any other application, I would never even know there is an issue. However, when I export the images to my desktop and then open in Preview, I notice something extremely odd. The metadata not only reveals Janet Jones (the new and correct keyword), but Janet Smith Jones as well. Janet Smith Jones is the name the person uses for work and work contacts, but that keyword has never existed in my Aperture keyword set. It has certainly never been applied. I'm sure the name is floating around on my computer somewhere based on an email I received from her, or a Facebook setting, but aside from that... I do sync certain photos to Facebook straight from Aperture, but I can't see how that is relevant.
    I know, this is weirder and weirder... Any ideas?
    Mac

  • Aperture Keywords From iPhoto

    1) I have imported my iPhoto Library
    2) I realize that iPhoto keywords are distinct from apeture keywords and I need to select photos by keywords.
    a) I have selected the old iphoto keyword via the smart setting library. The old photos appear. I then add new aperture keyword. (ie Sally Smith). This is easy.
    b) Then I delete the old iPhoto keyword via the most annoying thing of creating the keyword (see previous posts). Then shift enter the keyword away (see previous posts).
    c) HERE IS THE QUESTION. But it remains in the "not so" smart keyword library. Now I will have twice the number of keywords and have to remember which are old dead iPhoto keywords. I tried the plist trick (no luck). What do i do? Stay with iPhoto. This kind of *****.
    j
    Quad G5 with 30 inch   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   twin 500 gig drives

    I suspect that Aperture writes the keywords to the images or their version copies. to get rid of the old iPhoto keywords, make sure that they're no longer in the Keyword HUD and then rebuild the Aperture database. this will probably remove unused keywords from the filter list.
    while launching Aperture, press and hold option-command.

  • Iphoto keywords versus Aperture keywords

    I was happy to succesfully import my iPhoto library. But surprised that the keywords were distinct from Aperture keywords. That is, I have a keyword "Birds" in iPhoto, but when I go and add the keyword "Birds" (by typing it in the box) to a new photo, I now have two keywords, "Birds" and "Birds (iphoto)" which are distinct. I want them to be the same. How do I do that?

    As DaveyJ pointed out, the iPhoto keywords are in a sub-level.
    Your best course of action (this will take a while) is to create a smart album and set it to show all images with one of the keywords in the iPhoto group/level.
    Once Aperture shows you the applicable set of images, use the Keywords Control bar to add the non-iPhoto version of the keyword to all of the images; i.e., Select All, then click the keyword. With all of the images still selected, use the Keyboard Controls bar again and shift-click on the iPhoto version of the keyword. This will remove it from the selected images.
    You could write an AppleScript to help with this process. I've been experimenting and it can be done. You would use a Smart Album to gather the iPhoto keyword images together and then run the script to remove the iPhoto keyword and add the non-iPhoto keyword.
    Here's an example script (that works) to get you started:
    tell application "Aperture"
    -- set the target to the "Smart beetles" album at the top level of the library.
    tell album "Smart beetles" of folder ""
    -- get a list of the images in the album.
    set x to every image version
    -- move through the images one by one, deleting and creating the appropriate keywords
    repeat with i from 1 to x's length
    tell x's item i
    -- Note. if the keyword is top level, then the parents value is "".
    delete (every keyword whose name is "Australia" and parents is "Location")
    make new keyword with properties {name:"Sydney", parents:"Location"}
    end tell
    end repeat
    end tell
    end tell
    iMac Duo Core 2GHz 2GB   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

  • Aperture Keywords VS IPTC keywords

    The Aperture manual says:
    Important: If you are planning to export your keywords as IPTC data, make sure your keyword phrases are no more than 64 characters in length. Longer keyword phrases may not be displayed properly in other IPTC editors or operating systems.
    OK. But how do I export my Aperture Keywords to IPTC data????
    Thanks
    Marion

