FCPX and Aperture Library Issues

Does anyone else have issues with FCPX being unbearably slow when loading an Aperture library when accessing the Photos window on the lower right? I have all the most current versions of both Aperture and FCPX. I have a Macbook Pro Retina with i7 2.6gig processor. 16 gigs of RAM. My Aperture library is very large, about 300,000+ images. The Aperture is located on an external Thunderbolt drive. It can take as much as an hour for the still images to show up in the photo window. Any suggestions our there for speeding this process up. It's one of the main reasons I use Aperture, the supposed terrific integration between all Apple programs. I this speed it's much faster to just export the images and forget about going through FCPX. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

If you don't need all 300,000+ images in FCP, I would export what you need and import it into the event library.

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HT204414 How to import both iPhoto and Aperture library to iCloud Photo Library (Photos app)

Hi all,
Based on the article here (Designate a System Photo Library in Photos - Apple Support) has anyone tried to bring both an iPhoto and Aperture library into iCloud Photo Library so that both libraries are available as one in iCloud and form the one Photos app library rather than being seen as separate libraries. I don't want the two separated as I have 200GB's of space in iCloud which is plenty to hold the two's collective space of about 40GB's.
It seems as though the procedure is pretty simple.
First of all set one of your libraries as the System Photo Library, this will happen naturally with setting up Photos app for the first time. I chose iPhoto as the original library.
Let this library upload all it's photo's to iCloud over a few minutes, hours, days etc.
When finished, enter your other library by closing Photos app and reopening while holding down the Option key (usually Alt). In this case I now opened the Aperture library that it had found.
Under Preferences > iCloud set this library as the System Photo Library and in turn it will have the ability to upload to iCloud.
When it's finished I suppose you will have both iPhoto AND Aperture pictures in the one iCloud Photo Library.
At least I hope the above makes sense.
Anybody already tried this with good / bad results, let us know here.

found it here - 'If you designate a new library as the System Photo Library and then turn on iCloud Photo Library, the photos and videos in the new library will merge with those already in your iCloud Photo Library. If you want to keep the contents of your photo libraries separate, don’t turn on iCloud Photo Library for more than one library in Photos.'
That bit seems clear. You can merge photos from different libraries by making them 'designated' first .
BUT this means that Photos app only shows you library A , or library B, depending on which one you have opened , but Icloud library contains photos from Both library A and library B .
is this correct ?
and if so, does it not get a but confusing ?!?

Aperture Library Issues on NAS - Advice Needed

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Need some practical advice here. I've got a 90GB Aperture library that resides on a NAS (QNAP 419P II) that is experiencing major issues. Understood that having the library live on a non-HFS+, non-local drive is not advised by Apple, but it's been there for two years with no issues to speak of.
I had a power failure occur that seems to have done some damage to the library in some way. Upon opening the library, I got an error that said that there were inconsistencies with the file and that it needed to be repaired. I repaired it, and noticed something strange. In almost all files, the picture resolution was poor and both the camera and lens information was gone--in addition to the fact that the Adjustments capability was disabled.
I ran the Aperture first aid and ran all three processes--concluding with the full library rebuild. It looked to be successful and resolution, previews, and picture info returned--but halfway through the preview reprocessing the process just stopped and the beach ball of death ensued. I let it run overnight and it never recovered. I had to force quit and now if I reopen the file it say that there are inconsistencies and that the library needs to be repaired, which won't help.
I also tried to move the library off of the NAS an onto the local drive, but encountered an Error - 50 message--something that apparently is well known in the NAS world where Mac permissions get screwy when dealing with non HFS+ drives.
I have a backup of the original library, but it is sitting in a cloud repository (CrashPlan) that will take time and money to restore.
All of the masters are intact in the Aperture directory, and I have very few major adjustments made to any photos. Aperture is really just a repository for me.
So any practical advice would be appreciated as to how I can create a new local Aperture library and get all of the existing photo files there. I am pretty much giving up on the idea of getting the existing NAS-based library to work properly, so this is more of a real-world question on how to create a new library and eliminate whatever issues there are with the other Aperture files. It looks like everything in the Aperture package is in place, but the library itself is just malfunctioning.
I am also considering moving everything into iPhoto as well, as Aperture may simply be more than I need for my usage. If is is faster and a but simpler to manage, that could be the right answer as well.
Thanks in advance for any ideas or guidance.

