Operation Manual

6 Open Aperture on the second computer, and choose File > Switch to Library > [library
filename].
You can now work with the exported library from the first computer on the second
computer.
When you’re ready to merge the modified library on the second computer into the library
on the first computer, import it into the open library on the first computer.
To merge the modified library from the second computer into the library of the first
computer
1 Follow the steps in the previous task to transfer the modified library on the second
computer to the first computer.
2 On the first computer, choose File > Import > Library/Project, locate the modified library
file from the second computer, then click Import.
A dialog appears that gives you the option to merge or add the contents of the imported
library file to the library file that’s currently open on your Aperture system.
3 Click Merge.
4 A dialog appears, asking you to choose which library to use to resolve potential conflicts
caused by the differences between the libraries. Given that you made changes to the
library on the second computer, and it is those changes that you want to import into the
library on your first computer, choose the library from the second computer.
Aperture imports the modified 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 first computer. Any files that were deleted on the second computer, or
for some other reason no longer exist in the library file of the second computer, are moved
to the Aperture Trash in the library of the first computer.
If you don’t want to overwrite the original projects and albums you exported from the
first computer to the second computer with the projects and albums you modified on
the second computer, you can add the modified projects and albums to the library on
the first computer as unique items.
To add the contents of the library from the second computer without overwriting the
contents of the library on the first computer
1 Transfer the modified library from the second computer to the first computer.
2 On the first computer, choose File > Import > Library/Project, locate the modified library
file from the second computer, then click Import.
A dialog appears that gives you the option to merge or add the contents of the imported
library file to the library file that’s currently open on your Aperture system.
3 Click Add.
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