Good day eh. -_Q

Mini 166 Ghz 2Gg ram

I had reason to dig for the 'Masters' in the Aperture 3 Library. Initially all appeared well but then for no apparent reason (clearly I've done sumthin!) the Apperture Library FOLDER disappeared and was replaced with a small icon labelled "Aperture Library.aplibrary"

I cannot drill down another level ie 'Masters' 'View contents' is not available.

When that new icon is double-clicked it will however open in Aperture..all images apparently are there but Aperture crashes within seconds and the crashing within seconds is why I was drilling down to the Masters in the first place so I could move them to another drive.

Have I inadvertently renamed the library folder to add that extension?? I just don't know.

I was given this Mini about 2 years ago.. my first intro to Mac & am quite loving it. And it came pretty much loaded with software of the day & I've just kept on accepting updates for Aperture as I've been notified. I purchased iphoto 08 & was using that for quite a while started using Aperture as I started feeling a bit more comfortable. But that last update or 2 with Aperture have proven to be something of a headache and I think it's likely due to the lack of resources with this little machine.

Anyway Slackjaw has been running off a bit long... thanx for whatedver comes back.

The Aperture "Masters" folder is being copied to external drive as I type. I still don't know what's gone on because I still can't find that original Library folder but other contents have surfaced.

So my next question... is how do I point iPhototo that 'Master' folder on the external drive.

I'll not be using Aperture on this mini again.

Thanx.

Always make a duplicate of files or libraries that are giving you trouble before working on them. That way, you can return to where you started if you make things worse.

Regarding iPhoto, I believe you'll want to create a new iPhoto library then import all the photos from the "Masters" folder you extracted from the Aperture library.

Thank you.

I'm trying to avoid importing everything back on the Mini HDD...

so if I understand correctly: a new iPhoto Library can be created on the the external drive and iPhoto will know where to find it. Yes No? -_Q

Clive

Correct. When you create a new iPhoto library, the software will ask you for a file name and where you want to save it. Simply navigate to your external drive and save your iPhoto library there.

Thanks...

As it turns out the culprit was indeed Aperture. There was an update yesterday & the first note was something like 'fixes crash problems with core duo'...which is what this old mini is. Update installed no more crashing.

So I spent 15bux on iPhoto...when I didn't need to but I see a few new features that may be worth while. Win some...loose... -_Q

Thanx for the help. Back under my rock.

Clive