    I copied the text shown below from the online manual.
    *Applying IPTC Metadata and Keywords to Your Images*
    <SNIP> You can apply these keywords to your images when
    exporting to JPEG, TIFF, and PSD file formats. <SNIP>
    To include metadata with images at export:
    1 Select the image or images you want to export.
    2 Choose File > Export > Versions (or press Command-Shift-E).
    3 Navigate to the location where you want the exported images placed.
    4 Choose Edit from the Export Preset pop-up menu.
    5 In the Export Presets dialog, select the export preset you want to use to export
    your images.
    6 Select the Include Metadata checkbox.
    7 Click OK.
    8 Choose a name format for your exported files from the Name Format pop-up menu.
    9 Click Export Versions.
    I am ok for steps 1,2,3. But, after I navigate to the folder, I don't see where I can "choose edit from an Export Preset Pop-up Menu"
    I don't have an Export preset Pop-up Menu....
    Is it on the file navigation window? Or the main Aperture pull-down menu?
    Thanks

  • Aperture Keyword inconcistency

    Aperture Keyword Inconsistency
    All photos were migrated from iPhoto to Aperture because Apple insisted iPhoto database not as stable as Aperture.
    What I am trying to understand…
    If the Keyword Hud shows as Flowers …. 1,000
    If I select Photos at the top left I am told that includes all photo's in the data base.
    In Filter: Photos … Flowers entered
    The filter finds only 900 Flowers
    Where are the other 100?
    How do I resole this.
    This is the first of several Keyword mysteries. Hoping this answer will unlock a solution
    to the others.
    Thanks in advance for any kind help.

    Frank Caggiano and Badunit … Thanks guys for the help.
    Why use Filter: Text rather than Filter: Keyword
    Started out that way. When several keywords in HUD were not represented in Filter: Keyword, I thought of using the text w/ copy/paste for exact duplication.
    Kirby, Can't thank enough for hanging with me.
    Stacks .. After manually checking and opening the few I saw in Library > Photos, all photos not unstacked, I unstacked them. Then did: Menu Bar > Stacks > Open All Stacks.  Open All Stacks menu selection appears dimmed. Close All Stacks shows un-dimmed.
    Trash Items .. Rejected, great tip. I have just trashed stuff and not emptied trash till I could get around to verifying I'm not deleting something valuable. I have found good stuff, though infrequently, in the trash. It has just mushroomed.
    Graphics clearly depicts what I was clarifying just below. Again, nice graphic!
    From our "trash" discussion: Keywords in trash add to active image keywords to make the total in Keyword HUD. ie: 50 Flowers in "Photos", 10 Flowers in Trash … Keyword HUD shows 60? A text search would reveal only the 50 in "Photos"
    So:  when I put all trash into a new Project and Check for exact numbers… I should get super close. GREAT IDEA!
    Kirby, not two rules at once. See note at top to Frank and Badnit. Text rather than Keyword because that Keyword does not appear in the Filter: Photo > Keyword > include all of the following .. list of keywords. Nice graphic! Using the Filter Trash will give me equally another way to investigate
    Once I get the numbers understood and in line, then I want to address why a few keywords appear in the HUD but can not be seen in any of the ways I've tried to uncover them. I bet I find them in trash. Several HUD Keyworfd that show 0 … when I go to delete the Keyword I get a Warning: 6 photos have this keyword .. Or something quite similar. Others showing 0 stay 3 versions have this Keyword.
    I have gone over the Filter rules in the manual and parameters. It does bear way more careful review, which I will do.
    I will: Look at images in Trash via the graphic example & document findings … Take images out of Trash to new Project then see if numbers come into line and document … Report results here.
    Review Filter rules and parameters.
    Great, Great ideas, suggestion and help!!! I'll be back.
    Owww, a PS: By way of qualifying accuracy. I have searched everywhere for a discussion on … Unstack versus open stack. Nothing I looked for answered this. I totally believe they are the same thing ... yet the to commands appear at opposite ends of the Stacks menu selection.

