Aperture Library and Time Machine back up

I just did my first Time Machine back-up on an external HD, currently have no more space on my Mac's HD.
Can I delete all of my Aperture Library to make room for new projects and rest assured that these are backed-up on my external HD?
How do I look for these backed up files using time machine...I currently view all my pictures using Aperture, I do not have a single file exported...

How do I look for these backed up files using time machine...I currently view all my pictures using Aperture, I do not have a single file exported...
To use your Time Machine backup with aperture, you need to restore the Aperture library from Time Machine.
A Time Machine backup is a great backup scheme and allows you to recover your files, if need be, but it is not an archive, that you can use instead of the backed-up files.
I just did my first Time Machine back-up on an external HD, currently have no more space on my Mac's HD.
Move your Aperture library to a second drive, before you delete the library from your Mac's HD. Otherwise you will not be able to useit with Aperture. Make sure the drive you use for your Aperture library and and other media is formatted for Mac, see this link: Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture
And include the new drive into your Time Machine backup, so it will be backed up as well.

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