Missing Library Albums and Built in Smart Albums
Hi,
In AP3 I am missing the built in "Library Albums" with the associated smart albums (★★★★★,Rejected etc). I did a search and someone solved the problem by deleting the BuiltinSmartAlbums.plist located at user/library/application support/aperture and then restarting Aperture.
My problem is I cannot locate the plist file. It's confusing, as I can create a new library and the Built in library and associated smart albums are available. However, I would like the option in my existing library.
Does anyone have an idea how I can recover the built in Album/smart albums?
Thanks
Well, they aren't in the libraries that are "split" from another, so I guess that is how you wound up in this situation.
You can simply remake them, takes only a few minutes and put them in your own folder (but then you might have problems with sorting).
How about just importing your entire current lib into a clean new lib that has the albums?
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