  • Keyword Issues

    Someone help!
    After upgrading to Aperture from iphoto. I seem to be getting weird issues with my keywords, in particular in association with smart albums. I have a keyword with my daughters name and when I create a smart album to show all 2000+ photos with her then all is fine, however some times there are no photos in this smart album if I query the smart albums seetings there are 3 keywords for her name (I have double checked the keyword HUD and there is only 1 keyword with her name).
    This happens with various keywords in the smart albums settings.
    Any suggestions

    You have identically named keywords in several groups. The keywords from iPhoto are located in the "iPhoto" keyword group, in some other keyword group you have the same keyword (the keywords are not the same, but their name is).
    To fix:
    1) decide which is the keyword you want to keep
    2) find all the images with the similarly named, but incorrect keyword
    3) apply the right keyword from the right keyword group to the images
    4) remove the incorrect keyword from the images
    5) remove the incorrect keyword
    Sounds tedious but it's surprisingly fast.

  • Can Aperture keywords be shared with LR/Bridge users?

    Upcoming project/shoot and I use Aperture all the time now. I used to use LR and Bridge but, found Aperture 3 faster and just a lot better (for me).
    I know other photographers there will be using Windows PC's and also Lightroom and Bridge. Keywording is going to be utilized a lot. I want to know if the keywords I use in Aperture can be utilized/seen by users of LR/Bridge. In other words, when I submit my photos to use, will the keywords be there for them to be able to sort through my photos? Or will I be forced to use LR/Bridge for them? I've tried opening a photo I have keyworded in Aperture with Bridge and don't see the keywords I've set.
    Any help on this appreciated.

    I only use a referenced library so my thoughts on this issue are strictly in the context of a referenced library.
    I use ImageIngesterPro to import my raw NEFs. Metadata that is applicable to the whole shoot is applied during import and stored in XMP sidecar files - master files are untouched. I may modify this metadata in Bridge and/or Lightroom before importing into Aperture.
    When I import the folder as a project into Aperture, it reads the metadata stored in the XMP file and duly stores this metadata in its database and populates the appropriate metadata fields of the version(s) associated with each master file - master files are still untouched, everything that Aperture knows about each master file has come from the XMP sidecar.
    My contention is, that if Aperture can read the metadata in XMP side car files on import, then extending this capability to read metadata from XMP side car files after import would greatly enhance a workflow such as mine.
    I would like to think that we will reach a stage where (IPTC) metadata is interchangeable between all applications. If I happen to be working in Bridge, or Lightroom or Aperture any metadata I add in one of these programs should be read either, automatically or by way of a command by any of the other applications, be it via sidecar files or writing to the raw file.

  • Aperture keywords and iPhoto and the iPod video error -50

    A heads up for anyone who is moving photo's from Aperture to iPhoto. If you have use nested keywords in Aperture then you export to use in iPhoto ( since there is know iLife integration at this time)( also very poor on apples part ) you will get a error in iTunes -50 unknown error.
    To fix this all you have to do is remove the offending keyword from iPhoto's master keywords list and you good to go. Wish it did not take me 2 full day to figure this out.

    I actually did something similar. Except I dumped whole projects or split projects in two and then dumped one, until I was left with 1 project with only 1 image. Took a few hours but finally found one image who's caption seemed to be corrupt (had garbage character at the front). Once I deleted the caption (had to do it in GraphicConverter) it all worked. The photo was part of a set of photos that I had imported from iPhoto, so I definitely think it has something to do with Aperture's iPhoto import. So not quite the same issue as you, but I think probably related.

  • Adobe Bridge Keyword issue

    I am using Photoshop CS4 along with the Adobe Bridge that downloaded with it. I installed the software on an iMac with Snow Leopard as the OS. Using the Bridge, I assigned keywords to about a thousand images in numerous folders. I used the Bridge with these keywords to search for my images and it worked just fine. Then I upgraded the OS to Lion and immediately had a significant issue with searching in Bridge. Each time I identified a keyword to search (in the Edit-Find menu), the results came back "no files found". It was by accident that I discovered that, in order for the Bridge to recognize they keywords, I had to double click and open the folder first in Bridge. Once the folder had been opend and then closed, the keywords were activated. Needless to say opening each and every folder containing images has been very time consuming.
    I am considering purchasing a new iMac this summer. It will probably have the new Mountain Lion OS in it and I will purchase CS6 to install in it. I am concerned that when I transfer all of my images into the new computer, I am going to have the same Bridge issue, and will have to go through this entire "open & close each folder in Bridge" exercise again in order to search by their keywords.
    Has anyone had this issue to deal with? If so, I sure would like to know how you dealt with it.

