Re-locate masters

Dear all,
after I have sorted (and some deleted) my photos in Aperture i'd like my referenced masters to be organised as well.
now they are all still in the network storage disk (not moved or deleted).
What would be the best way to do that?
i was thinking to export to a new library, but that only results in a huge library file, and i'd like to work with references.
Any help is very welcome,
thanks
elwin

Hi,
thanks for your interest;
i used to have my photos in many folders on my harddrive, all messed up. I asked Apeterture so find all images on my (remote) harddisk.
In aperture i sorted and deleted so that became a nice structure, and i'd like to have this structure in my remote hard drive as well (and deleted all i deleted in Aperture).
So what i thought to do is export to create a new library (including the orignals), so then i'll have a few libraries where i then need to make the masters remote again.

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I upgraded to Aperture 3 a while back. I thought everything had gone well until recently. I have gone into the library and realized that almost all of my photos have a little exclamation point next to them saying the master cannot be located, and because of this I cannot do anything with the photos.
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Have a look into your Aperture library.
Ctrl-click the Aperture library, select "Show Package Contents" from the pop-up menu, and in the Finder window that will open, look into the "Masters" folder.
You will see folders organized by the date of the import session, not the capture date.
Are your missing master files still in your Aperture library?
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I have 2 macs and I have installed Aperture 3 on both of them. I have no issue with one, but on the other on Aperture startup I have to locate all the masters every time.
Both computers have local images, external to Aperture Library and once I relink the images I can continue to work normally. The necessity to relink all the masters everytime is very annoying and I'd like to understand why this happens: if this is an issue related to the installation itself or a "feature" that I haven't yet discovered and that I'd like to disable...
Let me try to answer to the obvious questions:
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Hello Léonie,
thanks again for your help. I have done all the test you have suggested, and here are my comments.
And your home-directory is on the system volume, or have you moved it to an external volume? is your home folder maybe on a file server?
Have you recently checked your harddrive? Use Didk Utility to check your system drive.
My home folder is local and on the internal HD. With some application I've had issues due to the fact my volume is encrypted with FileVault, but I don't think this is relevant with Aperture as also on the other computer I use FileVault, and Aperture works seamlessly.
You mean the moun/unmount button in the screenshot above?
This may happen, if Aperture notices, that the volume is online already.
Yes, that's exactly the button I was referring to. Don't you think it is a little strange that if Aperture notice the volume is already online, then it marks it as offline? Plus what I find inconsistent is that once you click on mount, nothing happens
You also have removed the Preferences, right?
Yes, of course
I still think their might be something wrong either with your Library or some settings in your User account, so that Aperture cannot store the correct status of the master files.
You could do two tests, to check that:
create a new, empty Aperture library for testing and import a few images; reference these. See if you have the same trouble with this new library.
If the new library works fine, then the problem is probably your old library.
I have created a new library, then I have imported few images, first inside Aperture's Library, and (of course) no issues in keeping files' location. Then I've tried to relocated the masters outside Aperture's Library and I've experiences the usual problem at startup
If also the new library does not work, try the same from a new user account. If you have the same trouble in different ,new account, then it is a system wide trouble, and either your hardware, your system, or Aperture needs fixing.
This test worked fine. After the creation of the library in the new account, the import of few images (this time directly as references masters), at Aperture restart everything was correctly referenced inside Aperture.
Then it might well be that Aperture installation needs fixing. Actually the weird behavior has always happened since the installation of Aperture. The computer having problems is relatively new, and I have installed Aperture there since no more than 45 days. I doubt there is a hardware issue, as I suppose I might have notices several other effects. The Disk Utility verify routine run smoothly and so far I haven't seen anything strange, outside Aperture.
If you find, that only your current library does not work, then try the last option and rebuild your library (rebuid database); but make sure you have a working backup, before you do that.
I'm using at least 4 different library and I'm experiencing the very same issue everywhere, consistently. One library is Aperture's default one, another one has been imported from the other computer, then one created as an export from the second Library and the latest one has been created from scratch by -double clicking on Aperture's icon.
At this point do you still think that a library rebuild might make any difference.
Since your masters are on the same volume as your Aperture library, you may also consider to consolidate the library temporarily after rebuilding it. This will move the master image files into your Aperture library and turn your library into a managed library, If this works, you can relocate the masters again to reference them later.
Once I'll have at least one working Library, no problem in moving all the file inside the main Library and then relocate them later on.
"Rebuild Database" cannot fix all corruptions. There are other options to recreate an Aperture library, but those are more involved, so we should stick with the routine procedure for now.
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Best Regards,
Egidio

