Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 4:36 PM by Joseph Linaschke Aperture Inspector 1.5 Update, and Free Demo Version
Aperture Inspector has been upgraded to version 1.5. This is a free update to all existing owners.
Changes
- Graphs have better values on axes
- Prices are stored for multiple libraries
- Prices will be maintained in future database changes
- Demo version is fully functional but only analyzes the last 6 months
- Focal Length range grouping can be disabled
- Fix mouse-over in graph-links (bar/graph) [it’s no longer a hand icon]
- Various bug fixes
Self-Updating Application
Aperture Inspector is a self-updating application, however due to poor timing on my part, the author of the app is unlikely to be able to activate the auto-update mechanism until after Feb 16th. If you are reading this after that point, simply launch the app you have and it should self-update. Or, you can re-download below and reinstall.
Manually Updating
If you would like to download the update manually, simply click above. You will likely need to re-enter your serial number once installed. The new version will run fully functional but only analyze the last six months of your library until a serial number is entered. This new download is available for free because it’s now in “demo mode” until a serial is entered. Cool!
If you’re looking for your serial number, look for the original download email—it’s in there. Every serial number starts with “INFOSTILL” so if you text-search your inbox, chances are you’ll find it. If you still can’t find it, follow instructions here. Please be patient; I have to look each one up by hand so I may not get back to you instantly.
Free Demo Version
Just download from the link above! No email address required; just grab it and play. It will analyze the last six months of your library only; to see the whole thing, you can purchase the full version for just $9.99
Troubleshooting the Update
Since Aperture Inspector runs on Adobe Air, it’s not uncommon to see required Air updates before Aperture Inspector will run. If after the update you are having issues, please follow the instructions in this FAQ.
Reader Comments (4)
Why is it necessary for this to use Adobe Air? Asking me to install Adobe products on my Mac is enough to keep me from running the program.
Joseph
I have not been able to upgrade since version 1.1.
Tried to install this latest version 1.5 and all I get is:
"Error in Adobe AIR Installation: Cannot access Aperture library."
Yes, I do have Air installed.
Current computer is the MacBook Pro Retina 15" running OS X 10.8.2.
Any idea what is going on and if there are any solutions?
Best,
Stu
Just installed the update, and it appears not to work at all. There's no apparent way to enter the registration number, and after dragging the Aperture library into the window, there are no statistics shown at all (Adobe Air is up to date and I do have photos in the library). I'll return to the older version vis Time Machine until this release is fixed (presumably sometime after February 16).
The system is a Mac Pro, OSX 10.8.2 with 16 GB memory. If you need more data to help debug the problem, let me know.
- Ken
Stu and Ken,
did you follow the steps in the Troubleshooting FAQ as noted above? If so, and it's still not working, please post in the Aperture Inspector forum, thanks.
Rick,
The application is written on the Adobe AIR framework, so AIR is required to run. I can't comment as to why it's written on AIR instead of Cocoa, as I'm not a software engineer myself.
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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