The problem is most likely with the library itself being located on the NAS.
But you can have a hybrid solution where the library is located on your internal drive while the actual image files are located externally, eg on your NAS. Image files stored within the Apeture library are called "managed" while image files stored externally are called "referenced". Whichever approach you take, the process is the same:
If you try to make a new Library from your masters, you will lose your project structure. The resulting mess will be in accordance to how you created your projects. Basically, if you look at your Masters folder, that's what you'll end up with when you import your masters. If that isn't a problem, the process is simple
Step 1: Prep.
Move or copy your masters out of the library bundle to a folder (to make them more accesible in finder).
Step 2: Create new library.
Within Aperture, from the File menu "Switch to Library -> Other/New..." to create a new Library on your internal drive.
Set the preferences to indicate previews/faces etc. I'd turn these off for now as they will slow you down.
Step 3: Import your images.
Within your new library, File -> Import - Folders as Projects. This gives you a dialog where you specifiy what and where to import.
If you choose "Import folders as: Folders and Projects" you will get a folder structure that matches the Masters folder, with projects at the end of the chain with names like 20120213-200100.
If you choose "Import folders as: Projects and Albums" you will get a single Project called "Masters" with a folder and Album structure that matches the Masters folder.
Neither of these will look particularly great. If you want to avoid this mess, here's what I'd try.
Fix your library again like you did before. After the rebuild, go to the Aperture activity window (SHIFT + CMD + 0) and cancel the preview generation process before it has chance to hang. This should give you a sem-functional library, hopefully functional enough for the next step:
Select all images and use File -> Relocate Original to move your original files out of the library. During this process you can specify that the originals are stored in sub-folders that match the project name, within a parent folder if required.
This gives you a much neater structure for importing into your new library where the projects will get the folder names (which will be your existing project names). It may not be perfect, for example if you have the same project name in different folders and don't/can't segregate them, but it's a lot cleaner than just importing your masters folder.
Andy

Motion and Aperture Library

In Motion Library photos tab I see my iPhoto library but I would like to see the photos in my Aperture library. The Aperture library is on a different hard drive. Any thoughts on how I can get those photos to show up in Motion? They are visible in FCPX

Came across this and several identical threads after running into this with my first launch of Motion 5.0.1
Really makes no sense that FCPX can access the Aperture library, but that Motion can only access iPhoto. As Lars says, pro apps should link to pro apps.
Exporting from Aperture is of course a workaround, but having a link to the Aperture version (equivalent to Adobe 'smart object") is the way this should be done IMHO.
Join me in sending a wish to Apple via the Motion > Provide Motion Feedback menu...
Cheers,
Karl

Import both libs, iphoto and aperture library

Hello,
how can i import all my photos from the aperture and the iphoto library and join them together in the new Photos app without trouble (without double photos)?
Thanks

By first merging the iPhoto and Aperture Libraries, then deleting any duplicates, then migrating to Photos.

Iphoto and aperture library file folder problem

Hi all,
I have a problem.
I want to have aperture and iphoto folders organized as itunes files fiolder. is possible?
I see in my aperure library that master folder (I have selected the option copy files in library) there are many and many date folder (many of them are empty) and I don't like this method of organization.
if I don't check the option to copy files and keep my database with only thumb, I have the problem that if I modify or delete a photo the original remain untouched.
please there are solutions?
davide