    I have exported my keyword list and saved it to my desktop.
    If that was the list of your old system you only have to use the option import keywords from the same menu used to export the list. This will add all your keywords from the old list to your new list. If you use clear and import the old ones will be replaced by the list of the imported keyword list (so if you are not sure also make a back up of the existing list before using 'clear and import'
    I also did a search of my entire computer and that file name does not show up.
    You probably use Spotlight for this and spotlight is not very good in finding files hidden in the library, try the free 'Easy Find'
    I use CS4 and the file in the path you provided is: Bridge CS4 Extensions. However, there does not appear to be a Keyword file in that folder.
    You are in the wrong library, the extensions are sited in the library on root level (the computer) and you have to be in the library in your user account.
    I overlooked the fact that you are on Lion and that has the user library hidden by default. Do a Google search to retrieve the user library, there are easy temporarily ways and a bit more difficult to make it visible permanent
    Once I go through an entire search with "include non-indexed files" checked, have all of the folders/files that have been searched through now been indexed? And does that mean that whenever I perform a search again, I no longer have to have that box checked?
    If you go to the Find menu and in the source field select your parent folder that contains all your subfolders the search will go through your entire image content.
    You only have to check non indexed files once but after the first search (takes long to index) the option is not taking that much time again so no objection to leave it on.

  • Aperture viewer issues after full screen view - in Browser, Split View and Viewer modes

    2012 MacBook Air, Mac OS 10.8.2, Aperture 3.4.3. Everything is up to date and, as usual, has been working just fine since the last update a few weeks ago. Full screen view never caused any issues... until today.
    I tried quitting and restarting Aperture. Using another Aperture library. Quitting everything and restarting my MBA... same behavior.
    I went into the full screen view, edited a photo and got out of the full screen view to export it.
    All of the sudden, only one line of thumbnails was showing up in my Broswer view (out of 380 pictures in that project). Looking closely at it, it seems like the Aperture now thinks that the desktop area it has to work with (the dark gray area where the thumbnails are) is larger than the aperture window because a part of photo is showing up cut off at the right edge and no slider at the bottom:
    (note: at the bottom it says 380 items displayed)
    Going back to full screen view, everything looks and works as nothing has happened:
    In Broswer view, if I scroll down such that the first row is out of the view, the second row of thumbnails shows up:
    Now, if I scroll back up, two rows of thumbnails are shown in the viewer:
    To get the third row to show up, I need to scroll down to get the top two rows out of the way and so on.
    At some point I saw this weirdo but have not been able to replicate it:
    Split View also has its issues - the photo itself is no longer centered and the slider at the bottom gets out of the way past the right edge of the Aperture window before reaching the end of the row of thumbnails:
    Finally, when double clicking the photo in the Split View to view it by itself, once again it is not centered and cut off on the right side but there is no slider...
    Any ideas? I tried looking through the Viewer-related threads on here and did not see anything close to this. Is there a way to contact Apple support? I found some form somewhere on the website, but it had a dropdown for operating system and nothing past 10.7.2 so I am guessing it is not being maintained...
    edit: added the note under the first image

    When the graphical user interface is misbehaving, it frequently helps to remove the Aperture preferences apple.com.Aperture.plist from your user library, see the Aperture 3: Troubleshooting Basics on how to do this.
    Regards
    Léonie

  • Aperture 'import' issue...

    I have a 2TB hard-drive (and a 250gb solid state drive containing the OS).
    I imported pictures to Aperture from the larger hard-drive ensuring "Store files in their current location" is selected. However, the Aperture folder on the solid-state drive has since jumped up by 10gb.
    Does anyone know why? -I was under the impression I could import pictures without filling up my solid-state drive.

