Are Vaults necessary with Referenced Libraries?

My Referenced Library is ~12 GB and my Vault for the same library is ~12 GB. Both reside on the internal HDD, while the images reside on an external HDD. If I just manually backup my .aplibrary file to another drive, isn't that the same (theoretical) thing as putting in it a Vault? I do understand that each time I make a change to the main .aplibrary, to sync it my external drive will require moving 12 GB each time vs updating a Vault on an external drive (much quicker).
I know the Vault keeps track of all the keywording/adjustments/etc... but so does the original .aplibrary file.
But to my original question, should backing up the .aplibrary accomplish the same thing (in case of internal HDD failure) as having a Vault on an external drive?

Backing up the library does the same thing as creating a vault for the library, essentially. So no, if you have a good backup plan, they're not strictly necessary.
Note, having a vault on the same drive as the library itself is only marginally helpful. A single HD failure will kill both

Similar Messages

  • Problem with referenced libraries (after flash 5.5 trial install/uninstall)

    I've been using flash builder 4 & flash cs5 with on problems.
    I unstalled flash 5.5 trial version to have a play around, then uninstalled it. I also changed the flex sdk version flash builder was using so I could export and test stageVideo.
    Now when making Flash Professional Project in flash builder ( and selectiong and selecting the main fla), the referenced libraries are not imported to the project, and all old predicts ( which have referenced librares and used to work) are looking for swc's held in the 'Adobe Flash CS5.5' folder, and so none of the code hinting is working.
    Help please

    Hi MoTor,
    You would need to uninstall existing Flash Builder 4.5 on your machine and then install Flash Builder 4.6 in trial mode.
    During installation, it doesn't accept the serial number of Master Collection. So, just install it in trial mode and make sure that the you select the same language as that of your Master Collection, during FB installation.
    Now launch FB and it would then accept Master Collection CS 5.5 serial number.
    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/924/cpsid_92402.html is the related tech note.
    Hope this helps.
    Regards,
    Anand

  • Vault restoration with referenced images - SEEKING HELP

    Long story short: I have, had, a library that contained both managed and referenced images. 2 vaults set up for managed images, RAID system set up for referenced images.
    Rebuilt library the other day because Aperture was moving kinda slowly. Followed the typical protocol of backing up first then rebuilding and to later back up again. In the middle of rebuilding, Aperture froze (Activity Monitor said Aperture was using only .50% of resources) and hung there for over 8 hours. Force quite wouldn't work. Had to hard restart.
    Problems surface with the primary library. Decide to restore from recently backed up vault. Worked for only 13 projects but hung/froze again on the 14th project for another 8 hours.
    Freaking out that my redundant back up system completely doesn't work, I put the managed projects back together in a new library by going into "show contents" of the vault and importing projects individually. This took another day of work. Managed projects are working just fine now and are backed up once again.
    Referenced projects will not import at all. I can not reconnect them to their referenced images in any reasonable manor. The only way I've figured out how to do this is by hand, placing the referenced master image file into the "show package" content file of the said image. This is a daunting task for the 7 weddings of 700-1000 image each. Even if I do this, there is no guarantee that the project will import with out issue.
    Anyone know how to do this? Does anyone know what happened here? Any thoughts would be greatly helpful.
    Thanks in advance,
    cd
    Mac Pro 2x2.66GHz, 4 GB RAM, duel HD displays   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   MacBook Pro 17" 2.33 GHz 3 GB RAM

    Andreas Yankopolus wrote:
    Dudley,
    I'm experiencing the same problem on my MacBook Pro: Aperture will periodically show all of my reference masters as being disconnected. They're on the laptop's internal HD, which is the only one connected to it. Quitting and restarting Aperture usually reconnects them temporarily.
    My main piece of advice is to not install Leopard. It's been nothing but trouble for me, my wife, and a friend that's done so. If there was an easy way to drop back to 10.4.11, I'd do so in a heartbeat.
    Hi, Andreas
    I think there is something else going on. (would like to know what it is). We've been on Leopard/Aperture combo since day one and running without any hickups on PPC, Intels and Laptops.
    Is there anything that seems to trigger this disconnect?
    victor

  • Are ACLs necessary with PAT?

