Hi Paul. Yes that could well be the case. The aperture library is 4.93 Tb in size.
Jonathan > On 14 Feb 2021, at 16:59, 'Paul R Owen' via Sussex Mac User Group > <smug@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi Jonathan, > > I’m getting increasingly frustrated with my Drobo (connected via USB). I use > it for Time Machine (on a Drobo Dashboard created Time Machine partition, of > a size at least twice what it needs) and during large backups, say after > upgrading the OS, it can take more than 12 hours to do an incremental backup, > I also hate the fan noise. > > It uses a propriety disk format, and I suspect a lot of the delay is taken up > with deleting old Time Machine backup files and copying one Drobo disk to > another, I also have a Synology Disk Station (Ethernet) and that is no > trouble at all. When SuperDuper! Is finally updated for BigSur I shall use > that as well on my portable SSD (Belt, Braces and Elastic!). One interesting > things is that all three devices use different disk formats. > > I wonder if your Aperture is getting stuck during the conversion due to its > large file size combined with the weird Drobo disk format and the Drobo disk > management system. > > Paul Owen > >> On 14 Feb 2021, at 09:06, Jonathan Brady <laddymcb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Help again! >> >> Apologies for further boring on Aperture migration but I have hit what I >> hope is a temporary brick wall. I opened photos holding alt and pointed it >> to my Aperture library on my drobo drive. All good - photos said it was >> updating the library and making progress. I left it to do its thing. The >> next day the updating appeared to have concluded but I was now seeing a >> ‘repairing library’ progress bar with no photo population in the app. >> Unfortunately, the repair progress hung at 12% and the app stopped >> communication with the Drobo. At a loss at what to do, I quit the photos >> app. During the course of the process I have just described, photos had >> created a photos library on the Drobo next to the original Aperture library. >> I opened photos again using alt and again pointed it to the original >> Aperture library. Since then photos has hung on the updating library >> progress bar at 12% for the past half a day. It has created a second >> additional photos library on the Drobo. Should I leave it to run or just >> quit photos, delete both of the new libraries it has created and begin >> again? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >>>> On 10 Feb 2021, at 13:19, cwo...@gmail.com <cwog...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> Take a look at >>> https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/27/how-to-run-aperture-iphoto-and-older-versions-of-itunes-on-macos-big-sur >>> I have Aperture running on Big Sur on 2009/10 Mac Pro >>> If you use RAW files then the Aperure program will not get updated RAW file >>> definitions., so you woould have to convert the RAW files to DNG and then >>> import nto Aperture. >>> >>> The above convertion woorks on a few other apps. >>> >>>> On Wednesday, 10 February 2021 at 11:42:54 UTC Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >>>> Photos will pick up all the images in the Aperture library, then it’ll >>>> treat that just like a standard Photos library >>>> >>>> _ >>>> Regards >>>> Sam Mullen >>>> >>>> +44 (0)7747778022 >>>> in...@macambulance.com >>>> www.macambulance.com >>>> >>>> >>>> MacAmbulance Ltd. >>>> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >>>> >>>> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration >>>> number 8466597 >>>> >>>> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain >>>> privileged or confidential information. >>>> >>>> If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and >>>> delete the email immediately. >>>> >>>>>> On 10 Feb 2021, at 10:08, Jonathan Brady <laddy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the help peeps. >>>>> >>>>> Will investigate the other apps you mentioned. Sam, would I be correct in >>>>> thinking I can use that keystroke and Photos will behave towards the old >>>>> library as Aperture would have? >>>>> >>>>> Jonathan >>>>> >>>>>> On 9 Feb 2021, at 20:08, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>>>> <sm...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you Paul 😊 I used to have Aperture but let that go many years >>>>>> back. Thanks to your tip below I had a look at Infinity Photo and given >>>>>> that the iPad version is functionally equivalent to the desktop version >>>>>> and is half price I thought I’d be a numpty not to buy it. 👍 >>>>>> >>>>>> So, sharing the love with two image based bits of fun for those with >>>>>> iPads, here are two playful and joyful apps I’d really recommend- Frax >>>>>> and Uzu. Both are fantastically colourful, make great use of multitouch >>>>>> and can produce some remarkable results. Frax is very processor >>>>>> intensive so definitely best enjoyed on the latest iPad Air or an iPad >>>>>> Pro. >>>>>> >>>>>> I look forward to the 1.3Gb download completing! 😆 >>>>>> >>>>>> Stephen >>>>>> >>>>>> You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9 Feb 2021, at 16:33, 'Paul R Owen' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>>>>> <sm...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Jonathan, >>>>>>> Further to Sam’s reply I would suggest you have a look at Affinity >>>>>>> Photo for editing your photos as an alternative to Aperture, it does >>>>>>> not manage a library of photos but is an excellent full featured photo >>>>>>> editor. It’s made by a UK company, based in Nottingham, and it only >>>>>>> costs £23.99 and has a free trial. They also sell a nice hardback >>>>>>> manual for the program. Considerably cheaper than an Adobe software >>>>>>> annual license. >>>>>>> https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/ >>>>>>> Paul Owen >>>>>>>>> On 9 Feb 2021, at 13:37, Jonathan Brady <laddy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Help! >>>>>>>> For ages I put off updating my OS from Mojave to Catalina on a 2014 >>>>>>>> iMac. However, for some unknown reason I decided to update to Catalina >>>>>>>> over the weekend not realising that I would lose support for Aperture, >>>>>>>> Logic Pro, and my Final Cut 7.0 suite. Now the latter two are not >>>>>>>> major losses - although the idea of having to pay £598 altogether to >>>>>>>> replace both does leave a sour taste in the mouth - but I have a large >>>>>>>> image archive stored in my Aperture library all nicely organised and >>>>>>>> such. I did not make any changes to the library as was before I >>>>>>>> updated my OS. I have looked at a few of the options available for >>>>>>>> accessing the library and am minded to go down the native Photos >>>>>>>> software route. Can anyone tell me whether I can just ‘point’ the >>>>>>>> Photos app at the old Aperture library, which is stored on a Drobo >>>>>>>> drive, and immediately work with it as I would have done using >>>>>>>> Aperture or do I have to amalgamate the old Aperture library into some >>>>>>>> new Photos library thereby effectively duplicating the data? 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