"(where?)"
Where you specify. Please see section 6 on this page (the User Manual is slightly out-of-date -- substitute "Original" for "Master"):
Choose a location for the imported files by doing one of the following:
To store imported masters in the Aperture library: Choose “In the Aperture Library” from the Store Files pop-up menu.
To store imported masters as referenced image files, audio files, or video files in their current location: Choose “In their current location” from the Store Files pop-up menu.
To store imported masters as referenced image files, audio files, or video files in the Pictures folder on your hard disk: Choose Pictures from the Store Files pop-up menu, and then choose whether you want the files moved or copied to the Pictures folder by clicking the “Move files” or “Copy files” button.
To store imported masters as referenced image files, audio files, or video files in a location other than the Pictures folder: Choose “Choose” from the Store Files pop-up menu and select a folder. In the dialog that appears, choose a location to store the imported masters, then click Open. Choose Project Name from the Subfolders pop-up menu to specify that the files be stored in a folder with the same name as the project. Choose whether you want the image files moved or copied to the new location by clicking the “Move files” or “Copy files” button.
" (are you sure? I don't find this option)"
I'm pretty sure. From
Deleting Images from the Browser
If you delete the last version in a version stack, Aperture asks whether you want to delete the master. If you confirm that you want to delete the master, the master is moved to the Aperture Trash.
When an image is represented in the Browser by a single version, you can select the version and delete it, and the corresponding master is deleted as well.
When you empty the Aperture Trash you should get a dialog box similar to this one. Note the field with the check box:
(Screenshot)

Ref. aperture library issue

Hey!
I use my macbook for photo editing. I have one Aperture library locally and ca. a 200 gb referenced library on a external hard drive.
Unfortunately my external hard drive failed recently. On it I had a referenced aperture library of ca. 200 gb. Fortunately I had a copy of the library on my iMac!
However, when I copied my library over to a new ext. hard drive and connect it, the 200 gb of referenced files all seem to be offline still when working from my main library on the macbook. I tried naming the hard drive to the same as the old one, still it doesn't find it.
I tried fiddling around with File --> Locate Referenced Files ---> Located my hard drive BUT the aperture library with the referenced files doesn't show! The folder it lies in is shown as empty. Can anyone help a poor boy out?
Relevant information:
Aperture Version name: 3.5.1
Hard drive: Max OSX Extended (Journaled)
Mavericks
Thank you for any response!

Hi. Frank is trying hard, but it is impossible to communicate without well-defined, shared terms. Since the terms are specific to Aperture, and shared by all who know Aperture, it is your responsibility to help yourself first, by learning the terms and using them. Then we can help you.
Please see my concise guide to the parts of Aperture.
The Library is a database of Images. It shows in Finder as a file, but is actually a Finder Package. You can right-click the Library file, select "Show contents" and view the many (hundreds to millions) of files in the Library package. (Don't change _any_.)
In Aperture, what you see are Images. Every Image has an Original. "Original" is the term Aperture uses to refer to an imported image-format file.
Aperture is non-destructive: your Originals are _never_ altered.
You can store your Images' Originals wherever you want. It is _highly_ recommended that you store them on a locally mounted drive. Aperture provides robust tools to move any Image's Original in and out of the Library, or to any available drive, at any time.
The convention of calling a Library "referenced" or "managed" misleads. Each Image's Original is either managed or referenced. If all of the Images in a Library each have the same relationship to their Originals, the Library can be said to be either "managed" or "referenced". Since any Image's Original can be either, a Library can be "mixed".
It is possible to import a file into each of two Libraries. This is foolish and should not be done.
All computers have at least one built-in drive. This drive is called the "System Drive" because it holds the OS (= Operating System).
As an additional effort to communicate precisely, please do not use "it" to refer to anything. Specify all referents.

Moved from MBP to iMac and aperture library has some odd issues.

Hello
I have just got myself a nice new iMac today and I have copied my aperture 3 library over from the Macbook Pro and I thought all was well but I now seem to have some problems.
Some of the images would load and then just disapear but if I zoom in they are there? If I export the version I just get a black image.
In the other project as I go through and the image loads but then gets obscure makes across it or its half blue.
Then when I was going through the library it was jumping back to a image I looked at before.
If anyone could help with this it would be fantastic because the reason I got the iMac was for aperture 3.
Thanx in advance!!
Spoony

You may find the iMac is still processing. This could take a while to complete. Is it showing the little grey wheel. If so just leave it to get on with it. Trying to do other things at the same time is too much for it to cope with. The r.a.m. will probably be working overtime with less capacity than it really needs to do the job efficiently. You don't say how large or small the library is. Or the iMac spec, but i would be surprised if it's anything other than this. You could phone the Apple Support team to confirm. It's free with the new machine. Allan

Aperture Library issues.