    I've been deploying Cisco routers for the longest time now, and I was curious, how necessary is it to apply ACLs to the WAN interface with a single nat overload (on Vlan1)? I was under the impression that natting alone provided the necessary security that you would get by applying the standard ACLs within a network (e.g. incoming TCP/UDP connections wouldn't be accepted, as they have no where to route to)

    Hello Bob,
    Nat does  hide details of your inside network, it may also slow an attacker down but it wont stop reconnaissance attacks, determine the ip ranges of your site, what host/services are available via port scanning.
    If the hacker has the expertise they could do a lot of harm with all this information, that why we should use all the necessary tools available to us to try and avoid or at least make it much harder for them to gain access to that information.
    NAT should be deemed as a very very weak form of security.
    res
    Paul

  • Adobe Bridge 4 vs Iphoto 09 using referenced libraries

    I've always used iphoto with referenced libraries, usually with no problem with an external HD with my imac. The reason: I don't want to consume my HD with hundreds of photos and video files and large photoshop files. Here's what I would like to do. I recently purchased Apple's new time capsule, and would like to do the following, store all these media files on the time capsule, with iphoto's library on my imac's HD and referencing those media files on the time capsule, wirelessly. My question is, would adobe bridge be a better way to view and track these media files rather than using iphoto? Any insight with either programs would be appreciated.
    I do like using iphoto for creating web galleries with mobileme, and the occasional phonebook. In those instances, I usually copy over the files to my hd and copy them into iphoto so there are no corruption issues.
    Oh, and the other reason to storing these files on the time capsule is so that my husband's pc laptop and my mac laptop (powerpc G5) would have access to these files too.

    1. You know that's not a supported use for a Time Capsule, right?And folks who have tried storing items other than Back Ups on there have had permissions issues etc.
    2. Running a Referenced Library is fraught with problems +should anything go wrong+. This is particularly the case where the Library and the files are stored on different volumes. If the path changes in any way you will need to resolve each alias individually. There is no need to have all the photos referenced if you want to store them on an external drive. You can easily run a Managed library from an external disk.
    3. I'm not sure what, if anythign, Bridge would bring to the set up. It's a file browser and not a Photo Organiser. You might want to post on an Adobe forum for more on Bridge. The one thing I will tell you is that the "file management" capabilities of Bridge make it lethal to photos also managed by iPhoto.
    Regards
    TD

  • WPF+MAF - addin referenced libraries are not loaded?

    Hi! I'm new to Add-in framework. Now I'm trying to create WPF addin that returns UserControl (according to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb909849(v=vs.110).aspx).
    The problem is that when I try to get user control from addin, Exceptions are thrown:
    1. The first exception was "Cannot find resource named '<name>'. Resource names are case sensitive.". All the resources are stored in separate library and it worked fine when I did the same with MEF (before MAF)
    2. OK, I've removed all StaticResources and then I got another exception: "{"Could not load file or assembly 'Infralution.Localization.Wpf, PublicKeyToken=547ccae517a004b5' or one of its dependencies."}". This lib is used for localization.
    Note: all needed libraries are in the same folder as the addin is
    Are addin referenced libraries not loaded? Or where was I mistaken? 

    Yes, I had downloaded it (before writing my application) and tried to start it, but it does not work. Today I've tried it again and it still does not work.
    1. VS says there are no System.Xaml references at all projects (fixed)
    2. NullReferenceException is thrown at StackChanged event invokation - added check for null (fixed)
    Now, when the solution is built, there are 6 warnings at AddInStore.Rebuild(path). The first says: "While examining an assembly for pipeline segments, got a TypeLoaderException" and there is
    no the exception per se. (I could attach image, but it will be useless, because I have VS Express and not english ui language). So, 0 addins are found.
    Hi Maleev,
    >>1. VS says there are no System.Xaml references at all projects (fixed)
    >>2. NullReferenceException is thrown at StackChanged event invokation - added check for null (fixed)
    I saw that your original two issues have been resolved, for your new question, could you please close this case and feel free to open a new thread for better communication?
    Thank you for your understanding:)
    We are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time. Thanks for helping make community forums a great place.
    Click
    HERE to participate the survey.

