p.1 #2 · Aperture 3 has hit the end of OS support with Mojave
Actually I think it's a little different from that. Aperture hasn't been supported for several years, although v3.6 continues to work through Mojave. What I saw yesterday is that Apple's said Aperture 3.6 won't even run on 10.15 or later. Huge difference.
Sadly, they still point to the old support article advising Aperture users to switch to either Photos or LR. No mention of Capture One, which is able to read/convert Aperture libraries similar to how LR can (neither can translate some Aperture library constructs like Smart Albums and neither has default "Aperture adjustment replication" capabilities). And in several ways, Capture One is more similar to Aperture than LR is.
Maybe this is another Apple push to get people to use Photos: positioning their free app against a subscription.
So Aperture's going to get really tough to continue using. Those who want it will need to create a virtual machine running Mojave or earlier. Of course that also gets you continued use of other 32-bit apps like QT Pro, pre-subscription versions of MS Office, and so on.
An unfortunate thing is that System Information reports Aperture as being 64-bit. I've read that there are a number of "64-bit" apps that contain or rely on 32-bit code and so won't run in 10.15 or later. Sad that Apple couldn't give users a complete picture of what we're going to lose when 10.15's released. Fortunately Eclectic Light Co. has one: https://eclecticlight.co/32-bitcheck-archichect/
p.1 #3 · Aperture 3 has hit the end of OS support with Mojave
Abbott Schindl wrote:
Actually I think it's a little different from that.
Well, even though Aperture has been out of further development ... CoreImage RAW file updates that included new camera support (at least most if not all) have been supported in Aperture up until now because there hasn't been any major changes in CoreImage until now.
I made the reference to CoreImage ... which is the underlying foundation for RAW image file and rendering used by both macOS and Aperture ... is being re-written from the ground up for the next iteration of macOS (as well as CoreVideo as per similar notifications for Final Cut Pro X users that have been informed about several legacy video formats will no longer be recognized going forward) ...
Once the underlying foundation changes in a dramatic manner, it usually means there is no incentive for the developer (Apple or otherwise) to include legacy code constructs in order to serve older outdated software and formats.
It is indeed a crossroads for any users still relying on Aperture. If those hangers on wish to take advantage of new versions of macOS.
p.1 #4 · Aperture 3 has hit the end of OS support with Mojave
I ran the 32-bit tool I mentioned above. Turns out that as I suspected, Aperture is using 32-bit AVCHD routines. So even if CoreImage weren't being rewritten (I wasn't aware of it; thanks for sharing), Aperture would have had problems running.