Ok, after hours of fiddling around and getting nowhere, its time to ask for some help. Last week I was running aperture 2 just fine on my internal macbook hard drive but needed to swap to my Maxtor external to free up some space. This was relatively easy, moved the library onto the external, then pointed Aperture to where the new library was. Fine.
While out and about I uploaded some new photos and created a second library and just slapped it on my desktop. Fine, pointed aperture to this new little library, able to edit etc. All good. Possibly important - while out and about, I also did the newest Aperture update.
Now I get back home and want to access the old library. I figure if I just point aperture back to my main library on my external hard drive, it would load up. But no. The splash screen comes up and either just sits there. Sometimes the beachball until a force quit is done. And often it shows the stats of my temporary desktop library (1 project - 28 photos) even when the preferences say that it should be connecting to the External.
Kinda ripping my hair out here.
I've tried a bunch of renaming and moving around. Copied the library that was on the external drive, back onto the internal and tried booting that up. Nothing. Yet, if I create a brand new empty library, it loads up the app just fine.
Totally perplexed. Help please.
Thanks

demodonk08 wrote:
...Possibly important - while out and about, I also did the newest Aperture update.
There is a good chance that the update is what messed you up. My boilerplate recommendation for updating is:
Software-eject external drives and disconnect them. Make sure that the OS is fully version-current. Immediately prior to and immediately after every installation of any kind (essentially anything that asks for sysadmin password) I recommend repairing Permissions. Note that repairing Permissions at other times does not have the same effect as immediately prior to and immediately after installations; i.e. repairing Permissions is not some kind of magic fix to use after problems present.
On the Photoshop forums for years there have been many instances of some folks getting poor or unstable performance out of setups that other folks get good performance out of. We see the same thing here on the Aperture forums. The suggested protocol of repairing Permissions is one of the routines that many of us with long term good Adobe performance have tended to follow.
There are many tens of thousands of files with Permissions settings. IMO maintaining them in a consistent state immediately before and after each installation of any kind is a potentially useful protocol with no down side risk.
After the fact unfortunately nothing that you have not already tried that comes to my mind. Please describe exactly what all the hard drives and Libraries are, someone may have a suggestion.
-Allen Wicks

HT3209 Billing and Music Library Issues

I owe ITunes money for 4 tracks but I am unable to play music in my library already purchased? When I click on a song I am prompted to address past billing issue. Doesn't seem right since I already paid for those songs. Can anyone help?

Thanks for the follow up you your earlier post Skip! Question, what brand of router are you using and have you changed any other settings other than the channel? I suspect a lot of folks have interference issues and may not be aware of it. Microwaves and older cordless phones are the usual culprits and now wireless speakers! The "default" settings don't work for every situation so just curious what else you have tried.
My Airport Extreme for example has an "Interference Robustness" setting that is supposed to help but at the penalty of top speed and it also has an option to use "wide bands" which I think equates to the 20/40 setting in other N routers. I might be wrong on this one though. Anyhoo, just curious and thanks again!
P.S. If you do have a single radio router, you may want to try a dual band unit and then force the ATV to the 5ghz band which usually suffers less from interference issues. You can also make the 5ghz band N mode only and then slower devices can connect to the 2.4ghz radio and not interfere with the speed on the 5ghz side. 5ghz is shorter range though (but faster) so you have to watch for that if you have a big place. My ATV, ATV2, iPad and iMac all share the 5ghz side with N mode only for full speed and everything else (PC's, iPhones, Wii, PS3, Netbook) all use the 2.4ghz radio in mixed mode.
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TS2972 apple tv and iPhone library issue

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I have an apple tv set up and I can see my computers library on the list on the tv, my question is how / can I set apple tv up so that I can see my wife's music from her iPhone on apple tv?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can't.
Use your wife's phone to AirPlay the music to the Apple TV.

