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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Help with Aperture library file - lost masters??? | |
Hello,
I have decided to pull the trigger and move from Aperture to Lightroom....and have discovered a possible corruption/file error....
My filing system in Aperture is each year as a project, then folders for months and then events....I have exported each year as a new library and then tried importing into LR...to see how that works.
In the process I have noticed that LR didn't import any pictures from 2004....(well only like 50) and that's what made me look deeper into things. I realised that all 2004 photos are imported into 2007...
Checking the contents of the Aperture library in the masters folder there is no folder inside earlier than 2007 (my collection starts in 2002, but everything seems now to be in the 2007 folder).
Now the important thing: When looking at this in detail in Aperture I realised that I have suspiciously little photos in some years, like sometimes there is no month in that year, and it would be quite unusual that I haven't taken a photo for an entire month.....BUT - I am not sure, these photos are from 10 years ago and I am not looking at them regularly (hence never noticed until now).
I DO NOT have a separate, old backup - all the backups that I have are done automatically via the Aperture vaults, up to date and IDENTICAL to the main library.
I have repaired and rebuild the library - no changes....
So, the question to the community:
1) Is there a way that I could - even manually - dissect the Aperture library file to check if there are some files that are for some reason not showing up in the program (i.e. "lost")
2) Any ideas for a backup strategy that could prevent such a thing from happening (i.e. a "faulty" library being backed up)
3) When I try exporting some years as new projects Aperture is always crashing (library has been repaired several times etc.). Any ideas on the best way to get these masters out of the library and into LR?
thanks
grani
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