How to synchronize the photo library

I have been a PC user for years and just a week back bought a new iMac. Installed Aperture 3.2 on it and imported all the photos. Good so far.... However.
All my photos are on a hard drive and I chose to use current drive while importing the photos. When I add new photos to a speific folder, I don't see those photos appearing automatically in the aperture photo library or project corresponding to that folder.
Comparing this with Photoshop elements on a PC, it has a default option of automatically synchronizing the catalog whenever there are changes on the drive / folder that holds the photos.
Is there any such option in Aperture? So far I have not found one and it has been really painful to manage the library (I have over 20K photos).

I've used similar programs as well that "watch" a folder. I don't think Aperture does this. It tracks referenced files upon import. If I add files to the destination folder outside of Aperture I don't think it will index that folder and show those photos.
I've used both iView Media Pro (now discontinued) and Portfolio Server and they operate on indexed folders as one method of tracking as well as during the import process. What I'm trying to find is the file size of a project for both referenced projects and those stored inside of Aperture. I am burning my Projects to DVD for archival for now and would like to know when I'm reaching that DVD capacity.

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Photos in the camera roll can be imported to the computer, not synced. There is a difference. Photos that are synced, are synced from the computer onto the phone. These are the pictures that you see in the Photo Library. Photos in the camera roll do not appear in the Photo Library.
If you have deleted photos from the Camera Roll, they are gone. If you do not want to sync photos to the phone from the computer, you do this via iTunes. Go to the Photos tab with the phone connected to the computer, remove the checkmark to sync, and sync again. This will remove the photos.

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Tnx for the reply, though I already feared this was the answer.
Family sharing works well for keeping contact lists separated and we do not need to see all the crap the other half shoots with their iPhone.
But as family-members, we DO want to use our communal photo-library.
It would be great if you could share your entire library with family-members or at least select which albums to share with who.
Also it is silly that you can share a photo only to one other iCloud-album. If I shoot a nice pic of the kids I would want to share it with my wife AND with others.
The same would work for contacts. The family-head should be able to assign which contacts are shared and which are separate.
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OMG! TIS MAKES ME SOOOOOOOOOO MAD!!!!!!!! i was trying to delete my photo library because 150 photos take up space and i already had them in a diferent album, from a tip that made no sense to me. like deleting it the same way i transferred it. i got a new ipod and authorized it then the new album was created. (WHY DO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THINGS SO COMPLICATED!?!?!?) when i tried to do just that i just that, it deleted half my songs. GRRRR!! PLEEZ HELP ME. id hope you would keep it simple pleez
thank you,

Serena.Izza.Bina wrote:
thanks. i appreciate you both trying to help but that is wat gor rid of half my songs. thats what is on every post is telling of this subject. thaks soo much guys.
Removing the tick from the box named Sync Photos would not remove any of your music. You must have done something else if half your music was removed from the iPod.
Serena.Izza.Bina wrote:
can yo delete other libraries unable to delete?
I assume you mean "can you delete films/movies or Podcasts etc. from your iTunes Library". Yes, you can delete anything from your iTunes Library by using the conventional delete method or you can delete (or remove) any of the songs, films, Podcasts etc. from the iPod. Usually this is done by un-ticking the song, film etc in iTunes and then Syncing the iPod to iTunes. That will remove the song form the iPod but leave it in iTunes unless you specifically delete it form iTunes .

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I searched and tried the below method.
I connected to the PC and open iTunes. I clicked "photos" on the top. Then clicked the box "Sync Photos with" and choose the dropdown and "choose folder"
Then I clicked "desktop" option and chose an empty file and click "apply", "sync".
However, it doesn't work. Nothing has been removed.
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