Issue with Importing and Backups

Question

I am trying to organize all of my photos using a simple scheme which is the following:
    1) import all photos into a new Aperture library.
    2) using the Aperture Import setting to automatically put a backup of each picture on an external hard drive.
This way, I can let Aperture manage everything, but I still have a raw copy of all of my original photos and they are not tied to any specific app so I can easily do whatever I want with them in the future.
If I just do a normal Import (i.e. Command -I) this works great.  However, if I import any other way the files are not copied to my external hard drive.  For example, if I drag a picture or folder onto the Aperture window it will import it but it doesn't make a backup copy.  Or if I choose the Import Folders as Projects it doesn't make a backup copy
Please help!  Thanks.

Answer 1

Unfortunately the bricks in the Import window (of which the backup you are referring to is one) only get run when you import through the import window.
No way around that that I know of. You'll need to setup another backup scheme for the images you import via other methods.
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