Photos for OS X, migration from Aperture

i shouldn't have, but I have, migrated all my aperture photos into the new photos on OS X. Because not all the metadata is present on some old pics, it's messed them all up! I need to update all the data in aperture when I have time, then import them all.
is there are way you can reverse the migration process, and start again from scratch?

Apparently, when you inittiate the Photos Import - the the NEW photos library copies over the masters from aperture and leaves Aperture with references to the new Library ??
So how do we reverse this and reset the New photos ? .
Both libraries are sharing the same files by hard links. Hard links are different from aliases or symbolic links. Both libraries will work on its own, even if you delete the other library. That is why they are showing nearly the same file size in the Finder. You can delete one of the libraries and the other will continue to work.
See: Six Colors: The (hard) link between Photos and iPhoto
Or: Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support

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Do you have the original image files used to make up those MMe Galleries? If so you can group them into albums in iPhoto and use the iWeb Album page or Photos page and ignore the MMe galleries.
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I am an Aperture user that is thinking to migrate to Lightroom after the last announcement by Apple regarding its professional photo application.
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Your photos can be on any hard disk, internal or external or network. If they are stored on an external hard disk, then when you import them into Lightroom, you select the ADD option and the photo will remain on your external hard disk. The edits are stored in your Lightroom catalog (as opposed to "remain on my laptop"). Once you import photos into Lightroom, you no longer want to manage them (move, copy, delete) using your operating system. You do all photo management in Lightroom.
If you transfer the photos properly, your edits, cropping, metadata, etc. will transfer to Lightroom, but I will leave the details to some expert on Aperture.
If I could offer some advice, I don't think you want to just transfer SOME of your photos to Lightroom. In my opinion, you want ALL of your photos managed by Lightroom, and not some in application 1 and some in application 2. This makes your life much easier when trying to find your photos, you don't have to think "Is this photo in Lightroom or is this in Aperture?" (Note: this doesn't mean you have to import all the photos from Aperture into Lightroom in one HUGE operation; you can certainly do the importing in manageable sized groups)

Which is the best way to migrate from aperture to lightroom?

Hello everybody,
I have been using the Aperture trial for some time and I found it interesting.
Unfortunately in the meanwhile Lion came out and I find it ugly. Although I do not want to discuss about Lion here I plan to move away from Apple as soon as my 2007 iMac stops working, so I moved to applications supported by other OSs (Preview->Acrobat reader, iWorks->MSOffice, Mail->Thunderbird and so on). I am also going to buy Lightroom, that will also work on my new Win7 laptop I had to buy for a new job.
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I realize this topic is old but doens't appear to be answered.
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I agree. I went the adobe way. I love my MBPr though.
stefano67
I wrote about why I think it's better for photos here why it's better for video (for fusion videographers only) here, why I switched here, and how to switch here with this associated video tutorial for switching.
Those posts list the pros and cons between the two.

Lightroom queen-migration from aperture

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I would recommend looking at this blog and the associated comments.
http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2014/10/aperture-import-plugin-now-available.html

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Hi, I have bough Lightroom 6 for win but I don't find the Plug-in Extras > Import from Aperture Library. Can you help me?

john beardsworth wrote:
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I've had no luck with Faces recognizing faces in images.
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Hey all,
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Finally are there any deals or such to lower the price of LR?

"while LR shows you your folders, offers the temptation of trying to categorise by them (resist it!), and allows you to organise and categorise by collections. You you aren't forced to use virtual folders, but can and should."
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What you're recommending is to create a twins 2009 folder and store all images there and then use collections/smart collections to organize the images. Interesting. Given the habits I've picked up using aperture that will be a difficult adjustment.

Custom Auto Attendant Prompts through TUI not working for users who migrated from 2010 to 2013

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Migrating from Aperture to Lightroom?

I am currently examining the possibility to switch from Aperture 3 to Lightroom 3.
I am currently looking for best practices to do so and start on a good footing.
For example, I have exported all masters from my managed library using a "Year/Month/Project" hierarchy. This pretty much reflected the folder structure I had in AP3.
The export process created the NEF (RAW) files along with large JPGs.
Question 1: Do I need to keep the JPG files? Or can I delete them?
Question 2: Will LR3 "see" 2 pics if I keep the JPG file or will it link it to the NEF master file?
Question 3: What happens to the post-processing jobs I did in AP3? Is this lost?
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