Aperture, versions unavailable masters

Greetings,
What I have done.. It has been a while working with aperture.
I started to reorganize my photos after a couple of years.
I had a library saved on an external hard-disk and I opened it. But I'm not able to export the photos.
This is in the right, bottum corner:
Trying to export I get this message:
I have no clue where the "masters" are and if I actually still have them... Can I restore or have it back "fully"?
Any help is most welcome!! Thank you in advance.
This is the version of aperture:

The masters would be the original photo files, either .jpg or RAW from your cameras. Since Aperture cannot locate them you must have used referenced masters. This simply means that each version points to some external folder for the original file. What you see in Aperture is just a small jpeg saved in the Aperture database. You need to look through your disks to find the original photos. You could use Spotlight and enter the filename for one of the missing photos. You can reconnect referenced images to their masters. See your Aperture help.

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I'm praying that someone can help me. I use iPhoto and Aperture both. I have about a 60GB library that hold approaximately 22,000 images. I run my programs on the OSX Drive which is an 128GB SSD and I store the photos on a separate internal 750GB 7200 drive.
The problem recentlty is that about 12,000 masters appear to be missing. In the browser view in Aperture I get the little yellow triangle with with the exclamation point inside. Most of the missing master appear to be from 2009 and earlier but I do have some masters from they period 2000-2010.
If I click on the "show package contents" of the library folder and go to the master folder the only years that are showing is 2011, 2012 and 2013. Nothing from all prior years despite the fact that I can see the preview, high quality in almost full screen in Aperture.
WHAT I DID NOTICE is that if I look at photos from 2010 in Aperture that HAVE the master available, the bottom bar of the photo when I click on it says "From MobileMe". If I click on one with the master missing (the little yellow triangle) it says "iPhoto Original".
All I know is that I want my master's back. They are almosty ALL photos of of my kids.Can anyone help? I've tried all rebuild/repair options in iPhoto and Aperture. I'm almost certain I didn't delete the masters. I don;t have a time machine backup. I did have other backups of the library but when I go to those, I have the sam issue, tons of missing masters even in the backup.
I'm worried that I am totally screwed and I'm heartbroken. I can still see the photos which is what I don;t get. I guess in the worst case I can go through and do shift-cmd-4 and take screen captures of any critical photos.
I'm wondering if someone can help me. Is there some way to batch reproduce the masters from the data that I do have? It's not just a thumbnail---it's a high quality image. Have I some how created versions and deleted orginals? Can someone--anyone help me?

Lots of questions here. Mac version 10.8.2 Aperture Version 3.4.3. I previously used iPhoto so that library existed first. THen I switched to Aperture. The only surviving library is the one with the missing masters. It's been a while but I believe that this was the original iPhoto library and when Apple gave us the capability to interchangably use the library in Aperture or iPhoto, I just began to use this library principally in Aperture. In other words I just opened Aperture and pointed it to the old iPhoto library.
Some of the missing images were published on Mobile Me (yes I have those masters). I don;t still have a copy of iDisk but the photos would not ALL be there anyway. I am missing about 13,000 masters--almost all the "old" photos that existed in the original iPhoto Library.
I've tried locating the referenced file to no avail. I can't see the master in the lower pane.
If you cannot find the master image files anywhere on your Mac, but still see the images in Aperture's browser, you can at least save the previews of your images - just drag the image versions in question from Aperture's browser to a folder on your Desktop. That will save jpeg files of your images. These will not have the original quality of the master image files, however.
Regarding this method---yes that is what I've done and re-imported the files (about 25,000) into a brand new library but I am missing the high quality versions of the 13,000 masters. What's REALLY interesting here is that this new library (a blend of about 50/50 high quality images and the lower quality images that don;t have masters) is about 30GB. The library that is showing the missing masters with the arching arrow and the yellow triangle with the exclamation point is more than 60GB. This would SEEM to indicate that the masters of all 25,000 images are there somewhere!!
Thanks for taking the time to help me. I really want to recover these things.

Has anyone had trouble manipulating Nikon D750 raw image (NEF) in Aperture version 3.6 on Yosemite?

