Fully Migrate to Aperture from iPhoto

I am ready. Whats the best means of doing the final transfer? I currently just have aperture running my iPhoto library.

I am ready.
Great! Welcome to the Club!
Whats the best means of doing the final transfer? I currently just have aperture running my iPhoto library.
You could just continue doing this, but it would have some advantages to convert the iPhoto library into an Aperture library. The formats are compatible, but Aperture handles previews more efficiently.
You still will be able to open the converted library with iPhoto. Just for testing I imported an iPhoto library into Aperture, and the reduction in size was enourmous.
To convert the iPhoto library into an Aperture library, I'd suggest the following steps:
Backup your current iPhoto/Aperture library.
In iPhoto reveal all hidden photos; Aperture cannot unhide them.
Repair the library using the first aid tools. iPhoto 6 and later: Rebuilding the iPhoto library
Empty the trash and quit iPhoto.
Launch Aperture with the ⌥-key held down and select "other/new" to create a new, empty library. Do you have enough disk space to hold two copies of your library plus some additional space, that will be needed during import? Otherwise move your iPhoto library to an external drive.
In Aperture use the command "File > Import > Library" and select the iPhoto library to import.
If your library is large, this may take some time.
Aperture had recently problems with smart albums created in iPhoto (hangs, slow processing). You may want to delete the old smart albums and replace them by smart albums defined new in Aperture.
Your new Aperture library will contain the Faces from your iPhoto Library, also the Print Products, but you will not be able to edit the books and cards. For this you will need to edit the books in iPhoto.
If you are moving the new library to an external drive, remember that Aperture requires the Aperture library to be on a disk formatted Mac OS X Extended (JOurnaled).
Regards
Léonie

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