  • What are the necessary elements in ejb-jar.xml with CMP entity bean

    What are the necessary elements in ejb-jar.xml with CMP entity bean
    Actually i am using webligic 8.1 and while deployment getting the error that
    some elements r missing
    Thanks
    Anand Pritam

    According to the ejb-jar.xml dtd ejb-name, ejb-class, persistence-type, prim-key-class, reentrant are the required elements for an entity bean.
    <!ELEMENT entity (description?, display-name?, small-icon?,
              large-icon?, ejb-name, home?, remote?, local-home?,
              local?, ejb-class, persistence-type, prim-key-class,
              reentrant, cmp-version?, abstract-schema-name?,
              cmp-field*, primkey-field?, env-entry*, ejb-ref*,
              ejb-local-ref*, security-role-ref*, security-identity?,
              resource-ref*, resource-env-ref*, query*)>

  • Moving referenced libraries

    I have referenced libraries on an external drive. This drive is now full. I have purchased a new larger drive and would like to transfer my referenced libraries to the new drive. How do I do this without a opening a can of worms?

    I have referenced libraries on an external drive.
    This drive is now full. I have purchased a new
    larger drive and would like to transfer my
    referenced libraries to the new drive. How do I do
    this without a opening a can of worms?
    It should be straightforward. You can get Aperture to move all your files for you by ctrl+clickling on each project and selecting 'Relocate masters for project'.
    Alternatively, you could manually copy the master files from your existing disk to the new disk and then use the Referenced File Manager to tell it where they are.
    I recommend the first, and also recommend that before you begin, you make a backup either by using the vault, or by copying your entire Aperture library (in the Pictures folder). If you have a backup, you can go about the whole process with no fear.

  • JavaFX with external libraries

    Hi,
    I would like to get some help about compiling a JavaFX code with external libraries. I've searched around a lot, but cant find the solution.
    Basically I have a JavaFX application, that uses images (they are under the src/ folder as they suggest it) and uses external .jar files, AND these jar files uses other external files (not jars). I want to run the application in desktop mode first, so now I am interested in a solution that makes it work on PC.
    I am using Netbeans to develop and run (works everything fine when running from IDE), and using javafxpackager to compile, when I want to run without the IDE.
    When I compile with Netbeans, the generated jar and jnlp files can run ONLY from the dist/ folder, if I copy it somewhere else in my winchester, it does not start.
    I have find something about "signing jars", so I have to make the jars signed to be able to run them AND to be able to link to the image files that the application uses.
    So I have 2 problems/questions with this situation:
    - I have to use external jars and those jars uses external files, but when I start the app, it seems its __DIR__ variable is not set correctly, but I've read that I have to make the application "signed" to solve this problem, but
    - if I make the JavaFX signed, it requires that all other jars have to be signed? (it sounds logical of course)
    So, my final question is, do I have to make the application (and all other jars) signed, to be able to use external jars and files or not (if I want to run as a desktop application)?
    And if I have to make them signed, then will the relative linking work correctly?
    So whats the best way to make it work (using external files and jars)?
    Thanks for any help, and sorry for the long post (and for my bad english) :)
    Cheers
    kojak

