Aperture on two macs

If I have Aperture on two macs (subject to license), is there a way of syncing so that both are up to date with images?
I have a .mac account, but not sure if isync will do this.

Graham in Tasmania wrote:
I like to show off photos and slide shows on the macbook...
If your work will be done on the iMac and the MB is only for show, you may want to configure the iMac as the single main box, with main library and Masters (either Managed or IMO preferably Referenced). Then you export Projects from the iMac and import them without importing Masters to the MB. As long as your Previews are set larger than enough to fill the MB screen you do not need Masters attached the MB and need not carry an external hard drive for the MB.
-Allen Wicks

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Using Aperture with two .Mac accounts

I am moving all of my photos into Aperture 2, and we have two .Mac accounts for my office, one for business and one personal. My assistant's machine is set to the business .Mac account and my machine to my personal .Mac account.
I would like to keep all of my photos in Aperture but deploy the photos into web galleries and websites on both .Mac accounts. I can see how to handle the web pages by outputting to disk and then dragging them into the right folder in each iDisk. But I can't see how to do this with web galleries. In the past, I've tried changing the .Mac account in the system preferences and then using iPhoto and iWeb. This doesn't seem like a good solution.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Right now, I've having to export the photos from Aperture and import them into iPhoto on my assistant's machine and then publishing the web galleries from her machine. There has to be a better way.
Thanks,
Alfred

Multiple User accounts are the answer.
Each is independent of the other and stores your iWeb files (on the same machine).

Sync Aperture Library between two Macs

I apologize if this is an obvious question; I've searched this community and can't find an answer.
My wife and I currently have iMacs, and we both have iPhoto, and the problem is that we both tend to import pictures we take into our respective iPhoto libraries, but there's no way to easily sync them so we both have all pictures.
I'm intrigued by Aperture's purported "sync" capabilities. Hopefully, an Aperture expert here can tell me if AP3 has the ability to do what I described above - keep two individual copies of Aperture across two Macs on the same network in sync automatically?

csk wrote:
I apologize if this is an obvious question; I've searched this community and can't find an answer.
My wife and I currently have iMacs, and we both have iPhoto, and the problem is that we both tend to import pictures we take into our respective iPhoto libraries, but there's no way to easily sync them so we both have all pictures.
I'm intrigued by Aperture's purported "sync" capabilities. Hopefully, an Aperture expert here can tell me if AP3 has the ability to do what I described above - keep two individual copies of Aperture across two Macs on the same network in sync automatically?
Unfortunately it will be difficult to do this even with Aperture. I'm thinking the the 'sync' capabilities you heard of are Apertures merge library command.
Merging libraries is meant to facilitate what happens when a single user takes all or a part of their library out into the field and then wishes to merge the changes made when they return. So for instance I take a part of my library make changes to it, add new things to it and then merge it back into the original library. When I do the merge I have to tell Aperture which library to use to resolve conflicts. That is one of the libraries has to be made the master.
In a situation like you are describing where two independent users make changes to their respective libraries and then try to merge them which library is designated the master? If you make changes to image A in your library and leave image B alone but your wife does the opposite what should the merged library look like? As Aperture is now one or the other would have to rule.
If its just a question of images you each add independent of the other to your respective libraries you could work something out along the lines of exporting the new project from one library and importing into the other but trying to sync changes between two independent users would be difficult.

Using Aperture with multiple Macs

Hi, all -
I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to share and manage a common photo library across different Macs. I'm about to buy a 2nd Mac (my wife and I will each have our own) and I'm curious how to best share the photo library between our two computers. Assume that the photos will be stored on a common server that is accessible to both. I'd like to use iPhoto on one Mac and Aperture on the other, but I haven't come up with a good way to make each application "aware" when I upload new pics to the server.
What are other people doing to have a common photo library?
What I'm currently doing is importing files from the camera to my local computer, moving files to the server, and then using EXIFtool to rename files by date/time they were taken and sorting into a directory structure based on YYYY/MM/DD. The main photo directory on the server is then shared with the other computers.

I have two Mac's. Both happen to be MacBook Pros. One is the older 2.4 the other is the newer 2.66 (June 2009). I have always kept my Aperture Libraries on external hard drives. Currently I am Using Lacie 320 GB Firewire 800/400. However I am looking at getting the new Lacie eSATA 500 GB.
Now all I have to do is plug in to either system I am using and open the Library. I have another one I use for the Vault for backing up.

If I buy a copy of Aperture, how many macs can I install it on legally?

I have an older version of Aperture on my Mac Mini which was my first mac. I'm migratiing over to all mac's (have a 21.5 in my office) and just purchased a 27 in iMac...
Anyway I am going to buy Aperature for that mac which will be my home Mac taking the place of my Windows XP Photography Setup (etc), but can I buy a copy of Aperture for my office machine and also install it on a second or third computer like I did with iPhoto 11, Lion, etc??
I tried searching for that information but could not find the specifics. I was pleasantly surpised when my purchase of Lion and iPhoto 11 covered two macs. I did not yet try to upgrade my wifes MacBook with Lion, but figured I would be allowed to install Lion and iPhoto 11 there as well.
Any information?
Thank you,
Mike

I found it LOL..

