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To preface this post, I keep my referenced photos on an 500 gig external HD, which is used in conjunction with my Airport Extreme, wirelessly to my MBP. I created the Aperture library file in the main photo folder within that HD.
First question: I'm editing photos using dodge and burn, and when I hit save, it creates another photo, but it looks exactly like the one I just edited.. In fact, I know it's the same. So where (if any place) does aperture put the edited file then ? And why is it only duplicating the original file (which then sits right next to it in the viewer) ?
Second question : When I fire up Aperture for the first time, it's always asking where the library is located, even though it sees where the last location was, which is the same as the current (and always will be). Then, I select the location, and it just hangs and hangs for what seems like forever. I eventually have to force quit it because it doesn't show up, and then try to restart it. It then takes a couple of minutes for it to start up (didn't time it, but seems like 4-5 minutes).
Is this normal behavior when storing a library on an external drive ? Or am I just blessed ? Anyway, that's it for the time being. Thanks.
Doug
First question: I'm editing photos using dodge and burn, and when I hit save, it creates another photo, but it looks exactly like the one I just edited.. In fact, I know it's the same. So where (if any place) does aperture put the edited file then ? And why is it only duplicating the original file (which then sits right next to it in the viewer) ?
Second question : When I fire up Aperture for the first time, it's always asking where the library is located, even though it sees where the last location was, which is the same as the current (and always will be). Then, I select the location, and it just hangs and hangs for what seems like forever. I eventually have to force quit it because it doesn't show up, and then try to restart it. It then takes a couple of minutes for it to start up (didn't time it, but seems like 4-5 minutes).
Is this normal behavior when storing a library on an external drive ? Or am I just blessed ? Anyway, that's it for the time being. Thanks.
Doug