Hello people :)
I'm putting my projects in year folders in my Library, and they're usually closed, so they'll look like this:
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
etc.
So when I search in the upper-left corner of Aperture for a project/folder name, a few year-folders might appear because they contain the project that contains my search words.
Now my question is, is there a shortcut to expand (open) all the year folders at once rather than clicking on the “+” icon next to each one? I tried selecting them all and different combinations of shift/cmd + arrow up/down etc., but to no avail.
Thanks in advance!
This might be of some help to yourself, a pdf from apple with aperture keyboard shortcuts:
link
I am not near aperture at this moment in time to check. If there is nothing there inthe pdf then look at the last page about customizing a keyboard shortcut which might do what you are looking for.
Klaus,
Option-click on the triangle next to a folder or Project and everything inside will expand or collapse.
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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Oh, yeah, it’s a tringle and not a “+” icon, my bad :)
Joseph, your trick does work for what I also need, but it wasn’t what I *really* needed it :)
If I search for a project and Aperture just displays my country folders like this:
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
because all of them might contain my search word, then I’d have to go into each year to look, but I was looking for a shortcut or a way to open all the country folders at once instead of clicking / option-clicking on each of the triangles next to the year?
(hope it makes sense)
Klaus,
Option-click on the “Projects & Albums” container [screenshot].
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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That’s the trick!! Thanks :)
Klaus,
You’re right… how annoying!
I still keep all my years into two sub-folders; personal and pro work. So it’s not as bad for me as it is for you, but yeah, that sucks. I’ll have to ask about it…
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Klaus,
I take it back… it’s the new OS way; go to the right of it, and it says “Hide” or “Show” now [screenshot]. Option-clicking still gives you the same results!
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You are absolutely right - it still works, just have to click in a different place. Thanks again Joseph :)
Joseph,
Have you noticed that the arrow next to “Projects & Albums” seems to have gone missing? Did Apple remove it sometime, for some reason? At least I can’t get your trick to work anymore, so now that I do a search for something, I have to manually expand all my year-folders :(
Screenshot of missing arrow