    To add to the previews are thumbnails, adjustments, keywords, it all adds up. Everything is stored in Aperture, except the master Files, which does save a lot of space. Reduce the size of the Previews to save more space. Go to Aperture Preferences>Previews and set them to match your screen size, and Quality 8, as a staring point. This makes a difference to the speed of response of Aperture. Also the quality is lower for viewing when off line. If they are always on line there is little need for higher quality previews. Allan

  • Aperture Library Issues on NAS - Advice Needed

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    Need some practical advice here. I've got a 90GB Aperture library that resides on a NAS (QNAP 419P II) that is experiencing major issues. Understood that having the library live on a non-HFS+, non-local drive is not advised by Apple, but it's been there for two years with no issues to speak of.
    I had a power failure occur that seems to have done some damage to the library in some way. Upon opening the library, I got an error that said that there were inconsistencies with the file and that it needed to be repaired. I repaired it, and noticed something strange. In almost all files, the picture resolution was poor and both the camera and lens information was gone--in addition to the fact that the Adjustments capability was disabled.
    I ran the Aperture first aid and ran all three processes--concluding with the full library rebuild. It looked to be successful and resolution, previews, and picture info returned--but halfway through the preview reprocessing the process just stopped and the beach ball of death ensued. I let it run overnight and it never recovered. I had to force quit and now if I reopen the file it say that there are inconsistencies and that the library needs to be repaired, which won't help.
    I also tried to move the library off of the NAS an onto the local drive, but encountered an Error - 50 message--something that apparently is well known in the NAS world where Mac permissions get screwy when dealing with non HFS+ drives.
    I have a backup of the original library, but it is sitting in a cloud repository (CrashPlan) that will take time and money to restore.
    All of the masters are intact in the Aperture directory, and I have very few major adjustments made to any photos. Aperture is really just a repository for me.
    So any practical advice would be appreciated as to how I can create a new local Aperture library and get all of the existing photo files there. I am pretty much giving up on the idea of getting the existing NAS-based library to work properly, so this is more of a real-world question on how to create a new library and eliminate whatever issues there are with the other Aperture files. It looks like everything in the Aperture package is in place, but the library itself is just malfunctioning.
    I am also considering moving everything into iPhoto as well, as Aperture may simply be more than I need for my usage. If is is faster and a but simpler to manage, that could be the right answer as well.
    Thanks in advance for any ideas or guidance.

    The problem is most likely with the library itself being located on the NAS.
    But you can have a hybrid solution where the library is located on your internal drive while the actual image files are located externally, eg on your NAS. Image files stored within the Apeture library are called "managed" while image files stored externally are called "referenced". Whichever approach you take, the process is the same:
    If you try to make a new Library from your masters, you will lose your project structure. The resulting mess will be in accordance to how you created your projects. Basically, if you look at your Masters folder, that's what you'll end up with when you import your masters. If that isn't a problem, the process is simple
    Step 1: Prep.
    Move or copy your masters out of the library bundle to a folder (to make them more accesible in finder).
    Step 2: Create new library.
    Within Aperture, from the File menu "Switch to Library -> Other/New..." to create a new Library on your internal drive.
    Set the preferences to indicate previews/faces etc. I'd turn these off for now as they will slow you down.
    Step 3: Import your images.
    Within your new library, File -> Import - Folders as Projects. This gives you a dialog where you specifiy what and where to import.
    If you choose "Import folders as: Folders and Projects" you will get a folder structure that matches the Masters folder, with projects at the end of the chain with names like 20120213-200100.
    If you choose "Import folders as: Projects and Albums" you will get a single Project called "Masters" with a folder and Album structure that matches the Masters folder.
    Neither of these will look particularly great. If you want to avoid this mess, here's what I'd try.
    Fix your library again like you did before. After the rebuild, go to the Aperture activity window (SHIFT + CMD + 0) and cancel the preview generation process before it has chance to hang. This should give you a sem-functional library, hopefully functional enough for the next step:
    Select all images and use File -> Relocate Original to move your original files out of the library. During this process you can specify that the originals are stored in sub-folders that match the project name, within a parent folder if required.
    This gives you a much neater structure for importing into your new library where the projects will get the folder names (which will be your existing project names). It may not be perfect, for example if you have the same project name in different folders and don't/can't segregate them, but it's a lot cleaner than just importing your masters folder.
    Andy

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