    kojak wrote:
    When I compile with Netbeans, the generated jar and jnlp files can run ONLY from the dist/ folder, if I copy it somewhere else in my winchester, it does not start.Unfortunately JNLP requires the base location to be stored in the JNLP file. While that supposedly makes JNLP distributed stuff more secured, it also make them cumbersome and time-consuming to use.
    Futhermore, JNLP files generated by NetBeans reference a local web server that only runs when NetBeans is on.
    That explains why you just simply cannot move the app to the location you want. I you move them, you have to open them (any text editor) and modify the codebase field (possibly the homepage's href too).
    If you want to use only 1 single JNLP, all your JARs references in that JNLP need to be signed with the very same certificate (certificate A).
    Unfortunately, this is not good most of the time as some external lib (generally the ones coming from Sun/Oracle) are already signed and you cannot resign them.
    The other option is that you can make your main JNLP reference other sub-JNLP that are placed at the same location. Each of these sub-JNLP can reference 1 or more JARs that are signed with a different certificate (1st JNLP used certificate B, 2nd JNLP used certificate C, etc.).
    An example adapted from my own main JNLP:
    <resources>
        <java version="1.6+"/>
        <jar href="http://<intranet web server>/<my main JAR file>" download="eager" main="true"/>
        <extension href="http://dl.javafx.com/1.3/javafx-rt.jnlp" name="JavaFX 1.3.x Runtime"/>
        <extension href="http://<intranet web server>/l2fprod-7.3.jnlp" name="l2fprod-7.3"/>
        <extension href="http://<intranet web server>/JFXtras-0.7.jnlp" name="JFXtras-0.7"/>
        ...and JFXtras-0.7.jnlp:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="http://<intranet web server>" href="JFXtras-0.7.jnlp">
        <information>
            <title>JFXtras-0.7</title>
            <vendor>JFXtras</vendor>
            <homepage href="http://code.google.com/p/jfxtras/"/>
            <description>Additionnal controls for JavaFX</description>
            <offline-allowed/>
        </information>
        <security>
           <all-permissions/>
        </security>
        <resources>
           <jar href="lib/JFXtras-Common-0.7rc2.1.jar" main="false" download="eager" size="1309380"/>
           <jar href="lib/JFXtras-Controls-0.7rc2.jar" main="false" download="eager" size="1453233"/>
           <extension name="MigLayout-3.7" href="MigLayout-3.7.jnlp"/>
           <extension name="SwingWorker-1.2" href="SwingWorker-1.2.jnlp"/>
        </resources>
        <component-desc/>
    </jnlp>Both JARs files in that particular JNLP can be signed with a different certificate from the one of the main jar, same wit the JARs listed in the 2 sub-JNLPs that are referenced here.
    Note: of course, currently, JARs provided by JFXtras are note signed, so I end having to sign them myself anyway, but you get the idea.
    Unfortunately NetBeans does not generate such setup so you'll have to find a tool or develop something that does that for you.
    Perhaps you should try to post your question in the web start forum Java Web Start & JNLP as well but be prepared to face the all knowledgeable and always helpful but not very user-friendly and definitely not patient with new comers Andrew Thompson.
    Note that I've never used external files so I do not know if signing the JAR would fix that particular issue (I do not think so).
    Overall I do not like Java Web Start, as said before, it's cumbersome, time-consuming to use, poorly documented, with basically very little to no packaging/helper tool, prone to failure if you make the slightest mistake in the JNLP(s) definition (having a nebulous documentation of its feature does not help) and they've introduced a stream of bugs and errors with each sub-release of Java 6 for the past year and the half that makes programmer's life a hell and JWS a joke compared to other deployment technologies used by competitors.

  • Problems with gtk libraries?

    Hi,
    I installed arch and lxde on a Aspire one, but I have some problem with different software. The main example is the image viewer: gpicview crashes when I open an image (for a segmentation fault). So I installed Mirage to see if it's a problem due to only gpicview. I can start Mirage, but when I open an image from the open menu, it says that it can not load the picture and there is a small red "x" in the window right part for the image. So I tried with xzgv: it starts but the right part of the window remains always empty, while I can navigate in folders through the left part of the windows. Feh instead works. I have a similar problem with xsmbrowser: it starts but I can't interact with the buttons and text fields present in the windows.
    Gpicview, mirage and xzgv use GTK libraries: may the problem be with these lib? They are installed but maybe something is missing...
    May I need gtk-engine? I searched about but I found that it's used for the theme. Or it's necessary for any software based on gtk? But if it's necessary with gpicview (default viewer for lxde) why wouldn't it be already present?
    Thanks for your help and attention.

    I started the applications through the terminal:
    - mirage: the only message is a deprecation warming for the use of md5 instead of hashlib, but I think nothing important. No message added opening the image. I made a screenshot using mirage (giving a .png image) and it can open this. But when I try to open the other images (.pnm made with luvcview), it opens always this png screenshot (that is: if there are other images, opens those, else nothing). Remark: the preview in the open menu shows the effective pnm image.
    - gpicview: it opens the png file but get the segmentation fault on the pnm
    - xzgv: opens other images but pnm file doesn't exists for him
    So I think it's likely a image format problem (but openoffice draw can open pnm).
    - xsmbrowser tells that he wants the tcl version 8.5 exactly and not the 8.5.5 that I have. There is a 8.5.0 in the AUR, maybe I'll try removing 8.5.5 and installing 8.5.0.......
    So there shouldn't be problems with gtk...
    Moreover in dmesg now I have:
    [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
    evdev.c(EVIOCGBIT): Suspicious buffer size 511, limiting output to 64 bytes. See http://userweb.kernel.org/~dtor/eviocgbit-bug.html
    Maybe synaptics from google...I will verify...
    Last edited by Dome (2008-11-29 12:34:12)

  • OS X Yosemite iPhoto 9.6 Referenced libraries

    Under importing options, if you uncheck 'copy items to iPhoto library' iPhoto should not copy the file to the library and reference the original instead.
    I understand all the limitations and risks of this, however want to use this option.
    However, when you uncheck the tick box, and import photos, iPhoto still creates a Preview of the original in its library, and the preview is about 70% the size of the original (i.e. its still taking significant disk space).
    Does anyone know a solution to this?  From what I have read, unchecking this option should simply reference the original file, NOT create a copy of it.

