Does Aperture need to be on my computer's internal HD to be a managed library?

My main Aperture Library (I have 5, but I'll get to that on another post) is on an external HD. If I store masters on this AL, will they become managed or are they referenced because the library is on an external HD?
Also, I read a discussion where someone advised to put the masters on an external HD and keep the library on the internal. How would I do this?
In Preferences, the library location is set to /Volumes/Audio/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary (Volumes/Audio is the external drive) and when I import, Store Files is set to Pictures. So does this mean I haven't been storing them in Aperture Library, but instead, in Pictures? Would these be referenced Masters then?
Thank you,
sophie

meghan18 wrote:
In Preferences, the library location is set to /Volumes/Audio/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary (Volumes/Audio is the external drive) and when I import, Store Files is set to Pictures. So does this mean I haven't been storing them in Aperture Library, but instead, in Pictures? Would these be referenced Masters then?
Yes, when you elect to store the files anywhere other than in the Aperture library, they are Referenced files.
In your case, becasue you have a Pictures folder on both your internal and external drive, you should double check which one is actually being used. Based on your previous post, I think it is the external drive folder called Pictures.
meghan18 wrote:
My main Aperture Library (I have 5, but I'll get to that on another post) is on an external HD. If I store masters on this AL, will they become managed or are they referenced because the library is on an external HD?
No, the type of drive doesn't affect whether they are Managed or Referenced. It is soley based on whether the files are stored inside or outside of the Aperture library.
meghan18 wrote:
Also, I read a discussion where someone advised to put the masters on an external HD and keep the library on the internal. How would I do this?
By having the Aperture Library stored on your internal drive, but the images stored outside of the Library (Referenced) on your external drive. It sounds like you have already been doing the last part (storing the files as referenced on the external), so to get to this scenario, you would simply use finder to move your library from the external drive to the internal drive.
You can use an Aperture filter (next to the search box in viewer) over all your images, to check for images with 'File
Status = Managed' or 'File Status = Referenced' to identify the status of all your files.
Andy

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