Aperture on two machines

I run aperture on my imac, but sometimes i need to work downstairs (kids), so I would like to work on images from my macbook, is it possible to install aperture on my MB and access the aperture library on the imac? Thanks

TJW1904 wrote:
...is it possible to install aperture on my MB and access the aperture library on the imac?
No.
Despite numerous requests Aperture still does not allow single-user two-computer synching of two Libraries. Please go to "Provide Aperture Feedback" under the Aperture menu and advise Apple of your needs (which are my needs as well).
The Aperture license does allow two installations. One possible good workaround for your described scenario is that you could set your Aperture Library to live on an external drive, then manually connect that external hard drive/Library to either of your two computers, but only to one computer at a time. Two computers, one Library.
Always use care to properly software-Eject the external drive before moving it between the two Macs, and maintain good backup protocol because frequently stuff happens when moving a database around using such a "sneakernet." The Aperture community badly needs Apple-supported single-user two-computer synching of two Libraries.
Hard drives slow as they fill (a good rule of thumb is not to fill any drive more than 70%, and for best speed keep important drives no more than 50% full), so with your single-internal-drive iMac you probably will want your Masters on one or more external Firewire 800 (not USB2) hard drives anyway. OWC <http://www.owcomputing.com/> drives are one good source.
Good luck!
-Allen Wicks

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