    However, when you uncheck the tick box, and import photos, iPhoto still creates a Preview of the original in its library, and the preview is about 70% the size of the original (i.e. its still taking significant disk space).
    iPhoto cannot work without the preview images. You cannot disable this.
    If you really need and want to work with referenced images and store the originals outside the photo library, upgrade to Aperture, while it is still possible to buy it. For several reasons:
    iPhoto has no options to repair broken links to your referenced originals outside the library. If you need to replace a drive or want to move the files for other reasons, you are stuck and will need third party tools to rescue your iPhoto library.  Aperture supports referenced images well. It has been designed to work with large, distributed photo libraries.
    In Aperture you can also disable the creation of previews or create them selectively only for your most important photos that you want to use in other applications.
    Aperture can open the iPhoto libraries and vice versa. Aperture 3.3: Using a unified photo library with iPhoto and Aperture

  • I have copied many photo's from another laptop to my Mac.  The older photo's are in directories with names that help me select what I need to view. I would like to have all my imported new photo's also bee added to the directory structure I have in Finder

    I have copied many photo's from another laptop to my Mac.  The older photo's are in directories with names that help me select what I need to view. I would like to have all my imported new photo's also bee added to the directory structure I have in Finder but my new photo's are all in iPhoto.  I want to use directories for storing and iPhoto for viewing.  Is this possible or do I need to have all my photo's in iPhoto??
    Mitch

    iPhoto is not a Photo Viewer. It's a Photo Manager and designed for looking after the files while you organise the Photos. It really works much better if you let it manage those files. If you use iPhoto you never go near those files because iPhoto is your start point for anything you want to do with your Photos - the point of the pplication.
    You can run iPhoto in Referenced mode, where it does not copy the files to the Library, but I caution you that you are making life a lot more difficult for yourself by doing that.
    How to, and some comments on why you shouldn't, are in this thread
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3062728?tstart=0
    Regards
    TD

  • HT4736 Taking too long (2 minutes) to locate and download photos into Photo '11 9.5 (902.7 build running on an older Intel based MacBook Pro with iPhoto libraries on a USB2 External HD).  I checked and repaired HD permissions. Any ideas?

    Regarding iPhoto '11 9.5 (902.7 build running on an older Intel based MacBook Pro with iPhoto libraries on a USB2 External HD).  I am dealing with iPhoto taking too long to download photos.  Specifically, I rechecked and repaired HD permissions. I am running the most current software my five year old Intel MacBook Pro can run.   What happens is that when I connect an external SD card, or my iPhone, the new version of iPhoto takes up to two full minutes to fully acknowledge the device. Then locate new photos and be ready to download them to my external HD.  I am kind of concerned about this.  This has never happened before. 
    I take 20,000 photos a year.  I really don't want to lose any.  Or is there something I am doing wrong?  Or need to be aware of?  Any experienced suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks.  Have a great day.
    PS.... The cameras I use are Canon SX-30, Nikon D3100, and my iPhone 4S.  Thanks again for your assistance.

    Hello Old Toad.... Those sound like great ideas. 
    I thought I checked and repaired disk permissions on my main boot HD.  That boot disk is Mac OS Extended (Journaled)  Capacity 749.3 GB.  Available 562.53 GB.   BUT.... now that I think of it.... the Seagate external HD with USB2 interface is: Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Capacity 639.79 GB, Available 36.2 GB with my latest iPhoto Library 517.37 GB that was already scanned & updated to be read by the latest iPhoto version. 
    I'll try your suggestions tonight as far as double checking 'permissions' and setting up a tiny test library.
    Or maybe it's time to fill up another External HD?
    I appreciate your and anyone else's suggestions to try.
    Have a great day. ~~ David in Rochester NY