Connecting two macs

Until recently my only Aperture library has been on my Macbook Pro (Aperture 3). Irecently bought a lovely new iMac, and installed the library on that via the vault on another hard drive. Its running very nicely on the iMac. So far so good. I now want to update the library on the Macbook Pro with what I have done on the iMac. I have foud the appropriate instructions in Aperture help and am set to go BUT dont know how I should connect the two macs. USB? Firewire? Ethernet cable? My wifi router? Iknow this is avery basic question but I am stumped.

My wifi router?
If they're both able to access the Internet simultaneously, open the Sharing pane of System Preferences on one machine, enable File Sharing, and use the Connect to Server command from the Finder's Go menu.
If you're using a non-802.11n wireless network, Ethernet will give you faster speed.
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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

Can Lion server keep my photos in sync between two macs?

can Lion server keep my photos in sync between two macs? Where should I keep them, we have Aperture 3 and my wife still likes iphoto '11. I've already tried plenty of 3rd party solutions with little success. I simply want my MBP to "mirror" the imac with the exception of iMovie footage. Is this what the server app can do? I am bad enough with computers, but even thinking about a server gives me migraines!

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There are two ways to "sync" the two libraries.
#1 - with the two Macs connected download and use SyncPhotos
Here's how it works:
it compares the databases and/or album.xml files of Libraries A and B.
the files in A that are not in B are imported into B by copying the original files from A into B's Import folder.
it then does the same for B.
metadata is not copied.
It can be used to just copy from A to B and not sync both ways if desired. It will work with 2 libraries that are different versions, i.e. between an iPhoto 08 and iPhoto 09 library. This method does not require you to make the decision of which photos to sync.
NOTE: this method does not sync keywords, titles, ranking or descriptions.
#2 - download and use the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager to copy the Events in Library A that are not in LIbrary B to Library B. Then select those Events in Library B that are not in A and copy to A.
This method requires you to make the determination which photos (Events) to copy between libraries. It does copy all metadata, keywords, titles, etc. as well as Faces and Places.
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This is not about consolidating Apple ID's... I think.
When I got my first .mac address, I thought I picked a good one at the time. Later on, due to the peculiar spelling, I opted for an additonal (paid) address which I use every day. Now the first one (which is an Apple ID) contains my calendars, contacts, etc. I never use the email portion of it, again because of challenging spelling. The second .mac address (also an Apple ID) is an email only account. This is the email account I use daily.
When I make the transition to iCloud, I intend to keep my original AppleID (from the pre-.mac days) as my iTunes store ID.
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.mac #1 with the contacts and such would move to iCloud and sync everything there as it currently does with MobileMe. Since .mac #2 is an email only account, would I even need to bother moving it to iCloud (if that's even possible), or would I just keep using that as email only using the current mail settings on my iThingys and Mac? Does anyone know if .mac #2 will live on after MobileMe vanishes, or will I loose my daily and coveted .mac email at that time?
I'm sure Apple has a good reason for not allowing us to just consolidate everything in one place, but I know there are many out there with a similar situation to mine.
I've spent a good deal of time tonight searching the various threads and can't seem to find an answer to the two .mac email dilemma. My appologies if it's already been discussed.
To sum up, I have one Apple ID that I use for iTunes and intend to keep as such. I have two .mac addresses which are also Apple ID's; one that syncs with MobileMe and one that is email only. I would like to use iCloud to sync what is currently on MobileMe, AND continue to use the simpler email address that I've been using for years.
Am I screwed??
Thanks in advance for your help, and Happy Holidays to all!!

Migrate the account which contains your calendars, contacts etc. first, at http://me.com/move and set it up on your Mac and devices.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html
Now migrate the email-only account in the same way. On a Mac you can add it in System Preferences>Mail, Contacts & Calendars - it won't sync anything but will be added to the accounts in Mail where you can then use the email in the normal way.
I don't know what the equivalent process on an iOS device is; very likely you need to add it as an account in the Mail app.

I just bought a new iMac and now I am trying to use it as a screen for my Macbook pro, but it don't have a Mini DisplayPort the new model only have Thunderbolt which my Macbook don't have. Is there any way to connect this two mac's anyway??

I just bought a new iMac and now I amtrying to use it as a screen for my Macbook pro, but it don’t have a MiniDisplayPort the new model only have Thunderbolt which my Macbook don’t have. Isthere any way to connect this two mac’s anyway??

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How can I use the same domain.sites2 on two macs?

I know iWeb is no longer supported but I still find it ok to manage my web site.
I would like to work on the site from two macs. I thought I could just use the same Domain.sites2 on both macs but: if I move Domain.sites2 to dropbox folder, when I launch iWeb it does not know about it and creates a new empty Domain.sites2 in the Library/iWeb folder
I do not want to have to manually make a copy of Domain.sites2 to Dropbox and then to the other mac's Library every time I switch computer.

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