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For any late newcomers to this thread, I'm editing this initial post. The original appears un-edited below.
The current state of play is that I've pretty much decided to move to Capture One Pro, and have done quite a few experiments along the way, which are documented in this thread. I have bought Capture One Pro Fujifilm 12, and also the eBook that relates to that by Nils Wille Christofferson (see his site here). I bought C1Pro slightly too early to get the free upgrade to C1Pro 20, and I didn't feel like paying for the upgrade until I'd got into the swing of using v12 (I'd also have to upgrade the eBook).
I also bought ApertureExporter, and have done a run of the 2019 library onto a separate disk.
I have changed my 2019 Aperture library from Managed to Referenced, and any new projects are Referenced.
I have imported most of my 2019 library into a C1Pro catalogue, via the process described andreferenced in post #44. I've done a few experiments on how well Aperture adjustments are brought across, which have gradually made me less certain that this is the way to go (not yet documented in the thread). I also confused myself utterly on how to import new images from my Master Images folder on the Mac into the structure created by the import.
These problems (and natural laziness) have meant I didn't start using C1Pro in anger in 2020 as I'd planned. So I've continued using Aperture!
However, my 2014 MacBook Pro is developing a few weird glitches, I'm still on Mojave (not High Sierra as I was when this thread started), and the screen has deteriorated with Staingate issues. So I can see a new Mac in my not-too-distant future; if that's based on Apple Silicon, it's less and less likely that the fix that allowed Aperture to work in Catalina will continue to work. And if Aperture doesn't work on a new machine, I'd be in a bit of bother! So I really do need to get my act together and try to start using C1Pro properly in 2021. That probably means rebuilding the C1Pro catalog first.
It helps a bit that I'm a film photographer, so my images arrive in batches, rather than pretty continuously. OTOH I can't fill up a massive SD card while I experiment! Anyway, I've got a bit of time. I just have to make myself do it. One way (I hope) is to document the various steps here. On that basis, it doesn't really matter if no-one else reads this, and there are probably relatively few die-hard Aperture users left to whom it would be relevant anyway. But I hope it might just possibly be relevant to a few others.
If you're new to this thread and want to read about my Aperture to C1Pro experiences (rather than the other diversions along the way), you could probably skip everything up to about post #37.
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I'm an Aperture diehard, though currently exploring alternative non-destructive editors with DAMs. I'm currently running very happily on 10.13 (High Sierra), and I'm resisting moving to Mojave just now. Is anyone using Aperture on Mojave?
Over on PhotoJoseph, Stevewayne23 wrote:
"I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement for Aperture’s DAM, so am still using the program with several plug-ins (Luminar, Photoshop, Aurora, etc.). The catalog is on an external hard drive that I switch between an iMac and 15-inch MacBook and I installed Mojave on my iMac and found that Aperture does not work well with it at all. My photos (almost 70,000 now) load fine but everything is extremely slow so I’m using it exclusively on my MacBook Pro with High Sierra and it still works fine. I would be interested in hearing how others using Aperture with Mojave are faring."
This does rather put me off. I was hoping to move to Mojave as the last version that will support 32-bit software; the drivers for my older Plustek scanner are 32-bit, and Plustek don't seem to be interested in updating them. So if I do go beyond Mojave it'll cost me a couple of hundred for a new scanner... From that point of view it looked like the best approach might be to go to Mojave and stick there... but not if Aperture doesn't run well!
And no, I'm not moving to Lightroom. Currently evaluating Luminar 3 with libraries; definitely not good enough yet to take over, though it does show potential. C1 Pro definitely on the cards, but in either case it'll need to be a slow, gradual transition.
So, to repeat, any experiences here of using Aperture on 10.14 Mojave? Thanks
The current state of play is that I've pretty much decided to move to Capture One Pro, and have done quite a few experiments along the way, which are documented in this thread. I have bought Capture One Pro Fujifilm 12, and also the eBook that relates to that by Nils Wille Christofferson (see his site here). I bought C1Pro slightly too early to get the free upgrade to C1Pro 20, and I didn't feel like paying for the upgrade until I'd got into the swing of using v12 (I'd also have to upgrade the eBook).
I also bought ApertureExporter, and have done a run of the 2019 library onto a separate disk.
I have changed my 2019 Aperture library from Managed to Referenced, and any new projects are Referenced.
I have imported most of my 2019 library into a C1Pro catalogue, via the process described andreferenced in post #44. I've done a few experiments on how well Aperture adjustments are brought across, which have gradually made me less certain that this is the way to go (not yet documented in the thread). I also confused myself utterly on how to import new images from my Master Images folder on the Mac into the structure created by the import.
These problems (and natural laziness) have meant I didn't start using C1Pro in anger in 2020 as I'd planned. So I've continued using Aperture!
However, my 2014 MacBook Pro is developing a few weird glitches, I'm still on Mojave (not High Sierra as I was when this thread started), and the screen has deteriorated with Staingate issues. So I can see a new Mac in my not-too-distant future; if that's based on Apple Silicon, it's less and less likely that the fix that allowed Aperture to work in Catalina will continue to work. And if Aperture doesn't work on a new machine, I'd be in a bit of bother! So I really do need to get my act together and try to start using C1Pro properly in 2021. That probably means rebuilding the C1Pro catalog first.
It helps a bit that I'm a film photographer, so my images arrive in batches, rather than pretty continuously. OTOH I can't fill up a massive SD card while I experiment! Anyway, I've got a bit of time. I just have to make myself do it. One way (I hope) is to document the various steps here. On that basis, it doesn't really matter if no-one else reads this, and there are probably relatively few die-hard Aperture users left to whom it would be relevant anyway. But I hope it might just possibly be relevant to a few others.
If you're new to this thread and want to read about my Aperture to C1Pro experiences (rather than the other diversions along the way), you could probably skip everything up to about post #37.
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I'm an Aperture diehard, though currently exploring alternative non-destructive editors with DAMs. I'm currently running very happily on 10.13 (High Sierra), and I'm resisting moving to Mojave just now. Is anyone using Aperture on Mojave?
Over on PhotoJoseph, Stevewayne23 wrote:
"I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement for Aperture’s DAM, so am still using the program with several plug-ins (Luminar, Photoshop, Aurora, etc.). The catalog is on an external hard drive that I switch between an iMac and 15-inch MacBook and I installed Mojave on my iMac and found that Aperture does not work well with it at all. My photos (almost 70,000 now) load fine but everything is extremely slow so I’m using it exclusively on my MacBook Pro with High Sierra and it still works fine. I would be interested in hearing how others using Aperture with Mojave are faring."
This does rather put me off. I was hoping to move to Mojave as the last version that will support 32-bit software; the drivers for my older Plustek scanner are 32-bit, and Plustek don't seem to be interested in updating them. So if I do go beyond Mojave it'll cost me a couple of hundred for a new scanner... From that point of view it looked like the best approach might be to go to Mojave and stick there... but not if Aperture doesn't run well!
And no, I'm not moving to Lightroom. Currently evaluating Luminar 3 with libraries; definitely not good enough yet to take over, though it does show potential. C1 Pro definitely on the cards, but in either case it'll need to be a slow, gradual transition.
So, to repeat, any experiences here of using Aperture on 10.14 Mojave? Thanks
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