Upgrading from Aperture 2: Trial or Buy?

I already ordered Aperture 3 as an upgrade and am waiting for the box to arrive in a few days. Is it safe to download the trial in the meantime and upgrade or should I wait for the box? I seem to remember that when Aperture 2 came out there was a problem with switching from the trial-version to the real thing.

I think the correct answer is to download the trial. When you launch the trial it will ask you if you want to buy the software. In that case you don't need to order the box. Unfortunately I ordered Aperture 3 Upgrade from Apple Store before launching the trial (great faith in Apple) so now I just need to wait for the box. I wonder why they can't say at Apple Store that you can also order the download without the box... Not possible to use the trial with the existing Aperture Library - it will only allow a trial library.

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I'm upgrading from Aperture 2 to 3. I have referenced images on some external hard drives. Will my referenced images be okay and still read correctly from my HD if I upgrade?

Hi
I had no problems it retained the Referenced File location info you will have to ensure the externals connected.
If they are not linked as indicated by a red line through the referenced file icon bottom RH corner
Select the images that need reconnecting and then go to File / Locate Referenced Files
You will get a dialogue box which enables you to find the Referenced File/s then click Reconnect or Reconnect All
I just had to do it because I renamed an external drive
Hope this helps

What is the least expensive way for me to upgrade from CS version 8 and buy InDesign too?

What is the least expensive way for me to upgrade from CS version 8 and buy InDesign too?

Unfortuneately, a full Creative Cloud subscription at $40/month, or buy the CS6 versions outright.

HT3946 I upgraded from Aperture 1.x to 3.5.1

I upgraded to Aperture 3.5.1 and have run into an issue.
I upgraded the software and also moved all my originals from my MBP's disk to an external storage (WD passport). A few projects now have images that are seemingly offline. The browser shows the thumbnails but the photos are apparently offline. How do I get the application to see the originals that are lying right there on the disk? I tried relocate originals from the FILE menu but it doesn't seem to work. Is there a way of pointing the software to the entire folder?
Help please!
Thank you!
regards,
dv

I upgraded the software and also moved all my originals from my MBP's disk to an external storage (WD passport).
Did you move the originals manually, using the Finder? If you used the command "File > Relocate originals" Aperture should have had no problems to keep track of them.
How do I get the application to see the originals that are lying right there on the disk? ? I tried relocate originals from the FILE menu but it doesn't seem to work.
To reconnect the originals use the command "File > Locate Referenced files", not "relocate".
Select all images that are ofline at once from a smart search with the added rule "File Status is offline (or missing)".
Then use the command "File > Locate referenced Files".
You will see a window with two panels: In the upper part select an image that needs reconnect.
In the lower part select the location of the original file.
When the "Reconnect" buttons become active, use the button "Reconnect all"
-- Léonie

Is there a way to upgrade from leopard to lion without buying snow leopard? Will there be a DVD or a bundle for that case?

I know you have to have snow leopard to download lion via app store. But isn't there a possibilty to buy a bundle or any other way of upgrading without paying double price? So far I can't find any information on the Apple website except you have to have Snow Leopard. I know this implies you gotta get snow leopard. Just wondering if I have to pay the full price.

There is a way but it's unlawful (Violates Apple EUA) - I did post a link in here but Apple deleted it ( To be fair the link did expound some convoluted set of circumstances under which it would be legal, but in reality it was a hack so fair play)
I have read that some "helpful" Apple Store will let you borrow a SL copy but I doubt if that's widespread.
The way to look at it is that Lion is priced as an upgrade from SL - not as a base product, which is why the $29 (or equiv) is actually pretty fair.
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How do I switch from aperture 3 trial to my recently brought downloaded version

Hi I have just brought aperture 3 after trying the trial version, the app store now says installed but every time I open aperture it goes to the trial version which has expired while I was on holiday any help appreciated

Do you mean it is opening the Aperture 3 trial application or that Aperture is accessing the library the trial version created?
If the latter that is normal. Aperture will open the last opened library. You can simply rename the trial library to something more informative if you wish to keep using it else you can create a new empty library by either holding down the option key when you start Aperture or else going to File->Switch To Library.
If the problem is that the trial version of the application is opening even after you downloaded from the App Store try deleting Aperture in the Applications folder and download again from the App Store.

Has anyone had aperture lose your album content when upgrading from aperture 2 to 3?

I was using Aperture 2 then wanted to get all my pictures to iphoto, so I upgraded to aperture 3 to so the databases would be swapable to iphoto. In that process up updating Aperture all of my photos are still in aperture, but all of my albums are now empty. So I lost all of my organization. Any ideas what happened and how I can undo it? I did not have a time machine backup and did not backup the database before the upgrade.

You may try to repair your Aperture Library. This should have been done before upgrading, because a corruption of the library can cause problems when upgrading, but perhaps you can still fix the missing albums. Use the Aperture Library First Aid tools (see: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library: Aperture 3 User Manual) to repair permissions and repair the database, or to rebuild it, if necessary. But make a backup of the library, before doing this, just to be safe.
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Léonie

PSE13 upgrade from PSE9 more expensive than buying full version?