  • Import photos from SD Card into a library with referenced masters

    I have the following problem:
    I would like to migrate from Aperture (that I used for the past couple of years) to Photos for OS X. (Well, let's say I feel kind of forced to  by Apple's decision to abandon Aperture and since I do not like to switch to Lightroom (which I fear will soon be available via Adobe's Cloud system!)). I successfully migrated my Aperture library to Photos. My library is a 'referenced library', i.e. a library where the original photos ('masters') are NOT inside the library but stored in a separate location. In my case the original photos are stored on a NAS. Photos recognizes all my photos and by right-clicking on a photo I can select the 'Show in Finder' option and Photos correctly shows then the location of the corresponding photo on the NAS. So far so good.
    The  problem arises when I want to import new photos from the camera (or its SD card). I plugin the SD card into the Mac and fire up Photos. Then I click on 'Import'. I do not succeed in importing the photos from the SD card in a way that the original files (masters) are copied to the NAS (the place where I keep my masters). In fact when I import then everything (also the master files) are copied into the library (which is located on the Mac's internal SSD.) This happens despite I have deselected "Copy objects into photo library" in the Photos app Preferences.
    (Another problem is that, with Aperture, I could import photos from the SD card in a way that the originals were copied to the NAS, renamed appropriately (e.g. <date>-<time>.JPG and put automatically in an Aperture-created folder structure (year/month/day). I fear that the only way to keep on working with 'referenced' masters will be by NOT using Photos' Import function directly for the import from the SD card, but first to copy 'manually' (using the Finder) the photos from the SD card to the NAS (after having created year, month, day folders manually) and then to use Photos Import function. Is this really the sad truth?
    Another problem is: When I delete a photo from the library, it will NOT be deleted from the masters! :-(
    Has anybody experienced the same problems?
    Cheers
    Rainer

    The SanDisk website has a PDF owner's guide that says the following;
    Macintosh Disk Icons: When you connect the MicroMate Reader/Writer on a Macintosh operating system, a removable disk icon labeled
    “untitled” representing the MicroMate Reader/Writer will show on the desktop when a card is inserted.
    It also has directions to drag the removable disk icon labeled “untitled” to the trash to remove the disk. There is also a support link to a ebox page on a secure site that won't let me go farther (I think I need a newer browser), so I can't find drivers.
    My problem is that the icon doesn't show up and I can't find it in any applications I try. I know the Disney camera is a toy, its for my 5 year old, but I am having the identical problem with both the Disney camera and SanDisk.

  • Help with referenced files and importing

    This might be more complex than can be addressed here, but I'm struggling with the organization of aperture.
    Because I'm not sure I want use aperture forever, and because I occasionally like to use other photo editors, I've opted for a referenced file setup. I typically arrange my pictures into year/month sub folders, with additional folders for special subjects, like my kids. I've been doing this for a long time, it works for me, and I don't want to change.
    Problem #1 - avoiding duplicates when I import. When I stick the card in my computer I want to copy just the new files to the directory I specify. Image capture only looks for duplicates in the target directory, which is no help if I'm importing files to "November" from a card that has files that were previously imported to "October." The easiest solution would be to delete the images off of the card after importing, but I can't do that - my wife also wants to copy the pix to her computer and she may not copy for several weeks or months at a time.
    I tried using aperture's import feature to copy files directly from my camera's memory card. The import worked, but when I tried to locate the files on disk, aperture told me there were no referenced files. Any idea where they are?
    Problem #2 - import. Is there any way to make Aperture watch referenced directories and automatically add new files to the the appropriate project? It's a pain to keep manually importing files.
    Problem #3 - Organization. Is there any way to set up aperture so that a project = a physical folder on my drive? I get that Aperture is trying to abstract the physical location of my files, but I don't want them abstracted. Also, why is my aperture primary library 6.2 GB when I do all my work with referenced files? Where are my edited files stored? Are these in the primary library? Where are the files from my photostreams (from my phone) stored?
    Would any or all of these issues be resolved by moving to a managed file set up?
    Finally, if I can't get Aperture working the way I need it, any insight into how I'd use it as an external editor to something like Picasa? I really like the aperture editing tools - that's why I bought it. But the workflow is just killing me.
    Any insights would be appreciated. Thanks.

    It is not as complex as you are making it.  Aperture is not per se an editor.  It is for storing and organizing, and quickly decoding RAW images.  It is a pretty good editor, but it has the feature to allow you to specify an External Editor to which you can send images for more complex editing, and back -- all from within Aperture.
    You don't want to have your images referenced so you can also edit them with other programs.  That destroys the non destructive design of Aperture.  If you want Referenced images, you mostly want them so they can be on a different hard drive from that used by the Library for keeping track and storing the adjustments, and not so other programs can access them.
    You need to read further as to how and why Aperture works the way it does.
    Ernie

Maybe you are looking for