Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the comments Harrison. The more I "play" with options the more problems I encounter :-( By the end of the weekend, I'm hoping to have made a decision BUT then again, I may decide to go out to the darkroom and make some more prints ;-) On 05/11/2006, at 2:47, Harrison McClary wrote: > Alastair Firkin wrote: >> I will need the image vault to be on the external HD's. I was >> hoping to leave them turned off while I did the original work on >> the files and then transfer them to the "deep" storage. > > Alastair, > > With Aperture 1.5 release Aperture no longer pulls all images into > a database ala iPhoto. Now it will allow you to store the images > where ever you want and make a "reference" to those files ala > iView. You can create a vault which is a backup dump of your > database to an external drive other than the one you normally use. > As far as using an external for all of your storage including ones > you are currently working on, I'd not recommend it as they are > slower than internal drives. Put an extra drive in that Mac and > use if for image storage, then dump, or archive, of to externals as > the projects move into the past. > > -- > Harrison McClary > Harrison McClary Photography > harrison@mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography > http://www.imagestocksouth.com > Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: > http://web.mac.com/whmcclary/iWeb/tobacco-road/Blog/Blog.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information