How to switch from Aperture 3 to iPhoto 11?

Hello,
what is the best method to switch from Aperture 3.x to iPhoto 11?
I have about 5000 photos grouped by albums an projects in my Aperture library and would like to move them all to iPhoto 11 as I don't need the pro features of Aperture any longer.
Is it possible to move without loosing meta informations?
Regards,
Martin

There's no best way, there's the only way.
1. Export all your Masters
2. Export all your Versions
You can write the metadata to the files on export - check out the Export presets. Note that you cannot export Faces. There is no convention for sharing Faces. The best you can do is use Faces as a basis for keywording.
Import them into iPhoto. Note that there is no way to associate the masters with the versions in iPhoto, so you'll have apparent duplicates.
Regards
TD

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TD

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a. provided iphoto can meet some basic needs that i have in mind. assuming it can,
b. the next question will be on how to make the move easiest and effective.
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aperture is great but is more difficult to edit in. further aperture does not have some fun and easy edits - apply styles for instance. not to mention faces and places (although one can expect these features to find their way in aperture over time).
anyhow i am realizing that if my photo software was as simple as iphoto, i would share more and enjoy more . therefore moving. but moving is tough - need to think through. help appreciated!
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0. What do you want to move? Use the Show Aperture Library in iPhoto will access your Aperture Previews not your actual files.
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