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I use the library to manage all of my files and when I moved files the versions from one project to another some of the master files are now missing. Any easy way to locate the missing master files or restore them to the library? I move images between projects all the time and this is the first instance of masters being lost.
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I use the library to manage all of my files and when
I moved files the versions from one project to
another some of the master files are now missing.
Any easy way to locate the missing master files or
restore them to the library? I move images between
projects all the time and this is the first instance
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Now that you are inside your library, look in the "import" folders - that s where all of your master files are stored. You can use Finder to search for them as well in the FInder window for each project.
When you find them, put them somewhere outside the Aperture library and use the "locate masters" command to re-link them, then use "Consolidate masters" to get them back in the library.
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Otherwise it would work fine in OWC Mercury and all their drive cases are fine.
http://www.macsales.com/firewire
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Antonio I really, really feel for you. This is not a good situation to be in. It does however carry a few lessons:
1) Backup
2) Backup
3) Well... you know.
I never trust myself OR the drives. I switched to a referenced library a few months ago (to better manage space and be able to use multiple drives in the future) and I backup using both a Vault (for image info) and a mirrored image library on a dedicated drive. I also use dvds. I'm thinking of getting another drive to store offsite as well - which is highly recommended.
As for the terminology issue, you need to understand that referenced files are exactly that: referenced. They still live in their original location. So your iPhoto Library was still the source even though they now appeared in Aperture as well. Renaming the original library wouldn't make any sense using this scheme. The names remain and the files stay put - that's what referenced means. I'm awfully sorry you had to learn it this way though. It sends chills down my spine
You weren't using Time Machine by any chance?

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Is that possible to locate the projects that i created i Aperture in Finder or Find Any File?
That was possible in iPhoto.

No for Projects.
Yes, but with warnings, for files.
Aperture is an image management system. It replaces the now outdated (and, imho, always hobbled) file management systems used for years to manage image files. One of the central preceps of Aperture use is that once you commit an image file to Aperture, you must use Aperture to manage that file. In other words, no making any changes in Finder.
The files you import become, in Aperture-speak, Masters of the Images you see in the Aperture Viewers and Browsers. Every Image has a Master. The Master is a file stored on one of your drives. Referenced Masters are stored wherever you tell Aperture to put them. They will show up in Finder. You can also right-click an Image in Aperture and select "Show in Finder", which will open a Finder window.
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Hello guys,
this is my first message here... I'm from Rome, I'm a photographer and I am - obvioulsy - a Mac enthusiast user!
I use Aperture for a year, this is a great app for my workflow but now I have a "little big" problem.
Today, I've bought a new external hard drive where I've moved the Aperture Library and all my photo archive (referenced files). Now Aperture opens the library from the new location, it shows all previews but can't locate any master because it looks for them in the old path.
I'm trying to set up the new one with "Relocate Masters for Projects..." and "Manage Referenced Files..." commands but I had no success.
Please, could you help me?
What is the right procedure to solve this problem?
I'm going mad...
Thank you in advance!
Alex

I found today that you only really need to "re-refrence" one image...so the post above is correct. You just need to have all of the images you want to reconnect when you go to the "manage referenced files" box.
Assuming that all of them are on the same volume, and relatively in the same location, this should work.
1) Select all of your images...say all of the 2007 images.
2) Right click on one that is showing the offline volume.
3) Select "Managed referenced files..."
4) Find the 1 file in the browser that needs refrencencing, and it should light up the "Reconnect All" button.
5) Click "Reconnect All"
...it'll take a while (depending on # of images, but it should work.
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Installed Aperture 3 using existing iPhoto 11 library. Did relocate masters to location outside of library and a handful remained in iPhoto masters folder.

