User guide
Chapter 3 Work with projects and the library 60
Transfer folders, projects, and albums from one computer to another
1 In the Library inspector, select the items you want to transfer, and choose File > Export > Items as
New Library.
Note: Items in the Export menu change depending on what is selected. If you have a single item,
such as an album, selected in the Library inspector, choose File > Export > Album as New Library.
2 Enter a name and choose a location for the exported library.
3 Do any of the following:
•
If your project contains referenced images and you want the original les to be available to the new
Aperture system: Select the “Consolidate originals into exported library” checkbox to copy the
original image les into the new library le.
•
If you want to copy the previews into the new library so that you don’t have to rebuild them on the
new Aperture system: Select the “Include Previews in exported library” checkbox.
•
If you want Aperture to alert you when it nishes building the new library: Select the “Show alert
when nished” checkbox.
4 Click Export Library.
Aperture consolidates the selected items into a library, and the library le is exported to the
location you chose.
5 Connect or network the two computers together, and copy the exported library le to the
second computer.
For more information, see the documentation that came with the computers.
6 Open Aperture on the second computer, and choose File > Switch to Library > [library lename].
You can now work with the exported library from the rst computer on the second computer.
Merge the modied library from the second computer into the library of the rst computer
When you’re ready to merge the modied library on the second computer into the library on the
rst computer, import it into the open library on the rst computer.
1 Follow the steps in the previous task to transfer the modied library on the second computer to
the rst computer.
2 On the rst computer, choose File > Import > Library/Project, locate the modied library le from
the second computer, and click Import.
A dialog appears, giving you the option to merge the imported library with the current library or
add the contents of the imported library to the current library.
3 Click Merge.
A dialog appears, asking you to choose which library to use to resolve potential conicts caused
by the dierences between the libraries.
4 To import the changes in the modied library, choose the library from the second computer.
Aperture imports the modied library from the second computer, merging the changes made
to the projects and albums on the second computer into the same projects and albums on the
rst computer. Any les that were deleted on the second computer, or for some other reason no
longer exist in the library le of the second computer, are moved to the Aperture Trash in the
library of the rst computer.
67% resize factor