DanCulleton

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Aperture.
Or is it my head.
Loved the utility of the heads-up tools panel in full screen view.
Haven’t used it though in a long time.
Lightroom, now Classic, is my go-to app.
I’ve updated to Mojave and no longer even see Aperture listed in my applications.
Just something else in a long list to get nostalgic about.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I haven't used Aperture in a decade. But I do know that version 3.6 should work with Mojave. Versions 3.0 and higher are 64-bit applications. Earlier versions 1.x and 2.x were 32-bit applications, which, if not dead already, the NEXT version of Mac OS will certainly KILL. If you have version 3.6, it may even run in the next version of the OS.

If you have a second startup drive, you could install Mojave on it, then install Aperture and test it...

If you need a great editor, for $50 you can't go wrong with Serif Affinity Photo.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/desktop/

Personally, I'm absolutely hooked on the Adobe Photography Bundle ($9.99 a month). Yes it is a subscription, but all updates and full version upgrades are *included* in the subscription, and it is really useful to have the tight integration between Lightroom CLASSIC CC and Photoshop CC.

jsfphotos Loc: New York, NY

When I accepted that I would eventually have to find a replacement for Aperture, I moved all the photos I had in Aperture to an external HD as "Aperture Library 1". Now I use On1 PhotoRAW 2019, but when I plug in the external HD and click on Aperture, it opens up and I am able to edit those photos. Meanwhile, I have kept my OS upgraded and am running Mojave just fine. In looking for some old photos just last night, I plugged in the HD and Aperture works just like it always did.

Bill P

Are you still driving your 1923 Ford? Refuse to upgrade because you are too cheap?

kathiandkim

It does work with Mojave. I worked with an Aperture specialist when I upgraded and still have his contact info. I have a tremendous catalog that I still wanted access to. It does not support newer files as upgrades were discontinued. I can still edit but finally migrated to LR and PSE. Aperture has the best organization of a catalog to date though. The Apple specialist also had me back up to Photos which does not have a great catalog system.

Good luck,

Kathi

Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown

Old you say well so am I

Bill Munny Loc: Aurora, Colorado

I have an IP, 4K, 2160 LG 27" monitor along with my Mac Pro running on Mojave and use Aperture without a problem. The next upgrade will not allow any 32 bit software to run and also will not support Aperture from this upgrade. Just don't upgrade to the next OS version and you should be fine. I use Aperture when I want to do a quick and dirty fix, but you should really look at what is going on today, some of it free and others are very reasonable in cost. I even have an old version of Picasa that I let my grandkids use because it is so basic. I also have a 10 yr old Mac Book Pro that I keep all the old 32 bit software on and running, will not upgrade the OS on it.

kathiandkim

I had Yosemite but had to upgrade because of Turbo Tax you can’t use Premier with the earlier OS systems. So at some point upgrades may be forced. Interestingly I did not see Aperture on my 32 bit list when I ran a system check.

VABob

Aperture works with Mojave. Apple tech told me 2 years ago there was a problem when using full screen, however that does work on my 2015 iMac but understand Aperture will not work once new OS comes in Fall. I was led to believe that Aperture would not run when the OS mandated 64 bit (this fall). I think it will be difficult for us to complain since it has worked nicely for 5 years since last update. I have no experience about the 2nd monitor.

dwermske

I have an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) running Mojave V10.14.3 and I don't seem to have any problems running Aperture v3.6. I have moved on from Aperture to many other products but have left it on my system and it still works just fine.

Stevewayne23 Loc: Sacramento, CA

I love Aperture, love the way it works organizing images compared to Lightroom, so have continued to use it organizing my 100,000+ photos while using plug-ins like Luminar 3 for the heavy editing. But Aperture has been quirky on my 2015 iMac since I upgraded to Mojave (haven't upgraded to Mojave on my 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro and it still works great). I recently got a Canon 5D Mark IV, however, and Aperture doesn't accept its RAW images so I'm finally going to bite the bullet and move to Lightroom. I'm in the process of using Aperture Exporter to move everything over. Wish me luck!

jrm21

Interesting timing. I'm glad I didn't read your post a few days ago.

To confirm what others have stated: Aperture runs just fine on Mojave.

I moved my photo library out of Aperture into "Photos" a while ago. Was never really happy with that and kept the Aperture library around as a backup. I do have Adobe's "CC" plan, but never liked LR. Photos has become _much_ better over the years, but I really miss Aperture.

Decided to get more organized this week and "properly" move everything out of Aperture. I reorganized items, cleaned up keywords and metadata, reviewed/changed adjustments and more. Then output all my images. The only thing missing from Aperture was "dark mode." Not a single glitch.

That said, it really is past time to get out of Aperture. It will eventually stop working and we are at the point where that will be "sooner" rather than "later."

Stevewayne23 Loc: Sacramento, CA

yes, the big problem I'm anticipating with the move to Lightroom is replicating how Aperture organizes every import into Projects and then you can build out albums, folders, etc., from there. I do a lot of work where I'll shoot a Little League game, for example, and have several individual packages that I produce from one shoot and in Aperture it was very easy for me to organize with albums. I anticipate big changes trying to do the same thing in Lightroom, though I'm looking forward to all of the enhancements Lightroom provides compared to an application that hasn't been upgraded in five years.

jrm21

That is a problem. When Apple first announced the end of Aperture, I tried a few different Aperture->LR methods. None really worked well (for me).

My recent attempt did go much better, although some organization was lost.

I went into Aperture and organized everything by Folder/Project. Albums were a casualty. For any albums I wanted to keep, I created a project and moved the album photos there.

I then exported "originals" from each project into its own folder. So my AP library might have had a folder called "Birthdays" and that contained projects "2010 first birthday," "2011 second birthday," etc. Each would get exported to an individual folder on the hard drive. For the altered photos I wanted to keep, I did a separate export of "versions."

The nice thing about "Export" (vs. other methods - including the LR plug in) is that I could also export an XML sidecar with metadata. This was the only way I found to retain location information for each photo.

Once everything was exported, I made some minor changes to the folder structure on the disk. After all photos were set up on the drive exactly how I wanted, I imported into LR. I created several catalogs to keep things even more organized by topic.

LR really excels at import. You just drag the folders to the import window and the hierarchy is the same in the software. I decided to leave my photos "in place" to use a referenced library. I now find it much easier to back up multiple folders of images rather than an 800GB library file. :)

It was a tedious process that took several days. It was worth it. Better now than after an OS update that kills Aperture.