Does Aperture recognize additions to iPhoto LIbrary?

I've imported my iPhoto library, letting Aperture reference back to the images in the iPhoto library.
My question is... how do I update the aperture library when new additions have been made to the iPhoto library? It doesn't seem to happen automatically and reimporting the iPhoto library doesn't seem to be the answer (but perhaps I'm wrong). Any suggestions?
M

Do you have any photos that don't fit the criteria for the tv (should be JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF or PNG - some TIFFs won't work) or perhaps you have an illegal character (such as '/') in the filename or keywords. You could try making some new albums and slowly adding files to isolate culprits if you think this might be the case.

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I am syncing ATV with an Iphoto Library that resides on an external hard drive. However it appears in the ATV folder selection window that it does not recognize all of the folders that exist when I access Iphoto directly on the external hard drive. For instance I have photos from "2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008". But ATV only shows the folder for "2004 and 2005". Also curious to me is that my iphoto library shows about 11,400 photos in my Library while ATV shows about 11,900 as "Originals". Would appreciate any explanation for the discrepancies. Thank you.

Do you have any photos that don't fit the criteria for the tv (should be JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF or PNG - some TIFFs won't work) or perhaps you have an illegal character (such as '/') in the filename or keywords. You could try making some new albums and slowly adding files to isolate culprits if you think this might be the case.

Having installed aperture 3 and imported iphoto library (15000 photos) Apertue 3 does not render most of my photos corectly most a blurred pixellated and distorted. Reverting to photo produces perfect results. Any suggestions

Having installed aperture 3 and imported iphoto library (15000 photos) Apertue 3 does not render most of my photos corectly most a blurred pixellated and distorted. Reverting to photo produces perfect results. Any suggestions

Galdaplh,
What do you mean by "reverting to photo"? "Revert" is not a function in Aperture so you must be talking about something else.
If you just performed the import of that many photos, Aperture will take some time to generate thumbnails. You can see if it is doing this sort of thing by {Command}-{Shift}-0 to show the Activity window.
Once Aperture generates all its thumbnails, you will have nearly instantaneous access to much, much better thumbnails than Aperture uses immediately after importing photos.
nathan

How do you get Photos to recognize the "old" iPhoto Library on an external drive without it copying it to the internal drive on the computer which is low in HD space?

How do you get Photos to recognize the “old” iPhoto Library on an external drive without it copying it to the internal drive on the computer which is low in HD space?

Launch Photos while holding down the alt/options key.
This will show the Library Chooser panel. Select the library on the external drive. Photos will create a Photos Library on the same drive.
Photos may not be able to open the library, however, if your external drive has an incompatible file system. It needs to be formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled) and locally mounted, not a remotely mounted volume, as described here: Format external drives to Mac OS Extended before using with Aperture

Does Aperture recognize existing iPhoto photos published to Flickr?

Howdy,
I have almost 10,000 photos in my iPhoto 9.4.2 library on my MacBook running Mac OS 10.7.5. I'm considering upgrading to Aperture, and I am particularly interested in the advertised ability of Aperture to use my existing iPhoto library. Specifically, many of my photos in iPhoto are shared on Flickr, and I love iPhoto's integration with Flickr. When I update a photo with edits or metadata, those changes are pushed to Flickr automatically.
If I get Aperture and use it on my existing iPhoto library, will it recognize all the photos that are already published to Flickr and similarly maintain their Flickr versions?
Thanks a bunch,
Mikael Behrens

yeah, i IM'd the links to a friend just now and she can see them. ***?
I cannot see them in Safari or Mozilla here at work.
But yet, I can see them in Firefox.
Sorry for the trouble.
The new iLife is freekin awesome nevertheless.
Thanks,
joel

IPhoto does not recognize old backup of library

I have a iPhoto library backup disk (dvd) that dates back to 2006. Iphoto does not recognize the photos and they will not open. How do I get to see the photo's?
Iphoto 11
iMac 2.4 ghz intel core duo
OS 10.6.8

The only thing I can think of is that the Library is corrupted in some way. Unusual that the main computer can access it - though it rebuilds the thumbs each time, whiile the other two cannot. I suspect that the permissions warnings are bogus.
Neither of the other machines would be able to read that library without updating it, and in fact, once the 9.5.1 version updates it, the 9.4.3 version wouldn't be able to read it either.
But either way, each library should ask to upgrade it upon opening, that the don't suggests that the Library is damaged.
You need to decide what version you want to want to view this library with - as you can't view it with either of the other two once you upgrade it. Then from that machine rebuild the Library with iPhoto Library Manager.
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.

Aperture 3 import of iphoto library

i downloaded a trial version of Aperture 3 but it does not appear to see my iphoto library (just music and photo booth in in Pictures folder)

If I navigate from the 'File' tab to my iPhoto library - it shows it greyed out.
iPhoto works fine and shows all my images.
Any idea what is going on? Or what I'm doing wrong?

Does Aperture mishandle Places like iPhoto 11?

