Re-attach facebook images with Aperture library items.

I have been publishing subsets of my images to facebook for a while, since way before the integration was built in.
I have several facebook photo collections, which now show up in aperture, but there is no connection between the local library image and the remote (FB) one.
I would like to re-connect the online image to the offline image, without loosing the comments, likes etc that are attached to the online image... I HAVE all the images in Aperture, and they have the same names in FB "collections"....
To date, I can find no way to re-attach the images, i really really do not want to loose the FB interactions, but i really really want to re-link the images to the original... I am guessing i am going to have the same problem when i get to sort out flickr too.
I would also like to get a watermark in them too.. but i guess that is another thread in the making.
Thanks in advance for any advice or handholding to sort this one out...

Could you clarify this
To shift / update the library between desktop and laptop I have been exporting the library - jpeg full size
If you are exporting projects as libraries then this is confusing.
Is it possible when you first looked at the size (how are you doing that by the way?) Aperture had not finished generating all the previews and when you checked the size again it had?
Have you done this workflow since your first post? Has the library continued to grow? If you do the steps again does the library change size?
You coild get a program like Download OmniDiskSweeper for Mac - it is free and will list break out the Aperture library showing you how large each piece is. This might show something.
However it is possible that there isn't aeven problem here.
regards

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I do not understand, after all this time, how the Aperture library works. I've done a little research online but I cannot see anything which satisfies me. The problem is that I have a 500GB HDD and its getting full, with Aperture taking up roughly 300GB of it!
I find that I have a library with 317.91GB in it and the folder has 47k images, but my library has over 100k, so are the rest inside the library? Am I doubling up the amount of imagery with them organised in my Photos folder and a big Aperture library?
I'm not sure if I need the two or wether I can amalgamate the two, so if anybody know please let on thanks.

Thanks SierraDragon for your thorough reply, but I can't be using Managed-Masters because 95% of my Pictures are outside of the library and referenced, I have since found out. I wasn't under the impression the default was to store inside the library, I have always saved to the Pictures folder.
I know about the 70% HDD issue (although I thought it was 50%), but what can I do, I can't split my Aperture Library, I wan't everything in one place. Storage on an external drive is a no no because I use a MacBook, also I have only FW400 and USB2, so I know internal storage is best and of course SSD would solve a lot of my problems.
Mr. Endo is advocating the use of Managed-Masters while you keep telling me to rely on a Referenced-Masters library, but I think Managed is better because everything is in one place. Also, I'm had an internal HDD failure before and although I'd made a recent backup with Vaults (I have backed up with vaults since v.2 by the way) and Time Machine, the process of piecing back together the library was arduous to say the least - it was all manual!! If it were all contained inside the library file It would have been simple, right?
As my library is already 317.91GB I am left a little unsure as to why, because I know I have most of my images stored in the Pictures folder (122.64GB) but not sure why its so big just from Reference images and metadata (which is basically text!). I base this on the "File Searches" (Managed/Referenced) which Mr Endo advised me to do and with only 7321 images as Managed the rest (126,422) are not inside, so why so big, my library being mostly JPEG and consisting of 133,743 images??
How can the Referenced-Masters Library remain a reasonable size if placed on an external source like you say? surely it will be the same size anywhere?! You mean my local HDD will be kept under control, well sure, but tethering an external HDD is no fun with a MacBook as I use it on my lap. I think that storing imagery inside the Library is better, I'm not one of those who touches the folder structures in the Pictures folder and work exclusively inside Aperture, it seems like those who use referenced masters are worried about that.
I base my decision on centralisation as, having read the following, I get the impression that Managed will allow Vaults to back everything up, even though I have a Time Machine its easier this way. The only part of the document which I think is opinionated, rather than factual, is the last bit which mentions:
"As a point of comparison; most hobbyists use Managed, most pros use Referenced."
ref: http://aperture.maccreate.com/2010/01/12/tip-0-referenced-vs-managed-files/
..I must be a hobbyist because I don't shoot weddings and edit on the road.
Another site had most people using Managed because its easier to handle imagery and back up, while those who used a reference library did so because of the restrictions of space on a portable and bad habits from the past. Yet I believe that I can manage my library on one HDD and don't fancy the idea of tethering external storage from a MacBook.
The only things I am concerned with now are the the "Offline" and "Missing" discrepancies in my library; which come to 1277 images, I don't know how this happened but I should be able to get them back with my Time Machine backup shouldn't I?
So, if I move to a Managed Library with the built in tool (set to move, not copy) I've been told I might get duplicates, hmm, this is to be avoided, but what on earth is taking 317.91GB of space when 95% of my library is outside of it and in a folder which totals to 122.64GB?? Further, is it an all or nothing affair when engaging in this change or can I do selected imagery at a time?
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Can RAW images from Aperture library stored in an External HD?

