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Permanently remove a vault and delete its information
You can delete an entire vault and all the photos on it when you need to recongure your
backup system. This is useful when you have moved your backup vault to a larger-capacity hard
disk and you want to delete the vault information from the current hard disk drive to use it for
other purposes.
1 In the Vault pane, select the vault you want to remove.
2 Do one of the following:
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Choose File > Vault > Remove Vault.
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Choose Remove Vault from the Vault Action pop-up menu .
A dialog appears, asking if you want to remove the vault.
3 Click one of the following buttons:
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Remove and Delete: When you click this button, Aperture no longer tracks the vault, and the
vault’s les are deleted from your hard disk.
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Remove: When you click this button, Aperture no longer tracks the vault, but the vault’s les
remain on the hard disk.
Disconnect and reconnect vaults
You may routinely disconnect a backup hard disk drive from your Aperture system and take it to
a safe osite location. When you disconnect a backup hard disk from your computer, Aperture
takes the associated vault oine. When you reconnect the hard disk, Aperture automatically
detects the hard disk and connects it to the corresponding vault.
Disconnect a vault’s hard disk drive from your Aperture system
1 In the Finder, drag the icon for the hard disk drive to the Trash, or select the disk in the sidebar
of a Finder window and click the Eject button.
2 Disconnect the hard disk drive from your computer.
Specify a vault’s new location or path
1 Connect the hard disk drive to your computer.
2 To show the Vault pane, do one of the following:
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Choose Window > Show Vaults (or press Shift-R).
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Click the Show Vaults button below the Library inspector.
3 Select the vault to be updated to a new path.
4 Choose Update Vault Path from the Vault Action pop-up menu .
5 Navigate to the location of the vault on the hard disk drive, select it, and click Update Path.
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