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iPhoto replacement - Aperture vs. Lightroom
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<blockquote data-quote="Bobmcfish" data-source="post: 1591019" data-attributes="member: 207270"><p>I've been using Aperture for a few years and I must say I don't like it. It is clunky and slow, but then my Mac is old. I used iPhoto but found it frustrating because I would notice photos were missing and when I drilled down to the folder I expected them to be in they would be there. I would re-add them to iphoto and then they would appear in there twice. Aperture behaves similarly</p><p>I have just switched to Lightroom and it seems to be far superior. To be fair to Aperture, its image manipulation capabilities are good but its organisational capabilities leave a lot to be desired. I also found the Archive annoying. When I do a backup I want to be able to check that it has been successful. Aperture's archive does not make it easy to do this. It also scares me when I do ask to update the archive and it says "Are you sure? This will replace your existing archive" and I think NO I don't want you to do that, I want you to add to it! </p><p>I have always found Aperture to be a bit unstable but despite that, I have bought it twice (v2 and v3) because I couldn't afford the alternative at the time I.E. Photoshop</p><p>I think that the best solution if you do choose Aperture is to keep the photo library referenced so you can share it with iPhoto which has much nicer organisational features</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bobmcfish, post: 1591019, member: 207270"] I've been using Aperture for a few years and I must say I don't like it. It is clunky and slow, but then my Mac is old. I used iPhoto but found it frustrating because I would notice photos were missing and when I drilled down to the folder I expected them to be in they would be there. I would re-add them to iphoto and then they would appear in there twice. Aperture behaves similarly I have just switched to Lightroom and it seems to be far superior. To be fair to Aperture, its image manipulation capabilities are good but its organisational capabilities leave a lot to be desired. I also found the Archive annoying. When I do a backup I want to be able to check that it has been successful. Aperture's archive does not make it easy to do this. It also scares me when I do ask to update the archive and it says "Are you sure? This will replace your existing archive" and I think NO I don't want you to do that, I want you to add to it! I have always found Aperture to be a bit unstable but despite that, I have bought it twice (v2 and v3) because I couldn't afford the alternative at the time I.E. Photoshop I think that the best solution if you do choose Aperture is to keep the photo library referenced so you can share it with iPhoto which has much nicer organisational features [/QUOTE]
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