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Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 1:46 AM by Joseph Linaschke Aperture 3.4 with Shared Photo Streams
Aperture 3.4 has been released, with support for the new Shared Photo Stream that’s part of iOS 6, a menu command to open your library in iPhoto, and general “performance and stability improvements”.
I can’t update my system now as I’m at Photokina and mid-demo cycle, and upgrading now would generally be considered a Bad Idea™. I look forward to you guys downloading and letting me know how it goes!
Update on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 2:07 AM by
Joseph Linaschke
Joseph Linaschke
There are many reports of crashing after upgrading, but Apple has already acknowledged the issue and posted a solution. Please read Solution to Aperture 3.4 Installation Problems.
Reader Comments (34)
I upgraded and couldn't launch Aperture anymore :-(
I had to delete the aperture.plist in order to have it back on track.
Now works like a charm at the moment.
I did lost my keyboard shortcut and the colors metadata. I bet they are in the plist file.
For stability I can't say anything at the moment as its too early.
Fred
Fred,
Keyboard shortcuts aren't in the plist, but the selection of which set you use is. Go to the Aprrture menu under Commands and choose your custom set.
Not sure what you mean by "colors metadata" though.
-Joseph @ApertureExpert Have you signed up for the ApertureExpert mailing list?
Thanks Joseph,
But no selection was there only iphoto and default from AP
I started to recreate them.
For the colors metadata I mean Label ?!?
I have the French version so I translated it.
I can easily recreate them so its ok.
Read this : https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/aperture?categoryID=184
I won't upgrade right now ...
Seems to be working all fine here - but haven't checked everything yet..
Aperture 3.4 install wiped out my plugin presets and software key. Luckily, I still had my FlickrExport registration key. Lost all my BorderFX presets. I have not tried Noise Ninja or Photomatix yet to see if they are still registered versions.
Crashed on first launch. May be due to Facebook preferences. See following discussion https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4310971?start=0&tstart=0
Had to delete com.apple.Aperture.plist to get it to work.
Not good!
I had a couple (scary) problems. First launch, got the registration screen, then said Library would be upgraded. The crashes began then. I deleted the aperture Plist file and all is well.
My upgrade crashed as well, and all I get are crash reports when I try to run Aperture now. I am going to try deleting the plist file next. Wish me luck.
I wonder if people who had a hard time with 3.3.2 up date had an easier time with 3.4 and Visa Versa. My went well but I read about the plist file so deleted that befor the install. Still have to put it to use to see how its doing. cheers
I'm seeing a pattern of reports that the .plist is not the problem even though it seems to help sometimes (worked for me + a database rebuild).
Deleting the Aperture application and reinstalling might be the answer. Then you won't need to re-enter all your preferences. I've seen reports of this on the Apple forums and on Macintouch.
Weird, had no trouble upgrading from 3.3 to 3.4, apart from the fact that Apple built it off OSX 10.8.2 which just came out yesterday, so you couldn't upgrade both at the same time.
Don't see too much different from the last build, but I didn't get to spend too long this morning trying it out.
I think David has hit the nail on the head.
There seems to be a fragility with libraries and upgrading is showing it up. I had my problem at 3.3.2 as well. I fixed it by making a new library and importing my old one into it. This is a big hammer that fixes most things and will most likely fix people's problems this time around too.
Joseph, it would be good if you could nudge the Apple guys to look into this. It's really bad for Aperture's ongoing reputation.
Grant
I just now upgraded and it crashes on launch. I tried the repair window for all three choices, but it still crashes on launch. If I cannot launch, how can I make a new library, etc.
Thank you for the .plist suggestion. I just dragged it to the desktop and the new Aperture 3.4 version opened up just fine.
I had the same issue as Scott. it wiped out all of my presets for every Nik software plug-in and BorderFX. No crashes and it seems to run fine otherwise. Does anyone know what the upgrade was to the RAW support?
Mine crashes immediately I try and open it now.
As a professional user, I am trying hard not to panic.
What is a 'plist'?!
Marcus,
The "plist" is the preferences file and is easy to remove. Go to the FAQ and look for the "preferences" entry for complete instructions.
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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I have the same problem. I tried all your suggestions, but that didn't work. After repairing till 99% Aperture closed. It happened with all my libraries, small and great. All of them can be opened by iPhoto.
After placing aperture.app to the trash can and putting it back to programs again, after a restart, I even couldn't find in preferences com.apple.aperture.plist file anymore. Apple please help!
Funny thing, maybe I'm blessed (don't think so), but all my stuff is working great. Updated to the new ML 10.8.2 first, no issues. Then Aperture 3.4, no issues. Then all the extra stuff and new iPhoto. Then I opened each of the programs, Aperture first, updated the library, and did the same to iPhoto, and then updated my vault in Aperture. Now, maybe there is something below the surface, but so far all is well in Dallas Texas. :)