I last night[I thought I did] stored projects from aperture library to an external Iomega Mac version HD.[Partitioned the Iomega into two One large225GB for Time Machine and small 125GB for just back up folders]
Then I have reinstalled my Mac OS.
Now I connect the HD to my Apple Mac Book Air and see the saved images on the external HD but not highlighted and not there for available to open in my Aperture Apps?
I also tried to import selectively the Aperture images from my Time Machine back up and that too failed.
I on opening the Aperture selected "Import photos form a Disk" but that failed too.
I have also saved to the same external HD some modified photos saves as JEPG and they open ok.
When I reinstalled the OS and registered in a different name, would that make any difference to importing Aperture projects saved on an external HD?
Can anybody suggest a way to open those Aperture project folders that I have stored on my External HD?
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Projects are entirely maintained in the Aperture Library. You can use 'referenced masters', in which your masters don't reside inside the library (and the library merely keeps track of where you decided to keep them.)
When you import new photos, Aperture updates some information in the library so that it knows the photos exist, where they reside, what sort of changes you've made to them, etc. You can't just plop new images into an external folder and expect Aperture to notice them. Think of this as "formally introducing your photos to Aperture" -- via the import process. Aperture wont deal with any photo you haven't introduced to it.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the alarm bells and red flashing lights that went off as soon as I read you were keeping your photos on an external drive partitioned for Time Machine and backup folders. Bad bad bad.
There are two types of disks in the world: (1) Those that have failed, and (2) those that are going to fail. Sadly, even backup drives are not an exception to this rule.
Never keep the "working" copy of your data on the same physical drive as a "backup" copy of your data. When the drive fails (and someday it will) you'll just lose all your copies of your work -- so much for having a backup. Drives are very cheap these days. Just get another one and dedicate your backup disks just for backups.
As you have a MacBook Air (and thus only a single USB 2.0 port) you might want to look into "Network Attached Storage" (aka NAS). This way you don't have a tangled mess of a USB hub hanging off your Mac with several disk drives also hanging off the side of your Mac. The disks just live on the network - as though they're remote file servers. If the network is connected via Gigabit ethernet, the effective throughput to read/write those drives is about 3x faster than a locally attached USB 2.0 drive (no kidding!). You might think this is really expensive -- but you'd be surprised. I was checking prices at Other World Computing recently (an online store of products targeted to Mac owners) and noticed you can buy an empty NAS enclosure (meaning you buy the disk to go inside it) for as cheap as $25! An enclosure with 250GB disk pre-installed and Time-Machine compatible was about $120. To put this in perspective... I recently paid about $150 for a B+W Circular Polarizing filter. So all this technology costs less than one decent lens filter for my camera.

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Fairly new to Aperture but I've tried to search many times for solutions to this issue.
Scenario: In the Library, I have 3 albums under the 'Albums' view at the bottom that I created. They were never associated with a project so they were always kept down here. This I believe is normal. What is not normal is that this morning the same 3 albums started showing up in an Albums folder under one of my projects in the 'Project' view above it. At first when I clicked on the project it showed the entire library (+20k photos) despite saying only 14 images were in this folder. I fixed this by moving the 14 photos into a different project with a different name. But the Albums folder remains. It is a direct mirror of the albums below (same name, same photos), and when I delete an album from the 'Projects' view it deletes the same album below. Same thing if I remove a picture from the album above, it does it below. I have other albums under specific projects that do not show up under 'Albums' view in the Library. Again I belive this is correct.
Making this more frustrating is that I can't just simply move or delete the duplicate Albums above and it is under a 'Project' that doesn't make any sense (e.g., under a Project named 'Travel' but all albums are related to 'Birthday Parties'). I tried creating new albums and then deleting the old ones, but then it actually removes the 'Album' section of my library and I don't know how to get it back as I'd still like to keep that functionality.
I have also repaired and rebuilt the database twice with no improvement. One other point is that I believe this is officially an iPhoto library, but this version of Aperture and iPhoto supposedly allows for sharing without any issues. I tried repairing via iPhoto as well, but no luck there.
Can anyone help or suggest solutions? Thanks in advance.