Looking into upgrading PSE9 to PSE13. Noticing today that the upgrade price is 79.99 whereas buying the full version all over again is only 69.99(On discount). Any reason why I wouldn't want to just buy the full version again

The upgrade option is a marketing ploy. Buy PSEv13 at the discounted price.

Upgrade from 9.2 - can i buy jaguar? i have panther discs

hi
i've recently bought a second hand iBook G3 Dual USB (i.e. it has two usb ports which I think means it is Dual). it also came with panther discs, which i've tried to install (upgrade from 9.2), but installation is interrupted say ing that i need osX installed already.
Does that mean i need to upgrade to jaguar or a lower version first? I've read so much stuff in the discussions but can't quite find the answer to this one.
From the specifications documents linked in one post, it appears there is no firmware upgrade necessary or available for this model.
thanks a lot for any suggestions
gs

OS X upgrade discs are relatively rare. Apple generally only does full versions at reasonable prices and as eww says having this disks don't help at all in your case - unless you have Jaguar on the 'iBook Install/Restore CD' but it is not yet installed (Perhaps the previous owner stuck with OS9). Not all iBook Dual USB would have been supplied with any version of OS X.
Froogle turns up several resellers who sell Panther but when you drill down you find most are out of stock (no surprises there). I did find one that was selling it for £95 but for £5 less you can get Tiger (10.4) from the Apple store (so if your iBook meets the Tiger specs you're probably best to go for the more modern OS). I find Panther a lot more stable, but Tiger is much nicer to use.
regards
mrtotes

How do you upgrade from Aperture trial version?

I have the Aperture trial version. When I open it, I get an option to buy it....and I have just three days left on my trial.
So I click BUY - and everything flakes out. It opens a window or two, along with Safari, with a URL that doesn't work - http://www.itunes.com/mac/aperture
One of the popups displays the price. When I click it, it says I can't buy it because it's already installed on my computer. I don't have a clue what's going on.
Thanks for any tips.

To buy Aperture you get the best deal from the App Store, not the Apple Store. The Trial Version has been discontinued. To be able to download from the App Store you have remove the Trial Version from the Applications Folder, but keep your Aperture Library and all the presets in your User Library. Then you should be able download Aperture from the App Store.
What is your OS version? You will need 10.6.8 or 10.7.3.
Regards
Léonie

Upgrading From The Free Trial The Cheaper Way!!

Hi,
I've currently have Aperture 3 running well within the 30 day trial period. I've imported 9000 plus photo's from my iPhoto library and busy moving them into nice folders, and organising them in a better way that iPhoto could do. I like Aperture and really want to upgrade but this is my question.
To upgrade via the upgrade link it's gonna cost me £169 but if I choose another online retailer I could get it slightly cheaper. The latter method I presume comes boxed etc.
Anyway how would I install the new version to preserve my library and the changes / arrangements I've made?
If the boxed version comes with a serial number then could I just enter it in the trial version when I get the dialogue box pop up to buy at the start? If it does not have a serial number would I have to remove the trial Aperture and then install the new and keep the Library intact?
I have experimented removing the trial by finding the Application in the Finder window and putting in the trash and then putting back on which worked. Only thing is it did not ask for the trial serial number on reinstall so I don't know if it was completely removed by simple dumping it in the bin!
Anyone done this? Does the new full version come with a serial number or is it like iWorks which if I remember right does not have one.
Regards
Charlie

The trial version is the full version. The differences are:
- the "boxed" version comes with some sample projects populated with photos.
- the "trial" will expire if the serial number isn't entered
- while in "trial" mode, there are some things it wont let you do... mostly for safety. E.g. I seem to recall there are some library migration / conversions that it wont let you do until it's licensed. But that's mostly because they don't give you a way to "undo" it so they want to make sure you perpetually own the license first.
I think that's about it.
As for un-install by dragging to trash... this would only delete the application binaries, which is about 99% of it. It keeps the license key file in /Library/Application Support/ProApps -- so deleting the binary doesn't delete the license key (which is why pulling it out of trash didn't prompt you to re-enter the key.)
Deleting also does not touch your Aperture "Library" which contains all the meta-data (e.g. descriptions of all projects, what they contain, ratings, adjustments, etc.) and any photos which you import as "managed' (e.g. "Store in the Aperture Library" was selected when you did the import) are, of course, in the Aperture Library. The Library can easily be renamed. In fact... you can technically have more than one library -- though you can only use one at a time.
Lastly, there's some .plist (preference list) files under your home folder's ~/Library/Application Support/Aperture and ~/Library/Preferences.

How do I fix aperture 3 after upgrade from Aperture 2 to 3?

