John, >From what little I have read regarding Aperture, the current version is the >same in that you can move your photos into Aperture or have Aperture access he >photos from iPhoto libraries or from some other place.
iPhoto no longer stores copies of the original and any editing changes. It keeps the originals and records the information for the changes or something like that so doesn't eat up space. As far as you know (your version of Aperture) does Aperture store photos the same "crazy" way iPhoto does. By that I mean you really have to work to find the jpeg using Finder's directory. Also if you have photos arranged in folders, when you move them to Aperture's library will they stay in these folders or is it not worth time and energy to sort photos before moving to Aperture? Anne On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:40 AM, John Robinson wrote: > I assume Aperture is the same now as when I bought it so you will be ask to > either "move" the photo's from the iPhoto library into Aperture or have > Aperture access the photo's in the iPhoto library. At the time I made the > transition I wanted to move to Aperture for back then (and maybe now) the > handling of photo's was completely different. In iPhoto any changes to a > photo made a duplicate in the library, the original was still there and the > enhanced was was also. > > With lots of photo's this would really expand the size of the iPhoto library > while in Aperture any enhancement would not disturb the original BUT there > was not another image saved, only the enhancements were stored within the > program, no additional photo. Big difference so moving the photo's to > Aperture was the way I decided to go. When you do that iPhoto will export > BOTH versions of any photo you had made alterations, thus I have duplicates > in the Aperture library which I delete as I come across them. > > Since you have several iPhoto libraries with not enough disk space to > consolidate everything I am wondering if you could load one of your libraries > and do the import to Aperture, then delete that library, load another and do > the same process until complete. Or, possibly when you tell Aperture to move > (if that is your choice) possibly it will see there are more than one iPhoto > library and do the work for you. You'll have to experiment. > > John > > > On Feb 17, 2013, at 12:27 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > >> John, >> >> I have bought Aperture, at your and other's suggestion, and am trying to get >> my photos back on a computer in somewhat the organization I have (had?) them >> in. Since they were in iPhoto Libraries, I figured I needed to put them back >> into iPhoto and then start up Aperture and learn it's method(s) of >> organization. Right now I just want to get them loaded. >> >> Also, while my laptop had firewire, my new iMac doesn't. It has Lightning. I >> bought a Firewire to Lightning adapter at the Apple Store but can't figure >> out where I put it. Must buy another one if I don't find it before I get >> back to the Apple Store. Meanwhile I'm not getting much done with my photos >> or my new iMac. >> >> Just spinning my disk and twiddling my thumbs. >> >> Anne >> >> >> On Feb 16, 2013, at 11:35 PM, John Robinson wrote: >> >>> Annie, >>> >>> WOW, lots of questions and I can't help you with a one as I haven't use >>> iPhoto for years, only Aperture. In Aperture the Faces don't seem to be >>> taking up processor UNTIL you go to the Faces page, then I see the wheel >>> spinning to bring to me the photo's it thinks MIGHT be the person in focus >>> but otherwise I don't notice any activity by the processor other than the >>> file I am working on. >>> >>> Same with Places, nothing appears to be happening until I go to the places >>> folder. Can't say for sure but the computer isn't slowed by either of >>> these so if it is working at all is must be totally in the background when >>> nothing is being worked on. In FinalCut the rendering is going on once you >>> load a clip but as soon as you begin working it stops that process until >>> you end keyboard activity, maybe it's the same in Aperture. >>> >>> In Aperture I have the program on the main drive, all the photo's are on >>> another internal drive, the movies on yet another internal drive and all >>> documents on a final internal drive. I have this backed up to a couple >>> firewire drives and the only thing that seems to slow down things is if I >>> begin to do something that would require backup then the program waits >>> until the external drive spins up otherwise the using of various drives is >>> something I don't even notice. >>> >>> If you hold down the option key when you start iPhoto you should be able to >>> tell it where the library you want is located and I would think it would be >>> seamless to access the photos off that library even if it was on an >>> external drive, maybe if you are using a slower USB connected drive? >>> Hopefully you can use Firewire 800? >>> >>> With all the trouble you seem to be having with you large amount of work I >>> think it's time to move to Aperture. Once you learn the program you will >>> never want to go back to iPhoto unless it would be to order some of the >>> speciality items such as cards.....but you can have iPhoto access your >>> Aperture library so you can still use iPhoto. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:39 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: >>> >>>> 1) Is there anyway to get Faces to turn off? I checked Places to disable >>>> places lookup but can see no way to get iPhoto to stop scanning for faces? >>>> I assume this must be slowing down the computer and since I'm working on a >>>> relatively slow computer and don't want to use Faces.... >>>> >>>> Also is there some way you can disable Places lookup for all events, ditto >>>> on collapsing the Faces area under Info. I seem to have to do it for each >>>> Event. Maybe I should just not bother. But the Faces wheel continues to go >>>> around. Even in Libraries in which there are no faces. Only plants. >>>> >>>> iPhoto '11 ver 9.3 on a 5 year old MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.8.2. >>>> >>>> Actually I am having so much trouble with iPhoto, trying to move photos >>>> from an external HD to the laptop. I must be doing it all wrong. >>>> >>>> Since the laptop won't hold all the photos I have I'm trying to move just >>>> a few of the iPhoto Libraries I have. Just the more recent ones. >>>> >>>> So I drag an iPhoto Library from the Pictures folder on the external HD to >>>> iPhoto on the laptop. And I end up with two or three copies of many >>>> events. Why? >>>> >>>> Can I remove the folder Pictures from my account and drag the Pictures >>>> folder from my external HD.... Nope it's too large. Rats. >>>> >>>> How about I remove the Pictures folder from my account (Home>Pictures),; >>>> drag it to the trash and empty trash. Then make a new folder in Home >>>> (Command-Shift-N) and drag a few iPhoto Libraries to it from the external >>>> HD. Would that work? >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Anne _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
