On-disk Aperture stores all of its data in a special folder called a Library. This folder is a Mac OS X Package and the Finder represents it as a file. The file suffix for an Aperture Library file is ‘aplibrary’.
If you want to make a point-in-time backup of your Aperture data (except for preferences) you [...]
Part 1 of Maybe More than 1
Congratulations! You’ve made the move into the world of non-destructive, non-disk-space-hogging digital photography. If you’re reading this then you’ve hopefully already seen how great Aperture’s use of non-destructive editing is, and its non-disk-space-hogging versioning alone is worth the price of admission.
But I digress. We’re here to talk about [...]
One folder, two folder, brown folder, blue folder Aperture has 2 types of folders and their functionality is not identical…
Blue Folder
Brown Folder
Can contain
Blue Folders Projects Albums
Brown Folders
Albums
Can not contain
Brown Folders
Images
Blue Folders
Projects
Images
In a nutshell
A Folder not in a Project
A Folder contained by a Project
Shows images
Yes!
No [...]