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Aperture and iPhoto libraries

  • 14-02-2010 11:14am
    #1
    fjon
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    I recently got Aperture 3. Been holding out a while because I liked the Faces/ Places features in iPhoto. Now that these are present in Aperture I see no reason to use them both.
    I have both an iPhoto library and an Aperture library, I think they're both about 25-30GB. Obviously that's a lot of space to be taken up by a duplicate, so I'm considering removing one.
    I might have done something wrong, but I don't know if there's an option to have both Aperture and iPhoto read from the same library?

    Anyone else just upgrade and in the same boat? Should I stop using iPhoto completely and just rely on Aperture, or continue to use them both?


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  • #2
    Type 17
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    Both programs cannot access a library belonging to the other, so you'd be best off using only one program to avoid duplication, etc.

    Aperture does everything that iPhoto does and a load more, so you should stop using iPhoto and migrate/import the images into the Aperture library.

    Aperture 3 supports multiple libraries, so it may suit you to have two - one for the former iPhoto stuff, and one for the new Aperture stuff. They'll both have to be Aperture libraries though, there is no way to use the iPhoto library as it is - you'll need to migrate the images, but there should be a way to do it within the programmes (I'm not sure as I've only used Aperture, and I've never used iPhoto to any great extent)


  • #3
    Rulmeq
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    fjon wrote: »
    Anyone else just upgrade and in the same boat? Should I stop using iPhoto completely and just rely on Aperture, or continue to use them both?

    Just make sure you backup your iPhoto library before deleting it, or better yet turn on TimeMachine.


  • #4
    fjon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    Type 17 wrote: »
    Both programs cannot access a library belonging to the other, so you'd be best off using only one program to avoid duplication, etc.

    Aperture does everything that iPhoto does and a load more, so you should stop using iPhoto and migrate/import the images into the Aperture library.

    Aperture 3 supports multiple libraries, so it may suit you to have two - one for the former iPhoto stuff, and one for the new Aperture stuff. They'll both have to be Aperture libraries though, there is no way to use the iPhoto library as it is - you'll need to migrate the images, but there should be a way to do it within the programmes (I'm not sure as I've only used Aperture, and I've never used iPhoto to any great extent)

    Thanks for the info, that's kind of what I was thinking too.
    I've migrated my library to Aperture (took hours!) and have backed up my iPhoto library. Will delete it soon!
    I do like all the extra features I have with Aperture, and how easy it us to use compared to Photoshop.


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