Has anyone had trouble manipulating Nikon D750 raw image (NEF) in Aperture (version 3.6 500021000000000.3, Digital Camera RAW 6.0 - Build 761.5, Digital Camera RAW support 6000 - Build 136.1)
I used to be able to manipuplate Nikon Raw (NEF) images from a Nikon D70 and D3200 using Aperture, until the 70 died and the 3200 was stolen about 18 months ago. Recently I did two things: (1) I upgraded OS X to Yosemite and (2) purchased a Nikon D750. I have successfully imported NEF files from the camera to Aperture, but the images do not render/ cannot be opened/ manipulated. Instead, I see a black thumbnail for each imported image with a cassette recorder play icon in the center of each image.
I can view the NEF image in Finder preview mode, either directly when viewing the images on the camera SD card or after exporting the previously imported NEF image from Aperture to my desktop or user folder. Previously imported NEF image seem unaffected.
thanks.
D.

The current Apple OSX 10.10 Yosemite and the current Aperture version 3.6 do not have support yet for importing Nikon d750 nef/raw files. It usually takes Apple six to eight weeks to release a new digital camera raw update file for new Nikon dslr models. Once that digital camera raw update file is finally released, update your current version of Aperture and that will allow you to import your d750 raw files. In the meantime, you have many workarounds. In my opinion, the easiest is to save images in duplicate nef/raw and jpeg image files to your SD cards.
And for now, just import the jpegs to Aperture 3.6 from your d750. Process your jpegs in Aperture - and hope your clients are happy with the jpegs and can wait for later nef/raw image processing. Be sure to save and do not erase your original SD cards that include the nef/raw and jpeg files - then when Aperture finally releases a new digital camera raw file update that includes the d750 - just insert your original camera SD cards into the computer platform and import the old d750 nef/raw files and edit/process them.
There are many other ways to proceed in the interim as well. You can always import your d750 nef/raw images into Lightroom (if it has been updated to convert the d750 nef files) and process them there. But for the time being, if you can afford to save and hold onto your original SD cards and wait for the inevitable Aperture digital camera raw update, this is a very easy and simple way to proceed.

Export Aperture Versions

I am trying to export Aperture Versions of RAW images for use in iPhoto and will likely edit them with Elements in the future, but need counsel on the file type to use.
I believe iPhoto(8) handles RAW but curiously this format is not available in the output preferences, and selecting TIFF balloons the size considerably. For instance, an original RAW image of 10MB swells to 29MB.
I'm sure I am missing something plainly obvious, but need a nudge to get there.

As I understand it, the only way to create a RAW file is with a digital camera. Which is kinda the point, that a RAW file represents the image information/file straight off the sensor with NO modifications at all. That's why we value RAW files; they're untouched, unprocessed, unscrewed up, and represent a clean slate or blank canvas from which to start our processing, err, process. Thats why you can't export an adjusted image as a RAW file; as it's been adjusted, it's no longer the RAW original.
If you're looking for a way to export your original (untouched) RAW file you can choose Export Master from the file menu, and if your original was a RAW file (not a Jpeg etc), Aperture will spit a copy of the original RAW file to wherever you specifiy. You can then import that file into iPhoto, but you'll be starting from scratch in terms of processing that image in iPhoto.
Alternately, you can export a jpeg, tiff, .psd etc of your adjusted RAW file using Export Version, and import that into iPhoto. From your post it sounds like you should:
Open your RAW file in Elements using the Open in External Editor command (in the Image menu), perform your adjustments in Elements, and then save a copy to the desktop.
Then import that Elements .psd file into iPhoto and keep working on the image from within iPhoto.
But that seems to be missing the point of Aperture, and missing out on the advantages. You'll have created perhaps 50MB worth of extra files, spent lots of time in work arounds, and seems to relegate Aperture to an image viewer like Adobe Bridge. It's like buying a new car so you've got a handy drinks holder or because you need some storage space about the size of a glove compartment, and what do you know, that new Honda has a glove compartment!
Keep all your adjustments in Aperture, you'll save space, time and hassle. If you absolutely need all the whizzbang Photoshop stuff Photoshop does, then storing, keywording and holding the file in iPhoto sounds like the best bet. From there you can take the image into and back from Elements when you need to, but each time it'll create a 25-50-ish MB Photoshop file.
Bummer huh? Which is why we have Aperture
I've never shared libraries between iPhoto and Aperture (or vice versa), but understand there are ways too (perhaps only the previews though), but maybe someone else can offer more info here?

