Aperture's Future
I am sure that this has been discussed in these groups before because it
covers them both. For you photographers that use OSX and you Mac people who are photo buffs is the reason for the cross-post, for the rest, I apologize if the cross-post offends. I have stayed with OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) because I felt I had no reason to update for several reasons, among them the flat graphics that I dislike and the exclusion of CoverFlow in later iTunes. This was no problem for years until this year where my Safari became undesirable for several sites I visited, epically those financial. I was repeatedly told to update and upgrade my browser. Seems the only way to do so was to change the whole OS to the most recent, 10.11.x (El Capitan). After updating my MacPro OS to the latest, I found that my professional photo software, Aperture 3.4.5 that I purchased on disc for over $225 was now USELESS and FUBAR. Well, that was just wonderful, since I had several years worth of work for both myself and clients stored in the Aperture folder there. To wit: When I tried to open Aperture, I was told that the only way that I could get something compatible with 10.11 was thru the App Store. When I clicked on the button to take me there, I was informed that Aperture 3.6 was not available in US App Store. I see there aren't any DVD upgrades offered anywhere, so I feel that I have been bamboozled with no way out. I cannot covert those files in the Aperture folder because the Program will not function under the new OS. So, folks, anyone have any workarounds? Any backdoor approaches to get my files? Hell, I would even try pirate software - just to recover my work. I am REALLY miffed that Apple would do this to their first believers: Artists, photographers and filmmakers, among others that are left with no way out! Again, looking forward to ANY positive suggestions, and thanks for the time - since that has gotten rather lengthily!! |
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On 2016-08-13 21:10:55 +0000, George Kerby said:
I am sure that this has been discussed in these groups before because it covers them both. For you photographers that use OSX and you Mac people who are photo buffs is the reason for the cross-post, for the rest, I apologize if the cross-post offends. I have stayed with OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) because I felt I had no reason to update for several reasons, among them the flat graphics that I dislike and the exclusion of CoverFlow in later iTunes. This was no problem for years until this year where my Safari became undesirable for several sites I visited, epically those financial. I was repeatedly told to update and upgrade my browser. Seems the only way to do so was to change the whole OS to the most recent, 10.11.x (El Capitan). OK! So far so good, especially since ML has gotten a little long in the tooth. After updating my MacPro OS to the latest, I found that my professional photo software, Aperture 3.4.5 that I purchased on disc for over $225 was now USELESS and FUBAR. Well, that was just wonderful, since I had several years worth of work for both myself and clients stored in the Aperture folder there. To wit: Have you not been paying attention regarding the end of life (EoL) notices for Aperture which have been quite prominent for 2+ years? When I tried to open Aperture, I was told that the only way that I could get something compatible with 10.11 was thru the App Store. When I clicked on the button to take me there, I was informed that Aperture 3.6 was not available in US App Store. I see there aren't any DVD upgrades offered anywhere, so I feel that I have been bamboozled with no way out. I cannot covert those files in the Aperture folder because the Program will not function under the new OS. So, folks, anyone have any workarounds? Any backdoor approaches to get my files? Hell, I would even try pirate software - just to recover my work. I am REALLY miffed that Apple would do this to their first believers: Artists, photographers and filmmakers, among others that are left with no way out! Adobe provided an escape route with Lightroom, but I am not sure how well it will work nor that you have left things long enough to reach disaster level. If you don't want to go with the $9.99/month Adobe CC program which gives you both Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC, consider buying Lightroom 6. http://landing.adobe.com/en/na/products/creative-cloud/54511-aperture-switcher.html This was written in 2015 when everybody first learned the grim news and your choices were LR 5, or LR CC, everything applies to LR6 and/or LR CC. http://lightroomkillertips.com/moving-images-aperture-now-built-right-lightroom/ Other stuff: https://apertureexporter.com https://athomewithtech.com/2016/01/10/how-to-switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom-6/ This isn't going to help too much as you are already holding funeral rites for Aperture. ...but who knows? https://apertureexporter.com/content/step-step-process-get-photos-aperture-lightroom-cc6-using-aperture-exporter Again, looking forward to ANY positive suggestions, and thanks for the time - since that has gotten rather lengthily!! -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 2016-08-13 21:37:17 +0000, RichA said:
On Saturday, 13 August 2016 17:11:08 UTC-4, George Kerby wrote: After updating my MacPro OS to the latest, I found that my professional photo software, Aperture 3.4.5 that I purchased on disc for over $225 was now USELESS and FUBAR. Apple... So, folks, anyone have any workarounds? Leave Apple. Idiot! -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 2016-08-13 21:40:17 +0000, Savageduck said:
