Hey there,
Does anyone have their referenced aperture library on their main hard disk with the referenced photos on a network share? I’d like to use the new merge libraries feature in Aperture 3 to have the same synced libraries on both my iMac and Macbook Pro without having to unplug my drobo each time I want to work on one or the other…
I’m not even sure if this is the best approach…
Thoughts?
Michael,
I don’t know about Aperture 3, but in Aperture 2 network mounted drives (NAS) were NOT officially supported. I don’t know or understand why it makes a difference, but it was definitely not a supported function. Probably has to do with the risk of the files changing under your feet.
In theory I don’t see why it wouldn’t work as long as no one updated the master files. You’d want serious speed though… even loading over a gigabit network would be slow.
Since you’re a Drobo user, the DroboShare would give the ability but over ethernet. Maybe it’s fast enough… but I kinda doubt it. DroboElite is a more advanced (and expensive) way to do it. But again… it may not be officially supported. I doubt that it is or it’d be on Apple’s 200+ new features page.
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Joseph,
That’s kind of what I was wondering. What is the best approach on using two machines with one library?
Michael,
I wrote a post when Aperture 3 was first released about the feature that excited me most, titled “Aperture 3—A Game Changer (Multiple Macs, Syncing Projects, & More)”. Have a look at that as that’s how I manage multiple Macs.
Hit me back here (or at the post) with any other questions about it.
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That’s perfect. Actually makes me thing about moving from referenced to managed but I’m not sure about that yet. I still have some use for Nikon Capture NX 2…