Aperture’s user option of rating images is powerful and useful. But be careful that it doesn’t prevent you from revisiting images and giving them more careful consideration. Some of the best gold is old gold.

Geotagging your photos is an informative and fun way to track the places you have photographed. Using GPX files with Places in Aperture 3 will easily allow you to accurately geotag your photos. Places unfortunately can be a bit temperamental and this guide will walk you through the steps to get your images geotagged from GPS tracks created from a dedicated device or smartphone app.

Only use iPhoto for duplicating calendars because a bug in Aperture will result in ‘linked’ calendars.

Dust spots are a fact of life with digital photography; sensors get dirty. Some dust spots are easy to find, but some are not—but using a wild Curves adjustment can help you find them all!

Tagging your images with relevant keywords is key to helping people find your photos. It’s also rather mundane. Hierarchical keywords can speed up this rote yet vital part of your workflow, however when it comes to exporting images, hierarchical keywords fall short. Don’t despair! Read on for a nifty way to have the best of both worlds.