Syncing Aperture to Iphoto

I am running Aperture and my wife is on iPhoto, both of us on the same iMac under different logons. I am looking for an easy way to copy all of my new photos from my Aperture library to the wife's iphoto library automatically whenever I add a new project in Aperture. I take most of the pics but she wants to see them in her iPhoto library so when she syncs she has them on her IOS devices.
Any suggestions?

What are your Aperture version, iPhoto version, and MacOS X version? Can you use iCloud and Shared Photo Streams? Then you could send her your new projects in a Shared Photo Stream, see this for the requirements:
iPhoto and Aperture: Using Photo Stream
iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ
What you need to do:
Create a Shared Photo Stream
Invite your wife to view the Stream
Share newly imported photos to the stream.
Your wife will see the stream as an album in her iPhoto LIbrary, and can import the photos she wants.
Regards
Léonie

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Neither Aperture nor iPhoto do support synching of their image databases or even synching between databases generated by different applications.
The way from iPhoto to Aperture is a one-way road - to import iPhoto Libraries into Aperture is well supported, but back from Aperture to iPhoto you will have to export your projects and to reimport manually. This makes sense, since iPhoto only offers a subset of Aperture's features.
I believe Apple isn't supporting aperture very well.
I will not discuss belief, but Aperture and iPhoto share many frameworks and the database engine; so the only thing you'll get by going back will be a simpler graphical user interface and reduced funtionality.
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The new integration of iPhoto and Aperture 1.5 sounds
very appealing. I have a couple of questions
regarding functionality. Let's assume that I have
Aperture set to use my iPhoto library in referenced
file mode.
1) Will Aperture keep the two libraries in sync
automatically? If I add photos to iPhoto, will they
show up in Aperture?
2) If I tag photos with keywords or ratings in
Aperture, do those changes show up in iPhoto?
3) If I make changes to a photo with Aperture, do
those changes show up in iPhoto?
Cheers!
I asked this same question and got total silence. I have/use Aperture and I don't see a way to make this work, that is the answer to all your questions is: No. While I praise the changes made in Aperture 1.5 I am surprised and disappointed that while Apple added iPhoto/Aperture integration they missed this most obvious requirement (to keep the Aperture and iPhoto databases in sync).
Copying the entire library in Aperture everytime you add a few photos to iPhoto (for example) is ridiculous.
-Tom

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A few months ago I purchase Aperture, on install I selected the option to let is use my iPhoto library. While "learning" to use Aperture, I didn't want to totally abandon iPhoto in case I wasn't pleased with it. Now I will be using Aperture solely, still doesn't do all I want, but better/close than iPhoto.
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Yes, I haven't tried syncing the two. I have imported into aperture, but haven't tried going the other way, or a two-way sync.
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Few questions related to moving from aperture to iphoto

i have decided that i want to move from aperture to iphoto,
a. provided iphoto can meet some basic needs that i have in mind. assuming it can,
b. the next question will be on how to make the move easiest and effective.
why, you might ask:
aperture is great but is more difficult to edit in. further aperture does not have some fun and easy edits - apply styles for instance. not to mention faces and places (although one can expect these features to find their way in aperture over time).
anyhow i am realizing that if my photo software was as simple as iphoto, i would share more and enjoy more . therefore moving. but moving is tough - need to think through. help appreciated!
Couple of questions:
0. i have looked and looked. did not find any solution that is thorough. these two links are the most relevant. http://bit.ly/1WSexN (this one is more of a sync solution, i need to research if it accomplishes what i need done - which is to abandon Aperture. at some point be able to delete Aperture library and the photos that Aperture refers to because the set will quickly get outdated) and http://bit.ly/zc7mC (this one does not answer the questions i have below, although it does seem to suggest that one can do export of projects such that nested folders are created)
1. i would like to move my projects (comprising of images in aperture) into folders on the hard disk, such that the IPTC tags are stored in the images on the HDD. I assume that masters will already have the tags and versions - no idea? anybody know about this. i will try test it too.
2. i have rated images extensively in aperture. anybody know how to transfer those ratings to iphoto? one kludgy way i can think of is to save an IPTC tag for every rating level and that hopefully will get transferred over to iPhoto.
3. importing folders into iPhoto - i am assuming that folders can be imported (by reference, without copying the image file into iphoto library) into iPhoto as events. how will i get the albums from aperture - not sure. kludgy way will be to enter album name as IPTC tag and then create smart albums. too kludgy and painfully slow in my opinion... anybody have ideas?
3.a. if i import nested folders of images into iPhoto, how would iPhoto treat that? again i can test, but if somebody knows, will not mind the commentary.
4. simple question - when i edit tags in iphoto, does it edit IPTC tags or does it have non-IPTC tagging approach?
5. simple question - when i make an edit in iphoto, where does it same the edited file? or is it a virtual version of the master image as in Aperture.
and that is all

