How can I get my originals out of aperture?

Aperture isn't working for me anymore (continuous "database inconsistencies" and other inexplicable crashes that cannot be repaired), so I'd like to switch back to Photoshop. How do I get my thousands of original images out of the library? Do I have to export masters? Thanks, Z

Manusnake wrote:
Even if I have no problem with Aperture, I never, ever put my data in a database form if I have a choice. Even the best database can get corrupted.
I create folders, put my pictures in them and then import them at their location, AP does that perfectly. So, in a worst case scenario, I lose nothing. Using Aperture vault's system does help, but for me it's unnecessary, since my pictures aren't stock in AP's database.
It is useful to if you want to switch software. I know, I did when I ditched both Windows and LightRoom for Mac and Aperture. Who tells me I won't change again in 5-10 years? I don't know. So I keep my files in a "human accessible" way, just in case, and not just for photography.
As I'm sure you know, Aperture never puts your pictures in a database, whether you let Aperture manage your files or if you do, via referenced files. Only metadata and such things as the pictures' location are in Aperture's actual database.
If Aperture manages your files, it puts the files themselves into a somewhat complex folder structure within the Aperture Library package. You can always go look at that by right clicking on the Aperture Library file and picking Show Package Contents and then browsing away.
To get at the files themselves, its easiest to export the masters from Aperture, or you can "relocate" them into referenced folders. They're never "locked up" or "stuck."
Bob

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