Updating Referenced Image Folder names

Hi,
My Aperture library is a Referenced Library. My referenced images are stored on an external FW 800 drive and my file system is setup as: Folder Name/Project Name. This has worked great for me, but causes issues when I make changes to the organizational system of my library. I know that Aperture is smart enough to still link the correct files even if the folder/project system is off.
My question is: How do you keep the folder system synced and intact when using a Referenced Library after making changes to the names of Projects, etc? Is this possible? If not, what system of fouler organization works best for keeping things simple, organized and in sync with as little confusion and downtime in terms of work flow?
I'm looking for some general (and specific) ideas from users here.
Thanks,
Mac

macorin wrote:
The question for you is: What need are you trying to meet by mimicking in your Master file storage and retrieval structure?
Kirby,
First, thanks for the lengthy and helpful response. In thinking about what you wrote, I probably don't need to worry about my Master file storage structure. So long as Aperture is able to find my Masters no matter the folder, project, album they sit in, I should be fine. My initial thinking was that if I wanted to access my Masters (for some reason) outside of Aperture, it would be easier for me to know where everything was. That being said, I don't really ever need to do that, as everything can be done straight from within Aperture. Still, it just makes me a little uneasy knowing that my images are organized and structured one way in Aperture and another outside of it where those images are linked to.
Don't let it make you uneasy. Even if they are all in one 55-gallon bag (or Finder folder), they are easily sorted by date (and time) taken, and by file name. These two alone -- esp. if you have renamed your Masters with a good and rigorously applied file-naming convention -- should meet every need you might have.
Moreover, your Aperture Library of images should be deeply hyperlinked. That's a big reason to use Aperture. None of those hyperlinks are create-able in a file storage system.
At the risk of being (even more) off-putting than usual: think on that. Beginning to understand that difference allows you to manage your data in much more successful ways.
The second reason I was asking is because when I import into Aperture as a Referenced Library, I also back up those images to a second external hard disk. I generally keep this back up archive organized and structured the same way as my Masters structure. If I ever deleted a Referenced Master and then later on wanted to re-import it from my back up archive, it makes it easier to find things, etc if they are organized the same way.
I don't buy it. Can you give an example of a situation in which you need to find a file and you don't know the date it was taken (at least roughly) or some part of the file name?
Your Masters need almost no storage structure at all.
IME, once I started using Aperture's extensive image management tools, I found I had almost no -- zero, nada -- file management needs beyond back-up.
If you read what I wrote just above, I guess this plays to that. How do you manage your back-up file management system if things change in ways that I have suggested, i.e. renaming projects, etc and moving things around from one project to another?
I try to keep two additional copies of every Library and every set of Referenced Masters at all times. One set is kept off-site. It's not hard to do -- but I do run copy operations that last all night. Aperture's Vault can serve as one of the Library copies. I have found it easier to manage when I don't use Vaults, so I stopped using them. If you find Vaults convenient, use them.
Just to be clear: My main goal is to make sure that my back-up file management structure mimics my Aperture Library Folder, Project, Album (well, not album as you can't organize at this time by album name) structure. I am not talking about the structure of where my Masters are stored, but rather the structure of my back-up. I hope this makes sense.
This does not make sense. +File management+ refers to Referenced Masters and not to Aperture Folders, Projects, or Albums.
Your Aperture Folder, Project, & Albums (all of 'em) structure is part of your Library. Back up your Library, and you have backed up that structure.
The files an Aperture user needs to back up are
- your Aperture Library (an OS X package of hundreds of thousands of files)
- all your Referenced Masters.
That's it.

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