Predefined smart albums deleted

I discovered that my predefined smart album "rejected" is gone. How can I get it back ? If I create a new smart album that contains my rejected images, how can I insert that smart album into the same position where the previous predefined smart album was ?

miteman wrote:
I discovered that my predefined smart album "rejected" is gone. How can I get it back ? If I create a new smart album that contains my rejected images, how can I insert that smart album into the same position where the previous predefined smart album was ?
Browse to (Your User Name)/Library/Application Support/Aperture/ and delete the file "BuiltInSmartAlbums.plist". Restart Aperture, and the built-in albums will be restored.
You can not create a smart album and drag it into the predefined albums area, unfortunately. It would be nice to have this as an option, though.
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Does deleting a picture or video from a Smart Album delete in the Event?

Does deleting a picture or video from a Smart Album delete in the Event?

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Exactly how are you deleting from a smart album?
A good general step for strange issues is to renew the iPhoto preference file - quit iPhoto and go to "your user name" ==> library ==> preferences ==> com.apple.iPhoto.plist and trash it - launch iPhoto which creates a fresh new default preference file and reset any personal preferences you have changed and if you have moved the iPhoto library repoint to it. This may help
This does not affect your photos or any database information (keywords, faces, places, ratings, etc) in any way - they are stored in the iPhoto library - the iPhoto preference file simply controls how iPhoto works - which is why renewing it is a good first step.
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Why?
You can create a smart album which filters the entire library, why doesn't Aperture allow the reverse: filter the entire library, and use the results to create a smart album?

That's a good question. No idea why the option to create a smart album is missing in that context but that doesn't mean you can't create a smart album that works on the entire library. In fact all the predefined smart albums under +Library Albums+ work on the entire library.
To create your own smart album that works on the entire library select +Smart Album+ from the New pulldown, just make sure nothing is selected when you do this and the Smart Album will work on all images in the library.
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Deleting photos from main library while in Smart Album.

anyone know of a key sequence to delete a photo from the library when viewing the photo in a smart album?
I have over 1700 photos. Sometimes I want to delete all photos within a smart album but you can not do that by just selecting delete; that only deletes it from the album and not the library. as of right now the easies way I have found to do this is to perform a batch change and rename all files the same name, then perform a search within the main library for those files and then delete them. I refuse to think Apple didn't think about creating a "delete from main library" shortcut.

Option Command Delete works for Smart albums also. At least that is what it says in the iPhoto Help/iPhoto keyboard shortcuts in the menu bar.

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Assuming we all know how smart albums work, let's jump to why I can't delete a photo from a smart album. In all other views, it seems, I can delete images. When I'm scanning through 500 pictures tagged with Christmas in my Christmas Smart Album and come across one I want to delete, I can't do so. What's worse, going back to Photos view and trying to find that picture to delete it is almost impossible when you're looking through a library of 6,000 images.
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Regards
TD

1.1.2 Issues deleting Smart Albums?

Hi, I just installed Aperture today for the first time. As I am trying it, I created a Smart Album, which now I cannot delete, nor modify. After several attempts the library has been rebuild, yet the problem persists. A few questions:
(1) Any suggestions on how to solve this?
(2) Should | can I go back to 1.1?
(3) How do you pro-actively rebuild the database?
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To delete a smart album should be a simple matter of selecting the album, then RH mouse click/Delete Smart Album.
If this doesn't work, quit Aperture. to rebuild, hold down the <Option> and <Apple-Command> keys and, while holding, launch Aperture. This will cause a dialog to be displayed .... Rebuild Later or Rebuild Now. Choose rebuild Now and after the rebuild is complete, try deleting the Smart Album again.
Another option would be to edit the rules, and see if this "unblocks" the logic gotcha if that's what it is.
Put your first experience behind you ... Aperture 1.1.2 isn't perfect yet but is an absolute boon for me.

Can't delete photos while viewing a smart album

How come iPhoto won't let me delete images that are being displayed in a smart album? This is very frustrating!

Ok, I tried that with no success.
1. flagged some ugly photos in a smart album
2. pressed alt key
3. pressed apple key
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Nothing happens. Ugh!
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Mrsthebraggster wrote:
So it might look:
          Folder (2012 Equine Photography)
               Project - Specific Events
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Does this mean the individual photo is stored 3 times and using 3 times the space?
No. Conceptually the Master only lives lives in the single (time based) Project you import it into. Albums are just collections of pointers that point to images in various Projects.
"Big Barn Dressage May" could be a Project, but only if it is only one day and a limited number of image files; otherwise an Album. "2012 Equine Photography" should be an album or a Folder of Albums. "Specific Events" could be an Album or a Folder of Albums.
A Project should not be used as a Folder.
From an earlier post of mine:
Folders are indeed flexible organizational tools but IMO often overused. Folders can effectively hide contents from view and therefore require users to remember how folders are nested and what is inside them. Folders were the only way to deal with single-original film, but are IMO limiting to image database thinking.
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Aperture is a database (DB), and each image file lives in one Project.
Albums are just collections of Pointers that point to individual image files living in one or more Projects. Since they just contain pointers, albums can be created or deleted at will without affecting image files. Very powerful. And Albums of pointers take up almost zero space, so they are fast and do not make the Library size grow.
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Similarly all family pix can have a keyword "family" and all work pix can have a key word "work." Each individual pic may have any number of keywords. Such pic characteristics (work, family, flowers, etc.) should not be organized via folders.
So by using keywords and albums we can have instant access to every image everywhere, very cool. And keywords and albums essentially take up no space in the database.
Another approach is to use a folder "Family" for family pix, a folder "Flowers" for flowers pix and another folder "Work" for work pix. IMO such folders usage is a very poor approach to using an images database (probably stemming from old paper or film work practices). Note that one cannot put an image with family in a field of flowers at a work picnic in all three folders; but it is instant with keywords.
HTH
-Allen

