Operation Manual

To safeguard your photography portfolio, it’s important to establish a reliable backup
system and back up regularly. You can use the Aperture backup system to back up the
entire Aperture library on a regular basis. Aperture clearly indicates how up to date your
most recent backup is, and you can update your backups immediately whenever you
wish. In the event of a rare equipment failure or unforeseen catastrophe such as a fire or
weather-related damage, you can easily restore the entire Aperture library onto your
computer or a new computer.
This chapter covers the following:
• An Overview of the Backup Workflow (p. 831)
• Planning Your Backup System (p. 832)
• Controls in the Vault Pane (p. 834)
• Creating Vaults (p. 835)
• Updating Vaults (p. 836)
• Disconnecting a Vault’s Hard Disk Drive from Your System Temporarily (p. 837)
• Reconnecting a Vault’s Hard Disk Drive to Your System (p. 837)
• Deleting a Vault Permanently (p. 838)
• Restoring Your Aperture System (p. 838)
• Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library (p. 839)
An Overview of the Backup Workflow
Making backup copies of the library affords you the reassurance that should an unforeseen
incident cause the loss of your files, you can easily restore them from your backup vaults
later. If you back up the library regularly and store backups offsite, you run little risk of
losing your work.
When you back up your images, Aperture makes a complete copy of the library in its
current state. If you remove items from the library, those items are removed from the
backup when it is next updated.
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Backing Up Your Images
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