I have recently upgrades to OS X 10.9.3 and cannot access Aperture, (version 3.2.4). What do I need to do to access my library!!

I have recently upgrades to OS X 10.9.3 and cannot access Aperture, (version 3.2.4). What do I need to do to access my library!!

Update your Aperture version to Aperture 3.5.1.
If you bought Aperture as a boxed version with a license key, run Software update from the Apple-menu.
Aperture may be showing in the "Accept" portion of Purchased tab of the App Store.
If you bought Aperture from the App Store, look at the Updates page of the App Store.
Make sure, that Aperture is installed in the Applications folder and simply called Aperture and not "Aperture 3" or similar.
If you did not buy Aperture from the App Store, then the update to 3.5.1 will change your license to an AppStore license. So be sure to sign into the AppStore with the AppleID that you want to use with Aperture, before you update Aperture.
Aperture will update your Aperture library to a new format. Don't open Aperture on your library, before you have made a backup, just in case.

Photos that have been deleted to aperture trash cannot be viewed. Any assistance is welcome in fixing this bug. The showing all files option is selected in the filter. System is 10.8.4, aperture version 3.4.5

Photos that have been deleted to aperture trash cannot be viewed. Any assistance is welcome in fixing this bug. The showing all files option is selected in the filter. System is 10.8.4. Aperture version 3.4.5. Used to be able to view the files then all of a sudden they have stop appearing. Once the aperture trash is emptied the files can be viewed in the system trash. Becomes quite annoying if you want to review the aperture trash files before deletion.

Photos that have been deleted to aperture trash cannot be viewed ...
The showing all files option is selected in the filter.
Cookiemonster, previously Frank Caggiano's magic helped in this situation - have you tried the double, double Caggiano as described here?
Images not appearing in browser, search filter is cleared
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3062
In the most recent version I cannot get this trick to work, however. But try it anyway, maybe it is just my macthat has an issue.
Did this happen directly after the update? Where is your library located, on an external or an internal drive? Are your originals managed or referenced?
I'd try next to check, if this is caused by the library, by creating a small test library and trying to trash pictures there. If it works well in a new library try to repair the database and the permissions on your regular library. See:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=27%26se ction=10%26tasks=true
Regards
Léonie

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I have a canon 7d and my aperture version 3.4.5 is not recognizing the raw format? The Can not review any raw photo in the adjustments/raw fine tuning controls.

When i click on the adjustments everything is grayed out and the messages states " Image Not Found'.
Are you seeing broken arrows or yellow warning triangles, when you enable badge overlays?
That looks, like your original image files were missing. Are your images referenced or managed?
Create a smart album with the rules "Files status is missing" or "Files status is offline". This will show you any images, where the original raw files cannot be found.

I have aperture 3.4.4, which does not work with Yosemite. Is there a way to upgrade my Aperture version, or do I have to buy Aperture again?

I have aperture 3.4.4, which does not work with Yosemite. Is there a way to upgrade my Aperture version, or do I have to buy Aperture again?

If you own any version of Aperture 3, you are entitled to a free update. Only it can be tricky, if your version is not associated with your AppleID, because you bought it with a serial number.
Have you checked, if you can see an update at the App Store Updates page? Or an "Accept" button on the Purchases tab of the app Store?
Contact the AppStore Support and request a redeem code, to be able to buy the update for free. You will need to provide a proof op purchase of Aperture.
Use this link: http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact/
Apple sent redeem codes for Aperture 3.6 to several users who had bought the version on disks, if they could provide a serial number. See for example this discussion: (The post marked as the solution)
Re: Aperture update not possible after update to Yosemite
It is really unfortunate you missed the window of opportunity with Mavericks MacOS X 10.9.5, when the update was easy.

