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Disk space is not the same as memory.
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i know that i cant store my library on ram. i dont see how that helps me.
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copy your entire aperture library package to the external
hold down option key while launching aperture
it will ask you to either create a new library or to choose one
select "choose" then navigate it to the external.
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Is there a performance drop by having the library on an external?
I'm currently relocating masters of older projects onto an external and I think its bogging down Aperture.
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cisley edited this topic 19 months ago.
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Thanks, donger. I was going to suggest my current way first, but now I'm considering to switch to your method. That would free up more than 20 GB on my main drive.
For the record, my Aperture library resides on my main drive, but all photos are stored on an external FW800 drive. Pro: I can access my library - including thumbnails and metadata information - all the time, even when all actual photos are offline. Con: Takes up approx. half a gigabyte per 1000 RAW photos stored elsewhere.
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@donger
thanks it worked :-)
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What Michael Nagel said - that is one of the greatest features of Aperture in my opinion. You can edit and finetune images even if they're not there, although you wont get a correct feedback, you can still manipulate metadata, add keywords etc.
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I decided to move my library to my photo hard drive too. I have tried to remember when I actually needed that offline capability, and came up pretty empty. In all those cases, my photo drive was nearby, so I could have always just plugged it instead. The additional 20 gig of free space I got on my main drive far outweigh the disadvantages IMO.
Oh, and for the record: Aperture won't let you change image adjustments for offline photos. It's only preview and metadata.
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Michael Nagel edited this topic 19 months ago.
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