Delete JPEGs Imported As RAW+JPEG

Images imported as RAW+JPEG are useful, but have a problem. How do you get rid of the JPEG if you no longer want it? Aperture offers no tools for achieving this, but it can be done using just the Finder.

Browse And Modify Aperture Libraries With TextWrangler

TextWrangler from Bare Bones Software is an excellent general-purpose text editing and processing tool. It can also be used to browse and modify Aperture libraries and vaults, since these are just large collections of text files and images.

Merge Projects

There are few reasons for merging projects, since almost everything that can be done with merged projects can be done with a common blue folder. But there are some advantages.

Merge Libraries

Aperture lacks an in-built tool for merging libraries, but it can be done quite easily by exporting and importing projects one at a time

Splitting A Project

Projects can be split into smaller projects just be dragging and dropping. Aperture takes care or albums and other organization behind the scenes. But are you splitting a project for the right reason?

Advanced Importing and Metadata Presets

Aperture 1.5 adds more features to the import process, including renaming masters and selecting where they will be stored. The inclusion of metadata presets can be useful for adding standard metadata as part of the import process

Five Simple Rules

As soon as you start with Aperture, you meet the Library. These five rules and other commentary show how to organize the library to match your way of working

Inside The Library

Throwing all of your irreplaceable images into a big black box can't be good. What is inside the Aperture Library? If Aperture were to disappear, how would you get your images back?