Libraries won't open when I upgrade them to the new Aperture Version.

I loaded Yosemite and then upgrade to the new version of Aperture. When I went to open my first library it said i needed to upgrade it, so I did. Now that library will not sure any pictures in either Aperture or iPhoto. It appears to be empty but it is still 20 mgs in size. What did I do wrong?

It appears to be empty but it is still 20 mgs in size. What did I do wrong?
20 MB? That is the size of an empty, new Aperture library.
Where is your Aperture library stored? It looks like Aperture created and opened a new library, because it could not open your main Aperture library.
Which Aperture version did you upgrade from? And where is your Aperture library stored? On your internal drive or an external drive?

Transform versions into masters

How to transform versions into masters ? is it using reprocess masters ? cos I select the image and press that n it stated nothing can be reprocess.
since i export the version the file size is too small compare to the masters one, could any one help me with this please
thxxx
Message was edited by: william7939

When you go to file>export, there are options to to choose any size and or quality you want. Master files can be exported by going to File in the top left, choose Export from the drop down list, then Master. From the next drop down, select were you want them to go. Then click Export Masters, in the bottom right corner. Done.
You do the same with versions but there are a lot of options for file size etc. Allan

Delete versions and masters in aperture and finder

When I import pictures to Aperture I store the originals in Finder/pictures. While browsing through my pictures in Aperture I would like to delete the masters in Finder/pictures at the same time as I am in Aperture. Is there a way to do so? Or some way to update my Finder/picture file to reflect what I deleted or created (new versions) in Aperture?
Thanks.

I think you're asking: 1) can you find the master for a version you're looking at, 2) if you're looking at a master, can you locate all the versions (or instances in albums), and 3) can you find which albums a photo is used in if you're seeing it in another album or looking at the master. (Versions and having a photo in multiple albums aren't the same thing in Aperture lingo.)
Good questions and I think many of us would want to have those capabilities.
Unfortunately I can only answer one of the questions. You could search for the file name if you find the file in an album and you'd be taken to the master if you're high in the hierarchy. It can be shown in the Metadata HUD if you select the Versions and Filenames preset.
The structure of the Aperture photo storage is well described in
<http://homepage.mac.com/bagelturf/aparticles/library/brown/brown.html> and make help one understand the possibilities.
iMac Intel Duo Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Aperture wont delete masters or versions!

Help! I have aperture 1.5.1 running on a intel core solo mini and there are dozens of files it that won't delete! I select them, Aperture states it will delete the master and version, and then aperture highlights the next image and leaves the old one in tact. Any ideas?

I am getting the following error when trying to add files to the vault. This is a brand new from scratch vault btw.
2 errors occurred. The first 2 are:
Aperture has detected a problem with the vault ‘Untitled Vault’. You need to remove this vault and create a new one.
Aperture has detected a problem with the vault ‘Untitled Vault’. You need to remove this vault and create a new one.

A Good Reference for Aperture, Versions, File Names, Changing & Moving

I was wondering if there is a consensus on a good reference for understanding how Aperture handles files?
Versions and file names.
How do you change them in Aperture?
What happens if you change them in Finder?
Do I need versions? (can't I just us file names?)
What about moving the masters, or changing where there are located at in Finder?
Can I do that in Aperture?
Can I only do that in Finder?
Should I never do that in Finder?
The reason I'm looking for a good reference is because I haven't found one. The user guide (or manual) that comes with Aperture doesn't help with these issues. Search file name and nothing comes back.
I did get a copy Apple Pro Training Series book for Aperture 3. But I don't think it does a good job explaining how Aperture's file system works, especially in relation to Finder.
Rather than fill this forum with endless questions (which could be answered by reading the manual and using it the software) I'd like to get a better understanding, from a good source.
I've only used iPhoto for Mobile Publishing, ATV and now Photo Stream. I don't use it to organize my decades of photos. I don't like having all my photos inside a managed database, which I don't have to do with Aperture. I never understood why you'd want to change the name of a photo in iPhoto, when it never changes the file name. If you send it to someone, after you changed it's name, the other person gets the photo with the original (still in Finder) file name.
Thanks.