ITunes and Aperture import issue - unsolved???

Trying to import photos from Aperture into iTunes, but iTunes shows incomplete album sizes (should be 50 photos, but instead only shows a count of 23..) and as such does not bring in the whole album on import.
I've seen this posted twice here, but both remain unanswered. Anybody find a solution yet? Please???? (My wife is pushing me to solve this...since I switched here to a Mac. Yikes.)
Mac G5/iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

To add to the previews are thumbnails, adjustments, keywords, it all adds up. Everything is stored in Aperture, except the master Files, which does save a lot of space. Reduce the size of the Previews to save more space. Go to Aperture Preferences>Previews and set them to match your screen size, and Quality 8, as a staring point. This makes a difference to the speed of response of Aperture. Also the quality is lower for viewing when off line. If they are always on line there is little need for higher quality previews. Allan

File Location in Aperture Library

So, I'm new to aperture having transitioned from Lightroom.
When I set up my aperture ilbrary I oould have sworn I maked keep images in current location (where I had them stored in LR). Those files show in finder to be 681GB. When I look at my new aperture libray, it's 745GB. So I presume that I've inadvertanly set up an aperture library with the images stored within. Is this a correct assumption?
If I leave it this way, what do I lose? Can these enormous files become corrupt? I only do a backup offsite once a month or so.
Should I delete this new aperture library and re-import w/o moving the files?

Stevej2001 wrote:
So, I'm new to aperture having transitioned from Lightroom.
When I set up my aperture ilbrary I oould have sworn I maked keep images in current location (where I had them stored in LR). Those files show in finder to be 681GB. When I look at my new aperture libray, it's 745GB. So I presume that I've inadvertanly set up an aperture library with the images stored within. Is this a correct assumption?
Based on the size, I would say that it is indeed a 'Managed Library' where all your images are being stored inside the 'Aperture Library' package.
If I leave it this way, what do I lose? Can these enormous files become corrupt? I only do a backup offsite once a month or so.
Other than an OS corruption or Disk corruption, it is the database inside the Aperture Library that can become corrupt, which does not compose a huge issue as you can always manually remove the Master images in the worst case scenario.
Should I delete this new aperture library and re-import w/o moving the files?
Many people choose a 'Referenced Library' (which is what Lightroom uses) for a number of reasons. The most common reasons are; 1 - long term storage needs for Masters may exceed internal drive space; 2 - using manually created 'Finder' folders is preferable to using the Library Inspector view; 3 - Master files will be stored in an easily accessible form if the Aperture database gets corrupted beyond fixing and you at least have the Masters already filed logically and easily managed for a new system or library.
In the end, it is up to you; but deleting the new library and re-importing while leaving the Masters in their current location should be in line with what you have been doing with Lightroom. This would mean doing backups of the Masters and Aperture Library as separate operations (not a big deal if you have the external resources for copying).

Can a MacBook Air support apps like Final Cut Pro and Aperture?

I was thinking of getting a new Mac in the future and the Airs are nice. Can they run FCPX and Aperture with no issues?

"MacBook Pro, Early 2011 MacBook Pro 15 Inch 2Ghz"
Is that machine running properly?
There is a recall on that year:
Apple Recall:
https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/
If it's running fine (or will be) you could upgrade to an SSD and max the RAM from OWC:
https://www.macsales.com/
Also not a fan of 10.10.X!

Iphoto and aperture start up problem with Yosemite

Just found out that after installing Yosemite, both my iPhoto and aperture library took very long in order to show up contents after start up. Not sure what causes the delay, does anyone else experience the same problem? For reference, I am using late 2013 15" Macbook pro.

In the case of Aperture you can open the Activity window and check what Aperture is doing.
From Aperture's main menu bar: Window > Show Activity
When Aperture launched the first time, I saw the following activities, that took a noticable amount of time:
Importing iCloud photos
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Rendering previews for iCloud videos.

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