Hello. I have had a good search but can't find the answer.
1. 2 days ago I made a full time machine of my mac
2. local mac shop did a clean install from 10.5 to 10.6.8
3. local mac shop then installed aperture 3
4. I then tried to update my new 10.6 mac from the time machine (using migration assistant). All went well (the files are accesable), but the files do not exist in itunes, aperture, documents etc when logged in as the user created when installing 10.6.8.
The new OS has a diferent user/profile to the original one (I did not do the clean install of 10.6.8 and aperture 3, the local mac shop did). This meant I had permission problems, so I went into the original user (the one that the time machine had rebuilt) and added the new build user with full read wrire permissions.
How do I now add all my projects and photos from the original profile/user to the new one?
I havea 20 inch imac with 4 gb ram with 700gb hardrive of which 600gb is used and of that, 400gb is photos. I also havea a 4tb external drive I can use to switch things over with if required. That currently had data on it fromthe time machine backup under 10.5.
Any help will be really appreciated. Many thanks.

Do still have the Trial App installer disk image? Then just run the installer again and enter your serial number to unlock the application.
Also have a look, if you have an "Accept Purchases" tab in your App Store Window, and if you see Aperture there. Then click the "Accept" button and download it.
But if neither of these works, contact Apple Support (with proof of purchase) and ask for help - maybe they will provide a new installer. Aperture cannot be just copied - it needs additional files installed in the System Library, and only the installer will do that properly.
For me it worked to restore Aperture from a Time Machine backup using Migration Assitant and including the System Library and the Applications Folder into the migration settings. Then enter again the serial number. But that should only be the last ressort, for this way you will not have a clean install of your system.
Regards
Léonie

Upgrading from Aperture 2 to Aperture 3: Upgrade issues

1) I installed Aperture 3 from my upgrade disk. I am getting a message that there isn't enough memory in my Aperture library... I have 13.45 gb of space on my Macbook Pro's hard drive.
2) I have a lot of images, Aperture projects located outside of Apeture in folder and a few Aperture libraries on an external hard drive that I want to be able to use with my Aperture 3, how can I be sure that I will be able to access & use all the information on my external hard drive with Aperture 3
3) I connected my external hard drive to my Macbook pro and was going to update Aperture 2 to 3 but first wanted to backup my computer but now Time Machine is telling me that my backup failed but I can't figure out why. I have 222gb available on my external hard drive.
4) Now I can't access my Aperture library without completing the upgrade, but I can't complete the upgrade because Im getting the error message "Insufficient Space There is not enough free space on your Aperture Library Volume" huh?
Anyone have a clue what is going on??

You did not mention what OS version you are running. There is a technical paper somewhere in the Apple site (?) about removing the Aperture library from Time Machine backups. I know this could be outdated, but are you aware of this?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1878
THe issue of running Aperture while restoring still applies.
To open Aperture 3 and start with a fresh library you can do the following:
Start Aperture holding down the Option key. This will allow you to create a new library. Create this library on your external drive (navigate in the window to the location desired on your external) and make sure you name it something different than the original Aperture library name. Now Aperture 3 will be installed on your computer.
Open Aperture 3 with this new Library. Now you can merge the libraries OR perhaps switch from the current library to your original version.
Make sure you have a full backup of your library before proceeding.

How do I upgrade from Aperture 2.1.4 without having to pay?

I currently have Aperture 2.1.4 installed, but would like to update it to an available version that doesn't require me to pay for the update. It appears that if I try to download Aperture 3.X.X, that it expects me to pay for it. Can't someone simply update their existing version of Aperture from the existing version (2.1.4 in my case) without having to pay for the update? When I click on the "Apple" icon in the upper left of my desktop and select "Software update..." it only comes back with an update for ITunes and Safari. This doesn't seem to make sense, because my current version of Aperture (which is 2.1.4) is not the latest version, not even if I want to stick with version 2.X.X. There are clearly newer versions of Aperture on the download page, without having to transition to version 3.X.X, but my "Software update..." doesn't identify it. Is every update of Aperture (even from 2.1.4 to 2.1.5) considered an "upgrade" that has to be paid for?

Updating, that is going from minor number to minor number (ie: 2.1 to 2.1.4) is free,
Upgrading, that is going to a new major number (ie: 2 to 3) is and has always required purchasing the new version.
Sorry but there is no way around this. However remember you can now purchse Aperture from the App Store so while not cheap it is very much less then what is was from the Apple Store.
regards
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Upgraded from Aperture 2 to 3 and now photos are no longer in photo book

Hi,
I've recently upgraded my copy of Aperture from version 2 to 3 and after my library had updated everything seemed fine until I looked at a photo book I was working on. It appears that all of the photos that I had placed in the book are no longer there, and I am now left with a blank template.
The album I built up of photos to include is still there, they just aren't arranged on the pages of the book. Has anyone else experienced this, and if they have are there any suggestions for a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mark

Hi,
I've recently upgraded my copy of Aperture from version 2 to 3 and after my library had updated everything seemed fine until I looked at a photo book I was working on. It appears that all of the photos that I had placed in the book are no longer there, and I am now left with a blank template.
The album I built up of photos to include is still there, they just aren't arranged on the pages of the book. Has anyone else experienced this, and if they have are there any suggestions for a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mark

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