Background to Question
In iPhoto, if you create a place, it gets not only a pin but also a vicinity, a circle centered at the pin. Gotcha #1: The vicinity doesn't display on the tiny map where you assign a place to a photo. You have to go to Manage My Places to see it. In IPhoto, if the vicinities of two places over lap, photos assigned to one place might be reassigned to the other. ("Might" is italicized because this seems to depend on the version of iPhoto 11, although regardless of whether they are reassigned or not, overlapping vicinities cause grief, as documented in other threads.)
The Question
Does anybody have experience with Aperture? Is there such a thing as vicinity for user-created places, and if so, do overlapping vicinities cause problems?
Obviously, I am considering switching to Aperture, as my iPhoto Library is quite large (~ 250 GB, or 35,000 photos).
Regards,
Richard

Richard,
Do I assume correctly that, when I import a photo with geocoding in the EXIF data I have an opportunity to assign that point a name, e.g., "My House"?
Yes, when your images have geographic coordinates assigned, they will appear on the map in places view, marked by pins. You can define a new place at this position - click the pin, ctrl-click the label with a default name, and select to create a new place.
Q2. Does that point become one of My Places, which I then can Manage?
Yes, exactly. Or you can create new places by seelcting an image and assigning a new place, that you create by clicking a place on the map.
Click a center point and drag the radius handles, to adjust te size of the place. (Q3)
I live in the small city of Basel, Switzerland.
Small city don't let that hear other people from Switzerland! A beautiful city!
And, of course, creatong a new place couldn't be any more complicated!
I don't find it difficult to create places, but they are not stored in the EXIF tags, that other programs understand. That is why I assign them before. I use an AMOD geotracker or a Garmin GPS, record tracks while I am taking photos, and use Jetphoto Studio to assign the photos to the tracks. Then I import and all images appear on the map.
Regards
Léonie

Aperture 3 thinks my iPhoto library is from an older version of iPhoto

I tried to import my iPhoto library, but when I try it says "Importing libraries from versions earlier than iPhoto 7.1.5 is not supported. Please upgrade your iPhoto library with iPhoto 7.1.5 or later." I'm using the newest version of iPhoto. Any clues?

I was having this same issue. When importing, Finder defaults to the Pictures folder where my iPhoto Library is found; however, I had to highlight it before clicking import to bypass this error. I'm not sure what else Aperture was looking at in that folder. I've never owned iPhoto earlier than the '09 version so there is nothing remotely related to version 7.

"Optimising Photos for iPod" Does this affect photos in iPhoto Library?

Hi,
I have a question regarding syncing pictures which are stored in my iPhoto library with my iPod touch.
I notice when I sync photos I get a message that iTunes is "optimising photos for iPod"
1) Does this mean that 'quality' of the photos is reduced/compressed?
If so, does this mean that any picture downloaded onto my iPod, it's quality is reduced within iPhoto app.
or
2) The original quality of the photo is unchanged within iPhoto and it's only the synced photo which is 'optimised' for the sync process?
I hope this makes sense!
Thanks...........

Hi Dave,
Don't worry, iTunes only mangles, er I mean "optimises" the photos on your Touch.
The originals will stay intact on your computer, if you look in the photo file you sync with there should be another file called "iPod Photo Cache" where the marmalised ones are stored.
Dud.
ps. any photo, regardless of size gets butchered to a max of 640x480 and file size approx 650kb.
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What exactly does "Copy items to the iPhoto library" do?

Ok, so I recently switched to a Mac and will never go back.
Now, I want to understand how iPhoto works and can't figure out what "Copy items to the iPhoto library" does.
I imported one pic each way (checked and unchecked), and whether or not I have this checked, I see that the original file seems to be stored within the iPhoto library in the Pictures folder.
I have used iTunes, and I realize iPhoto is more complicated, but still, I can't figure this out.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
It does exactly what it ays.
and whether or not I have this checked, I see that the original file seems to be stored within the iPhoto library in the Pictures folder.
I think if you look closely, with the option unchecked you'll notice that the Originals folder contains an alias to the file. (The file size is a hint )
Some comments on running iPhoto in referenced mode: On import iPhoto will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
However, you need to be aware of a number of potential pitfalls using this system.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
+Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.+
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, there are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!
To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Your choice, obviously, but best to be aware of all the ramifications. By all means post back if you require more info.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Regards
TD

Backing Up Images - USING VAULT - Does Aperture Use Additional HD Space

I am using Aperture 1.5. My library contains about 500gb of Photos. It is saved to external hard drive 1. I would like to back up the data using Vault to external hard drive 2 (space available is 850GB). However, I receive a message stating there is NOT enough room to perform the back up.
Has anyone experienced this problem? Does anyone have a suggestion? I do not want to just drag and drop the library as its complicated to keep version controls.
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Keith - I am having the same problem with Aperture 2.01 & Leopard. It appears that I must have more free space on my vault drive than the entire size of my aperture library file. Which, of course, seems silly since I have added 4gb to my 100gb aperture library since my last vault sync and my vault drive has 103gb of free space. In other words, my next vault sync should ideally only need 4+ gb to update the vault. I hope apple or someone can tell us what we are doing wrong or I hope they can fix that issue.

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My iPhoto app is glitched (I have a separate discussion/question going elsewhere about that). I need some of the photos for a project I'm working on and need them soon. The iPhoto library is backed-up to Carbonite.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Regards
TD

My AppleTV does not recognize my iMAC iTunes library

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How to I get iMovie to recognize a moved iPhoto library?

I am very close to running out of space on my comupter - and my iPhoto library was taking up a huge chunk of space.
So, I moved my iPhoto library to an external harddrive that I keep plugged into my computer.
Unfortunately, I have many video projects in iMovie where I used clips from iPhoto. Now that the library has moved, any time in a project that a clip from iPhoto is supposed to play there is a black screen with the words "source clip is missing".
Please let me know how I can keep the iMovie projects in their completed state (aka without these source clip missing errors) while still having the iPhoto library on my external drive.
Thank you so much to anyone who can help!
(I have iMovie '09 and iPhoto '09)

Hi
I don't think it can.
My wild guess is that it (iPhoto Library) has to be put back - then in iMovie some sort of moving the movie project with it's recourses might work. BUT I'm out on very thin ice here as I prefer iMovie HD6 and FinalCut and here I create a folder first with my raw material movies, photos, audios and texts and put this on an external Mac OS Extended (HFS) formatted drive. This keeps movie project and material stored in one place and I can have the Start-Up hard disk reasonable free (minimum 25Gb)
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