Backing Up a purchase - Aperture

I have heard n these for a that Apple apps like Aperture are not readily restored from backups of the (say) Aperture.app file. Instead, a re-install is recommended. Is there a way to get a dmg file for my purchase, such that I can re-install it, even when the version is no longer available for sale on the App store?
I know one can re-downloaded as long as it's available, but what about after that?
Or is there some other recipe for preparing a comprehensive backup of all the files associated with Aperture, for the equivalent of a re-install?

If you purchased Aperture then you have a box with a DVD in it. If you've downloaded it from the MAS and it was installed directly rather than downloaded to your computer, then the backup is on the MAS' servers. As far as I'm aware anything downloaded from the MAS is directly installed. That means your only backup is the one you keep of your hard drive.
Basic Backup
Get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
Backuplist
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
iBackup
JaBack
Silver Keeper
MimMac
Retrospect
Super Flexible File Synchronizer
SuperDuper!
Synchronize Pro! X
SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
Although you can buy a complete external drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets especially for Firewire drives (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
Cool Drives
OWC
WiebeTech
Firewire Direct
California Drives
NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

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I tried the Aperature trial and liked it, but did not purchase it when the trial ended. A few weeks later, i purchased snow lepord and purchased aperture via the app store. I have had not been able to use it since. Each time i open it , afer a few seconds i get the spinning wheel of death and Aperture is frozen. I have to force quit Aperture to shot down mycomputer. I have re-installed Aperture 3 times with th e same result. I have iphoto on my computer as well is this causing the problem? I want my money back!!! Can anyone help?

You need to delete the trial & then reinstall from the boxed DVD or the Mac App Store. The files to delete are the iWork ’09 folder from the main HD > Applications; the iWork ’09 folder in HD > Library > Application Support & the individual iWork application plist files found in HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences for each user.
Yvan Koenig has written an AppleScript that removes the files. You can find it on his box.com account in for_iWork'09 > other_iWork'09 items > uninstall iWork '09.zip.

I purchased Aperture 3 about a year ago. I hardly use it because it is so slow. If I uninstall the sample library, will that help the processing speed to edit pictures? If so, how do I uninstall just the sample library?

I purchased Aperture 3 about a year ago. I hardly use it because it's processing speed is so slow when editing pictures. Can I uninstall the sample library to increase the processing ability of the program? If so, how do I do that? I need simple instructions because I am not a professional at knowing how to do this.
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• Drives slow as they fill so verify that all hard drives are no more than approximately 70% full as a guideline. Even less full is better.
• Keep the Library size reasonable by using a referenced-Masters workflow with Masters on external drives. Back up originals before import into Aperture or any other images app.
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Click here and try following the instructions. If they're not applicable, get an Aperture 3 DVD.
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I apologize if this has been asked before. I went to update my Ipod touch. There was an error (the number was a 1600 number) and then iTunes stated that I need to restore my iPod now. It will not allow me however to back up my purchases from my iPod back onto my iTunes. Example, it does not prompt me before restore nor does it allow me to right click on the device and back up. Is there anyway I can still back up the purchases or get out of restoring my iPod?? I don't know what happened! Too bad I didn't back up before the update ha ha. Thank you for your help!

No, not from the iPod. However, if you are in the USA and using the latest iTunes you can redownload most iTunes purchases at no additinsal cost via the icloud beta. See:
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Disk space - it says 114.43 GB out of 499.25 GB free. I have no idea if that is enough.
iPhoto version is 9.5.1
Again, I am not sure how to know if I have 3rd party software...but I don't think I do. Is 3rd party software anything non-apple?
I will try rebuilding the library. if that doesn't help, maybe I need more memory...? That is what Apple suggested, but that, of course, means buying something else. I've already bought APERTURE, on their recommendation...
It wasn't, and they told me it was slow because I had too many photos for iPhoto to handle and that I should buy Aperture. Which I did.
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iPhoto can handle 20000 photos, no problem. Your computer can be slow for several reasons:
The most common problem for slowness - insufficient disk space. Don't let your free disk space drop below 20 GB of free space, better more. If the operating system does not have enough working space and the applications you are using, you will notice a very lagging behaviour.
Older or incompatible softweare can cripple your mac. Do you have any older third-party software installed, that might have installed incompatible kernel extensions?
Aperture might be slow or keep crashing, if you imported a corrupted image or incompatible video, that cannot be processed. Then Aperture will try over and over again to create previews and never succeed. You could test for this situation, by launching Aperture with the Shift-key held down. This will defer the generation of previews. If Aperture will launch and work better this way, you probably have some bad media in your photo library.
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Question about backing up the purchases

Hi Folks,
I used the "File > Library > Back Up To Disc" option to back up my purchases. I just purchased another album. How can I back up that album to data disc through the same function without having to back up all purchases again?
Thank you.

I think if you check the box "Back up only iTunes Store Purchases" and "Only back up items added or changed since last back up" as I've said above, then it will only back up purchases added or changed since the last back up.

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Assume you were in itunes? Also assuming windows? Two paths I can think of.....
1) Normally anything deleted from itunes goes to recycle bin. If you did not pick remove from computer probably still in itunes music directory. Just add back. Note to speed things up you can use add directory.
2) Use restore previous version of music directory. To be safe I'd back up current directory, do a restore, then swap back original directory and use restored directory off line.
I do not know of nice solution, I like to hack my way through.

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