Re: Aperture trashed my photos

iBallooka wrote:
On 2007-05-10 08:34:44 +0100, John Stolz <china_rider@xxxxxxxxxx> said:

Despite its claim to be 'non-destructive' the my /user/Pictures/ directory now contains but a single file 'Aperture Library.aplibrary' in place of the 250Gb of pictures which used to be there. This 3 days after installation.

I have backups of most of it, but importing 250Gb of RAW files from DVDs is no joke.

I am not impressed.

Perhaps a few minutes with the manual may help you...

We manage our libraries of images using "BIG" Firewire Drives the images sit in there respective folders and Aperture links directly to those folders as Libraries, all really quite simple and easily managed...

Using DVDs is slow cumbersome and prone to damage, they are used by us to create archive copies of Master Images (to be used only in an emergency) and you have already discovered they are very slow to work with..

You obviously have a small hard drive so a rethink is clearly needed on how you manage your images, your after all using a Pro App so a Pro outlook and Pro Management is needed and ranting about your errors and failing's will achieve nothing...

Mike
> Using DVDs is slow cumbersome and prone to damage, they are used by us
> to create archive copies of Master Images (to be used only in an
> emergency) and you have already discovered they are very slow to work
> with..
But more secure than external hard drives, unwise to use them for serious backup.
> You obviously have a small hard drive so a rethink is clearly needed
> on how you manage your images
HD is 500Gb
> Pro, pro, pro - sorry I though anyone could buy this software.
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