Hello,
I have a large iPhoto library and realized I was doing more with the tool that it was made to do. Bought Aperture and was deligihted to find that I could relocate the masters outside of the library in a folder structure that made sense to me. The masters are now in a folder structure that is organized by year/month so I can use it in other aps and/or back it up to the cloud.
After relocating the masters, I went back into the iPhoto libarary masters folder and saw that there were a handful (150 out of a 7K+ library) still there. Some of them I do see within Aperature and some not. What are these that got left over in the iPhoto Masters folder? Are they ones that have been edited in iPhoto so the original got moved to the new location and these haven't? I could see not pattern in them. Some I know have never been edited, some have had a name change, some were deleted, etc. There does not appear to be a reason. Potential important info: the relocating masters function failed a couple times and restarting it got through the whole library. Could these have just been random ones that Aperture choked on at the time? If so, how do I get them into the referenced masters folder & out of these orphaned folders?
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Like Aperture the 'edits' are in the database. These apps work as follows:
Import an original
Edit it. Your decisions are stored as text commands in the SQL database. When you view the file it's essentially the original with your 'edits' overlaid on it. There is no edited file without exporting - that's what lossless processing is all about.
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Fastest? Relocate Masters or Finder move with Locate referenced files

I have maxed out the 2 x 1TB drives in my MP dedicated to referenced masters, and I'm about to consolidate them onto a new 2 x 2TB drive setup. My question is which is the fastest solution for moving 1.5 TB of images on my current setup onto one of the new 2TB drives.
FYI, the new HDD is now connected via eSATA to an external housing, with write speeds of around 100 MB/sec. Once all data is transferred and relinked, I'll open the case and swap out the new drives internally for the old 1TB ones.
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Has anyone done any speed tests on this? I have about 80,000 refernced images, so I'd like to cut the file transfer time down as much as possible.

Select a batch of images, and go into +Locate Referenced Files+ - just the same as doing one at a time. Match up one image from your batch with the file and then, instead of hitting the <Reconnect> button, hit the <Reconnect All> button.
Do a small batch initial until you get the hang of it, and then make a bigger selection and go and have a cup of tea...
Here's an [earlier description|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11334896#113348 96] I gave of this process with some background details of how I handled it first time around.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Gary

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I want to automatically be able to see the count of how many images are located in a project (AND are not part of another project). As far as I know, Aperture keeps images in projects. Albums inside a project can contain images whose project path is in a different project. This makes counting unique images in each project difficult as there is double counting.
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I've tried doing it via project path, but this requires me to do it manually for each project.
Is there a way to get a constant accurate count of actual images in each project.
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mass wrote:
1- does this same thing apply to trash? ie is trash considered a project.
The trash is not a project. It's more like a folder. The images remain in their project and the project remains in place (in the library package) until the trash is emptied. (That also explains why the path doesn't change.)
So when i've trashed a bunch of projects and albums, the count is huge which is misleading because it lists the count of images that aren't actually in the trash. Also the project path in trash shows the original non deleted project. I assume that when I empty trash, it doesn't delete those images?
Images that have been deleted from projects or are in deleted projects will be deleted. Images that have been deleted from albums or are in deleted albums will not be deleted.
It's not misleading at all: the total number of images in the trash are reflected by the number next to the trash. Note in the screen shot that there's an album in the trash that shows 125 images, a project in the trash that shows 4 images and that the trash indicates that there are only 4 images in the trash. Only four images will be deleted, and you can click on trash and see exactly which images will be deleted.
!http://dlsphoto.com/a3trash3b.jpg!
If you click on an album in the trash, you will get this message:
!http://dlsphoto.com/a3trash3c.jpg!
2- If I have dozens of projects, how do I get an effective count of all my images without doing a manual count of each project?
Simply click on the built in album that shows all photos, make sure the filter is clear and the image count will be displayed at the bottom of the browser.
when I click on a folder, it seems to double count (images in albums but from other projects).
That's not correct: if you click a folder full of projects, the total number of images will be displayed will be displayed at the bottom of the browser just like the photos album.
3- It's a pity there isn't a simple way of exporting the hierarchy of folders and albums and projects somewhere with the numbers into excel or txt or something for future checking.
Make a feature request: http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html
DLS
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