I never understood why you'd want to change the name of a photo in iPhoto, when it never changes the file name.
This may help or not but here goes.
There's a distinction to be made between files and the data they contain. The example I use is as follows: In my iTunes Library I have a file called 'Let_it_Be_The_Beatles.mp3'. So what is that, exactly? It's not the song. The Beatles never wrote an mp3. They wrote a tune, some lyrics, recorded it and a copy of that recording is stored in the mp3 file. The file is just a container for the recording. That container is designed in a specific way attuned to the characteristics and requirements of the data. Hence, mp3.
Similarly that Jpeg / tiff/ raw/ whatever is not your photo, it's a container designed to hold that kind of data. And along with that data comes opportunities: Metadata, for a start. Exif and IPTC contain vast amounts of information - some it very basic, like the date and time the shot was taken - some of it quite complex, like a lot of details of the settings used in the camera.
Aperture, iPhoto et al are all about the data and not the file. Import the file and forget about it. Process the image - crop it, fix red eye, run it through the whole gamut of tools in the App and the file never changes at all. Create multiple versions of the image. But there's still only one file. Name it. You name the photo - and that is an entry in the Exif or IPTC. The name of the photo has nothing to do with the name of the file. Because the file is just the tin for the beans.
Even when you export, unless you specifically choose to export the Master, you are exporting the processed Photo into a different container - that's why you can export Raw as Jpeg, or Jpeg as Tiff. Because the process of export just puts the image into a new container.
Basically, if you want to manage files you need to use a File Manager. But you're using a Photo manager and expecting it to behave like a file manager.
And, of course, apps like Aperture and iPhoto have the option to use the Title of the photo as filename on export to the new file.
Does that muddy the waters?

Trying to rebuild aperture library using Masters

I have been having a problem with my photos for months now. Some have disapered and some have just gone crorupt. Made an appointment at the genuis bar and they told me i need to rebuild the library using the masters file on my back up drive. I attempted to do this and all it does is keeps on crashing. Does anyone have any tips as it is now doing my head in

then go in to my external hard drive and find the masters folder.
Is that a Time Machine backup or a copy of your Aperture library? Or a folder with the original master files?
If it is a Time Machine backup, did you restore the "Masters" folder from your backup or drag it over? A TimeMachine backup needs to be restored.
I have managed to import some photos into a newly created library but would like to get all my photos back.
I have then left it to move the Photos but nothing seems to happen and when you right click on the aperture icon on the desk top it says appliction not responing and has an option to force to quit.
This looks like something in the Masters folder cannot be processed.
If you have enough space on you internal drive, create two new Aperture libraries - one for testing and one as the final version.
Open the test version in iPhoto, if you have iPhoto, and the final version in Aperture, so you can have bth libraries open at the same time.
Import only small sets of images at once, 100 images or so.
First import the 100 images into the test library in iphoto, and if that succeeds without hanging, import them into your Aperture library.
Continue to test this way. If iPhoto starts to hang, try to identify the image or video that cannot be processed, and remove it.

Aperture cannot locate masters

I upgraded to Aperture 3 a while back. I thought everything had gone well until recently. I have gone into the library and realized that almost all of my photos have a little exclamation point next to them saying the master cannot be located, and because of this I cannot do anything with the photos.
What I do know, is my library is close to 20 GB and when I upgraded from version 2, all of my photos had been consolidated to be kept within the Aperture library.
So what is going on? And what do I need to fix this and not lose a lifetime of photos? The only photos not showing the warning are those that I copied and pasted a folder into the PHOTOS folder on my mac, in other words, anything that wasn't a part of the Aperture library. I see a lot of talk about going into the program and relocating the masters and then having Aperture find the rest on its own, the problem with this is that I am 100% certain Aperture consolidated everything I had. I never used an external drive either.

Have a look into your Aperture library.
Ctrl-click the Aperture library, select "Show Package Contents" from the pop-up menu, and in the Finder window that will open, look into the "Masters" folder.
You will see folders organized by the date of the import session, not the capture date.
Are your missing master files still in your Aperture library?
Regards
Léonie

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