léonie wrote:
but then it actually removes the 'Album' section of my library and I don't know how to get it back as I'd still like to keep that functionality.
The sections in the Library Inspector have hidden controls to Hided or Show them. The controls will appear, if you hover the mouse close to the right border of the Inspector panel. There you can toggle the visibility of the different sections on and off.
The whole Subsection (ALBUM in ALL CAPS) is gone, no remant left (so no Hide/Unhide button). I can hide the PROJECTS, SHARED, RECENT, ETC, but ALBUMS is again gone.
Just to be better able to understand what is happening in your library:
At first when I clicked on the project it showed the entire library (+20k photos) despite saying only 14 images were in this folder.
This looks to me, like your albums were "Smart Albums" and not regular albums. Regular albums don't change the contents, when you open them for browsing. Or reflect changes in other library items.
What do the icons of your "albums" look like? Is there a "gears" icon on it? Then your album is a smart album, and I'd try to update the smart settings for the album/
Nope. No gears and I've never used a Smart Album. They were all part of my old iPhoto library but that import was done 2-3 months ago and this issue just started today. Right now the Album is just a folder under PROJECTS, with each individual Album beneath having icons that look like two photos stacked (i.e., normal albums). Also, when I click on the main Album's folder it reads 'TopLevelAlbums' as the header on the top of the main section. When I click on any other project, folder, or individual album it just reads the same name as the header....this was the first clue to me that something was wrong...besides the ALBUM folder having +20k pictures in it.
Aperture 3.5.1 . I'm going to try creating the new library and see if it fixes it. Thanks for the help.

Viewing Aperture library items in iPhoto as workflow help

I wanted to view my Aperture library jpegs in iPhoto without opening Aperture. The reason for this is to use iPhoto to review my pictures and to open in an external editor from iPhoto. We use Fireworks in designing web sites and newsletters. I did not want to save to another folder which takes up space. The workflow requires the use of Fireworks, crop out what we need from or graphics/pictures and place in the final work for Dreamweaver.
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I thought this was a good tip. It has saved us quite a bit of time and is easy to use.

I'm not sure I understand. If you're using iPhoto to review and edit jpg files you've pretty much nuked any reason to use Aperture at all. It also means that edited copies of your images are not tracked as versions and aren't backed up in the vault. Can you explain a little more what your workflow is?
I'm do not want versions tracked in Aperture in this case. I want samples of textures or parts of image available for use in designing other graphics. We are in the graphics studio and want to open files in FireWorks, crop/marque out parts and paste to another FireWorks file. I have iPhoto set up to open externally in Fireworks. Think of it as needing 'clip art' out of picture in the library.
What we are doing is designing banners for web sites and newsletters. I might want a horizon/sunset only as a background to blend into the banner. I have iPhoto open already along with Fireworks and Dreamweaver. No need to have Aperture or any other program open now. iPhoto has the jpegs..... click to open in FireWorks, marque, copy and past the parts I want into the banner design.
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Hope this helps. We just need small parts of any given image. This was a good solution. I'm sure there are others too.

I see this problem with Aperture Library

Well, as you know, we have an Aperture Library. In my case about 60GBs and it will be growing about 35GBs per year. This Library is made of files imported from folders in another external HD (they are the originals imported from the camera). I have a Vault and consequently another file with 60GB. Then I have photos that really are triplicated.
I would love that Aperture import my files and not duplicate them. As iView works.
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If you are importing your photos into the Aperture library -- making them Managed, rather than Referenced -- then you can delete the folders you imported them from.
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On starting Aperture it tells me I have 18 referenced images. When creating a vault it tells me all but these 18 referenced images will be backed up. Problem is, try as I might I can't find these referenced images anywhere in my Aperture library, and yes I've even checked my rejected images.
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