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Smart Album Not Loading Images

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I take photos for my son's sports teams. We give a 16x20 framed action shot to the Seniors as a grad gift. I use the jersey number to keyword every image with a senior player. I then create a Smart Album (under the Project in which the images are located) for each senior and select their Keyword (jersey #) as my sort setting... I also select "All" that "Match".
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I started experimenting and adding the kid's initials as another keyword, then adding that as a sort preference... the altered ones seem to be showing up (or, at least I have more images than before). So, somehow my original keyword entries are not being recognized. I am in the process of "Updating Previews" hoping that somehow this will "refresh" or "restore" the recognition of the Keywords. Would repairing Aperture permissions or database help?
I have over 7,000 images in this season's project library (almost 70,000 collective images). I have a tight deadline and cannot afford the time to review every image and either add a new keyword or drag the image to a new album or folder. I really need the Smart Albums to work with the original Keywords.
My Mac Store (for "one to one" assistance) is over an hour away... does anyone have a suggestion that I can try right away?
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Hi Tony,
Thank you for your ideas. The "Source" library is correct but I have also experimented by creating a new Smart Album outside the project using my entire Library as the Source... it didn't make a difference.
I feel confident that I have set up the Smart Folder correctly. I believe this is a glitch in my software because I have many Smart Albums set up in various projects and I just discovered that none of them are working properly. I have a Smart Album that contained over 1000 "Fox" images... it's now empty. I have an "Elk/Deer" Smart Album that now only has 20 images (instead of hundreds). I'm not sure where the corruption happened but I know it was recent. The way the program is picking and choosing the images to include/exclude in a Smart Album has no rhyme or reason.
I don't know if restoring my library from the back-up will make a difference or if my back-up (updated recently) is also corrupted.
I can tell you this for sure: When you have over 70,000 sorted throughout your system... the prospect of starting over is daunting.
If anyone else has experienced this, please share the resolution. In the meantime, I think I'll take the computer to a Mac one to one or the Genius Bar and see if they can think of a fix.
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Photo loss from a project when creating a smart album

Running Aperture 3.4.3 on iMac with OS X 10.7.5. Photos stored on internal drive. After creating two smart albums based on a date range, one with keywords and one with ratings, some, but not all, of the photos that appeared in the smart albums disappeared from the original projects (each project contains photos from a single day). One of the original projects still notes 454 photos under its thumbnail, but when opened only displays 308 photos. The project path of the photos in the smart album still references the correct project. I tried deleting the smart album but the photos did not immediately reappear in the correct project so I undid the delete. I tried closing and reopening Aperture. I tried system restart. No luck. Reading the Aperture help/manual suggests that the photos should remain in the original project.

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Can't set smart album pictures as desktop backgrounds.

i have imported 'without copying to library' a whole bunch of pics into iphoto and have created smart albums. now i went to 'change desktop background' by control clicking on the desktop and am selecting a pictures from one of the smart albums but its only displaying a blue background. this is true for all smart albums and normals ones as well. when i select an image from the other folders they work fine. what could be the reason?
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Do you know of any reason why the Desktop pref pane should not be able to use photos in a "referenced" iphoto library
It's just the nature of the beast.
but I just don't trust it enough to do what it will with my photos by having them stored in the iPhoto library.
What are you afraid of?
When you import a pic into iPhoto in the default Managed mode all it does is make a byte by byte copy of the pic. Nothing else. It's an exact copy. It makes no alterations, adds nothing, removes nothing.
The pic is stored in the Finder. Yes, it's in a Unix Style Package file, but apart from all the ways to access your pics I'll describe in a moment, if you want to look inside the package you can do so at any time: Simply right click on the iPhoto Library and select 'Show Package Contents' from the resulting menu. A Finder window will open and you'll see the Library inside.
There are various files, which are the Library itself and some ancillary files. Then you have three core folders
Originals are the photos as they were downloaded from your camera or scanner. (As your Library is referenced the files will be aliases rather than the actual files.
(ii) Modified contains edited pics, shots that you have cropped, rotated or changed in any way.
(iii) Data holds the thumbnails the the app needs to show you the photos in the iPhoto Window.
Remember: iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
Running a referenced library has a number of pitfalls - apart from the fact that System Preferences cannot use the files.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, there are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
For 10.5 users: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. If you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
Or, if you want to access the files with iPhoto not running, then create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use THIS
Other options include:
1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Your choice, obviously, but best to be aware of all the ramifications. By all means post back if you require more info.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Other information that may offer comfort:
Events in the iPhoto Window correspond exactly with the Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library package file (Right click on it in the Pictures Folder -> Show Package Contents).
You can move photos between Events, you can rename Events, edit them, create them, as long as you do it via the iPhoto Window. Check out the Info Pane (wee 'i', lower left) the name and date fields are editable. Edit a Event Name using the Info Pane, the Event Folder in iPhoto Library/Originals will also have the new name.
Mind you, I don't suggest that you change over in one go. I think the best thing to do is create a new Library (Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library') and set it as a Managed Library. Import 50 or 100 pics an explore it, see how it works and see if that does anything for your confidence.
Regards
TD

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