trevhug Loc: Marin County

I have thousands of Aperture modified photographs on 8 year old computer (10.9.5). Can I simply transfer everything to latest computer model without losing photos and continue to use Aperture. If "no" what do I have to do? Much thanks for advice.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Aperture, as you know, was discontinued and left unsupported by Apple a couple of years back - at some point it will cease to work on a newer OS, so continuing to use Aperture and upgrading to the newer OS is risky - I started out years ago with Aperture, but when Apple announc ed they were eliminating further support of Aperture I switched to Adobe Lightroom - it took a little work to migrate everything from Aperture to Lightroom, but Lightroom has been great.

While Aperture may work in Sierra, the latest OS, it is no longer supported by Apple, so when it breaks, well, it breaks, and you are on your own pretty much.

My advise, take the time now to research an alternative to Aperture - there are plenty available, and make the switch.

Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown

What a shame as I really like Aperture and still use it on a Mac OS Sierra. I do also use Macfun as a plugin.

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

As Donald noted, Apple has made Aperture a dead end and it's likely just a matter of time before you won't be able to use it.

To my knowledge, the two programs out there that are analogous to Aperture are Adobe's Lightroom and Phase One's Capture One Pro - like Aperture, both of these have strong organizational capabilities as well as a pretty long list of post processing functions. While it's said that Capture One does a better job of rendering raw files, after trying the free 30 day trials of both I opted for LR. When I decided to make the move to Lightroom, I learned of a program called Aperture Exporter from Blue Pill Software (it may well have been someone on UHH that mentioned it) - their website is https://apertureexporter.com. This utility is designed for making the move.

However, be aware that the edits you did in Aperture are stored as commands that are linked to the original file (the so-called "non-destructive" method of editing). Since LR (and Capture One) do not use the same "language" to capture those edit commands, what Aperture Exporter does is somewhat simplify the process of generating the edited versions of the Aperture shots (as TIFF files) and the Aperture library (which is analogous to Lightroom's Catalog) so these can be imported into Lightroom and leave you with a catalog that will look familiar to you as it carries over your organization (including keywords, etc.).

I hope the helps; I suggest taking a look at the Blue Pill site so you can see what their software can do. In fact, as I look at it now, I see they also accommodate Capture One Pro so if you decide to use that it could still be worthwhile.

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

I would add on1 raw to the mix but as f8lee explained it is not perfect to move off Aperature (thanks apple). You can continue to use it until it breaks but being proactive makes more sense. Works under Sierra but have no idea if it will work with High Sierra coming out soon.