0. What do you want to move? Use the Show Aperture Library in iPhoto will access your Aperture Previews not your actual files.
You need to export from Aperture to folders on the desktop and thereafter import to iPhoto. You need to decide if you want to export Originals - which means you'll have to start editing from scratch all over again - Versions, (which will be the edited photos, but you won't have your Originals) - or both. But if you import both to iPhoto you will have a large amount of duplication.
. i would like to move my projects (comprising of images in aperture) into folders on the hard disk, such that the IPTC tags are stored in the images on the HDD. I assume that masters will already have the tags and versions - no idea? anybody know about this. i will try test it too.
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I strongly urge you not to run iPhoto in Referenced Mode. IPhoto works best in the default mode. Should the path to the files change at any point in the future - especially if you move the files to a new disk - then you may find yourself resolving the location of each individual photo in your Library.
Is there a particular reason you want to run a Referenced Library?
how will i get the albums from aperture - not sure. kludgy way will be to enter album name as IPTC tag and then create smart albums. too kludgy and painfully slow in my opinion... anybody have ideas?
That's the best way.
3.a. if i import nested folders of images into iPhoto, how would iPhoto treat that? again i can test, but if somebody knows, will not mind the commentary
In the iPhoto Preferences -> Events Uncheck the box at 'Imported Items from the Finder'. Now each folder will be created as an Event. There are no nested events.
If you don't uncheck the box, then each folder will be broken by date and time into Events.
4. simple question - when i edit tags in iphoto, does it edit IPTC tags or does it have non-IPTC tagging approach?
IPhoto works exactly the same way as Aperture. It does not edit the tags on the pic, but stores them in the database. The tags are written to the IPTC on export.
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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.
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TD

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Hey everyone,
I've been using iPhoto on my laptop (which was my main computer) since like 2004 when I first started on Mac. The iPhoto library reads as 150gb... so quite a lot.
I also have a desktop that I use for work (mainly Video editing station) but over the last year, my projects have gotten me into using Aperture on the Mac Pro and now any time I happen to go back to iPhoto... it feels "small". So i'm gonna be moving that over to Aperture as well.
Now... a fair amount of my personal stuff over the last year has been making it onto the desktop with aperture due to its better editing capabilities... but I'd like this stuff to be on the laptop as well. Last few months I've been using PhotoStream to push back the best selections that I can view now on iPhoto... but that has limitations (ie, video, large files)... so after doing some reading (and this thread)... i think I know the workflow that I want to setup, but I'm not entirely sure of the best way to go about it.
What I want is this:
Desktop (Mac Pro)... to have EVERYTHING... all the masters, RAW files, projects, libraries etc (due to expanded hard drive bays, plus easy to keep external drives just connected and mount/unmount as I need).
Laptop (Macbook Pro).... to basically be a mirror of my aperture library... but at a much smaller scale. I don't need the RAW files, or the huge masters etc. I just want the images that 99% of the time will be for viewing or emailing, but I'd like to do this abroad when i'm not at the desktop.
I've figured out how to import my iPhoto library into Aperture on the laptop... then I need to move that onto the desktop so I have the last 8 or so years of photos on there... and then I can just merge it into my current on-going aperture library.
So I have 3 questions:
a) use different libraries? will it make things better? on the desktop... i just have one library, that has my personal photos and work-related photos... i split them simply by Project and that works fine enough for me. Will I gain anything if I split into a work-only library and a personal-only library? I dont really want to have to continually switch between the 2 depending on what I'm doing
b) How do I have everything stored (referenced? im still a bit unclear as to how the referencing works in aperture...i just know that sometimes i have the "show in finder" option on a photo... and sometimes I don't).... on the desktop (whether it be an external drive or internal for the RAW/masters).... and then how do I only bring over what I need (including the aperture edits) over to the laptop? If I make changes on the laptop and desktop... how do i sync them to "merge" the changes/which edits does it take preference? from all the reading ive done (including the 2 links above), i'm still really unclear on this.
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