Two significant aperture software failures (or features depending....)

Question

I have been unable to determine any method allowing Aperture to import GPS data from nikon D1X,D2X directly... the only workaround seems to be to import the raw images into nikon view software, export as jpegs import the jpegs, seems a bit silly but there it is.
the next one is likely to be more important to more folks. When working with large arrays of large TIFF files (here the files are 65-250mb) a normal automated workflow for us is export to jpeg. Yep, you can do so with aperture, but if you do this and export selected versions it will hang with unsupported file format and fail the multiple file export. Interestingly if you then try the files it just exported those too are now unsupported format. The solution is to quit out of Aperture reopen the bloody thing and then reselect the files, walk away for coffee, return and export them, works just fine. Key is waiting (interminabley) for it to "load" all of the select images prior to export to jpeg. Interminable means 8-12 minutes for twenty 100mb images selected, this on a quad, 8gb ram, 500gb SATA drives, sigh.... Point isnt that once again Aperture has demonstrated some frustrating behavior for a pro product, those are my daily experience, but that there is a solution in case you encounter the issue.

Answer 1

I have been unable to determine any method allowing
Aperture to import GPS data from nikon D1X,D2X
directly... the only workaround seems to be to import
the raw images into nikon view software, export as
jpegs import the jpegs, seems a bit silly but there
it is.
Have you tried exporting the RAW files with GPS data from Aperture and then looking to see if the EXIF is in the export? Aperture seems to pass along any EXIF from the master file, even if you cannot see it inside Aperture.
the next one is likely to be more important to more
folks. When working with large arrays of large TIFF
files (here the files are 65-250mb) a normal
automated workflow for us is export to jpeg. Yep,
you can do so with aperture, but if you do this and
export selected versions it will hang with
unsupported file format and fail the multiple file
export. Interestingly if you then try the files it
just exported those too are now unsupported format.
The solution is to quit out of Aperture reopen the
bloody thing and then reselect the files, walk away
for coffee, return and export them, works just fine.
Key is waiting (interminabley) for it to "load" all
of the select images prior to export to jpeg.
Interminable means 8-12 minutes for twenty 100mb
images selected, this on a quad, 8gb ram, 500gb SATA
drives, sigh.... Point isnt that once again
Aperture has demonstrated some frustrating behavior
for a pro product, those are my daily experience,
but that there is a solution in case you encounter
the issue.
What video card do you have? I think it may effect thumbnail load times to some degree. Also, is your library on an external firewire disc? That could also slow it down.
I work regularily with TIFF files - mostly around 40MB or so, but I have seen no delays (or bugs like you describe) around loading them and I'm just on a DP 1.8Ghz with 1.5GB of RAM. I have a few 150MB panos but have not used them enough to say if they start to have the problems you describe around them, I don't think I have enough to repeat the kind of load you're putting Aperture under.