Aperture Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple pulls iWork, Aperture trials from site

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 16th, 2012)

Apple pulled the trial versions of Aperture 3 and productivity suite iWork '09 from its website, according to a report from MacStories. The links that previously contained download instructions now redirect users to the Mac App Store. An Apple support forum post suggests the Aperture trial was ...

Find the best photo manager to fit your needs

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 30th, 2012)

After months of deliberation, I finally brought home a new addition to our family -- a digital SLR camera. With the DSLR comes a plethora of options I didn't have before, with the ability to shoot RAW images being at the top of the list. My husband and I passed the camera back and forth to take ...

Aperture updated to 3.2.3, enables Photo Stream deleting

by Chris Rawson (Mar 14th, 2012)

Apple's pro-level photo editing application for the Mac, Aperture, has been updated to version 3.2.3. Aside from the usual fixes addressing "performance and stability," this update brings Aperture up to parity with iPhoto in allowing users to delete photos from Photo Stream, the iCloud service that ...

Considering Aperture for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2012)

Gabe Glick over at Macstories has a proposal: Aperture for iOS. On the surface, it sounds like a pretty silly idea -- Apple's high end camera app is really made for a desktop environment, and with the hassle required to get high quality photos onto iOS devices, there really isn't a point bringing ...

Best of 2011 Nominations: Mac photo / video apps

by Steven Sande (Dec 13th, 2011)

During December and January, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad. We'll start with nominations in a category, and then tally your votes for the top-nominated products a few days later. The winner in each ...

Aperture updated to 3.2.2, addresses Photo Stream issue

by Chris Rawson (Dec 8th, 2011)

Apple has released a software update for its professional photography program, Aperture. According to Apple, Aperture 3.2.2 "resolves an issue that could prevent auto-imported Photo Stream images from being displayed in the library after your Photo Stream hits 1,000 images." If you have missing ...

Deep dive: Aperture and Photo Stream, how do they work?

by Richard Gaywood (Nov 6th, 2011)

I'm a bit of a shutterbug, so Photo Stream is something I was really interested in when it was announced as part of iOS 5's feature set way back in June. Frictionless, automated sending of photos from my phone to my computer? Sign me up! Of course, as is too often the case with Apple, the nitty ...

Mac 101: Disable automatic uploads to Photo Stream

by Chris Rawson (Oct 17th, 2011)

It seems as though Apple is designing a lot of new Mac and iOS features from the perspective of people whose internet access is the equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet. Photo Stream is a perfect example. The feature, built into Apple's new iCloud service, automatically uploads photos taken ...

Aperture 3.2 adds iCloud integration, photo stream

by Chris Rawson (Oct 12th, 2011)

Apple's pro photography app, Aperture, has been updated to version 3.2. The latest version changes all Aperture's references to MobileMe into iCloud integration instead. It also introduces support for Photo Stream, which allows photos taken on iOS devices to automatically sync to all of your ...

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update adds support for 8 new cameras

by Chris Rawson (Sep 1st, 2011)

Apple has released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.8, a 6.91 MB update that adds support for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11: Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 Olympus PEN E-P3 Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G3 Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3 Samsung NX11 Samsung ...

Apple discontinues most boxed software

by Mike Schramm (Jul 20th, 2011)

Considering that the Lion release today (which has gone swimmingly) was a vote of confidence, Apple has moved to get most of its boxed software out of the Apple Store completely, sending a notice out to retailers to discontinue titles like iWork '09, iLife '11, Aperture 3, and most of ...

Aperture 3.1.3 released with gesture toggle, bug fixes

by Chris Rawson (Jul 13th, 2011)

Aperture 3.1.3 just popped up in Software Update and on this download page. The update addresses the usual "overall stability and performance" fixes along with other changes, outlined below. Improves reliability and performance when syncing web-published albums Slideshow exports are now ...

Patent shows Aperture on iPad

by Mike Schramm (May 20th, 2011)

An Apple patent filed back in 2009 shows the Aperture app running on a larger touchscreen -- something akin to the iPad, though, of course, it didn't officially exist back then. The image is actually part of a larger patent that goes through the whole process of how user interface elements work ...

Aperture updates to 3.1.2, fixes crash when importing iPhoto libraries

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 23rd, 2011)

Aperture received an update Tuesday designed to address several issues regarding iPhoto compatibility and other bug fixes. Many of the fixes focus on interaction with iPhoto. For example, the update fixes instances where Aperture crashes while importing large iPhoto libraries, and now imports ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Do I need to upgrade to Aperture?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 10th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I have a ~100 GB iPhoto '11 library. I currently have it on an external FireWire drive because I didn't originally have space on my internal drive. All that has changed, and I am now looking for tips on how best to manage this library and be able to back it up regularly. iPhoto ...