On 2016-08-13 21:10:55 +0000, George Kerby said: I am sure that this has been discussed in these groups before because it covers them both. For you photographers that use OSX and you Mac people who are photo buffs is the reason for the cross-post, for the rest, I apologize if the cross-post offends. I have stayed with OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) because I felt I had no reason to update for several reasons, among them the flat graphics that I dislike and the exclusion of CoverFlow in later iTunes. This was no problem for years until this year where my Safari became undesirable for several sites I visited, epically those financial. I was repeatedly told to update and upgrade my browser. Seems the only way to do so was to change the whole OS to the most recent, 10.11.x (El Capitan). OK! So far so good, especially since ML has gotten a little long in the tooth. After updating my MacPro OS to the latest, I found that my professional photo software, Aperture 3.4.5 that I purchased on disc for over $225 was now USELESS and FUBAR. Well, that was just wonderful, since I had several years worth of work for both myself and clients stored in the Aperture folder there. To wit: Have you not been paying attention regarding the end of life (EoL) notices for Aperture which have been quite prominent for 2+ years? When I tried to open Aperture, I was told that the only way that I could get something compatible with 10.11 was thru the App Store. When I clicked on the button to take me there, I was informed that Aperture 3.6 was not available in US App Store. I see there aren't any DVD upgrades offered anywhere, so I feel that I have been bamboozled with no way out. I cannot covert those files in the Aperture folder because the Program will not function under the new OS. So, folks, anyone have any workarounds? Any backdoor approaches to get my files? Hell, I would even try pirate software - just to recover my work. I am REALLY miffed that Apple would do this to their first believers: Artists, photographers and filmmakers, among others that are left with no way out! Adobe provided an escape route with Lightroom, but I am not sure how well it will work nor that you have left things long enough to reach disaster level. If you don't want to go with the $9.99/month Adobe CC program which gives you both Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC, consider buying Lightroom 6. http://landing.adobe.com/en/na/products/creative-cloud/54511-aperture-switcher.html This was written in 2015 when everybody first learned the grim news and your choices were LR 5, or LR CC, everything applies to LR6 and/or LR CC. http://lightroomkillertips.com/moving-images-aperture-now-built-right-lightroom/ Other stuff: https://apertureexporter.com https://athomewithtech.com/2016/01/10/how-to-switch-from-aperture-to-lightroom-6/ This isn't going to help too much as you are already holding funeral rites for Aperture. ...but who knows? https://apertureexporter.com/content/step-step-process-get-photos-aperture-lightroom-cc6-using-aperture-exporter Again, looking forward to ANY positive suggestions, and thanks for the time - since that has gotten rather lengthily!! Also: https://9to5mac.com/2015/05/09/review-adobe-lightroom-cc-6/ -- Regards, Savageduck |
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RichA wrote: After updating my MacPro OS to the latest, I found that my professional photo software, Aperture 3.4.5 that I purchased on disc for over $225 was now USELESS and FUBAR. Apple... it's not apple. it's pebkac. 3.4.5 is an outdated version, so it's no surprise that it won't work. the current version is 3.6 and runs on el capitan and reportedly in sierra betas. however, apple announced that it's eol'ed, so it's time to migrate to another app, such as lightroom. |
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On 2016-08-13, George Kerby wrote:
I have stayed with OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) because I felt I had no reason to update for several reasons, among them the flat graphics that I dislike and the exclusion of CoverFlow in later iTunes. Seems silly to me to avoid modern versions simply because the appearance has changed - especially considering how downright buggy 10.8 was compared with 10.10+ and how many great new features have been added since then, but whatever floats your boat, I guess. This was no problem for years until this year where my Safari became undesirable for several sites I visited, epically those financial. I was repeatedly told to update and upgrade my browser. Seems the only way to do so was to change the whole OS to the most recent, 10.11.x (El Capitan). Surely you could have installed the latest version of Firefox or another third-party browser instead. After updating my MacPro OS to the latest, I found that my professional photo software, Aperture 3.4.5 that I purchased on disc for over $225 was now USELESS and FUBAR. Well, that was just wonderful, since I had several years worth of work for both myself and clients stored in the Aperture folder there. To wit: When I tried to open Aperture, I was told that the only way that I could get something compatible with 10.11 was thru the App Store. When I clicked on the button to take me there, I was informed that Aperture 3.6 was not available in US App Store. I see there aren't any DVD upgrades offered anywhere, so I feel that I have been bamboozled with no way out. I cannot covert those files in the Aperture folder because the Program will not function under the new OS. You must not apply updates very often. As others have said, you have had *plenty* of warning, had you just paid attention. Aperture was deprecated in 2014 and then discontinued in 2015. There have been numerous threads about it in the Mac news groups during the past few years as well. So, folks, anyone have any workarounds? Any backdoor approaches to get my files? Hell, I would even try pirate software - just to recover my work. I am REALLY miffed that Apple would do this to their first believers: Artists, photographers and filmmakers, among others that are left with no way out! Again, looking forward to ANY positive suggestions, and thanks for the time - since that has gotten rather lengthily!! Lightroom. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR |
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| So, folks, anyone have any workarounds?
| | Leave Apple. | | Idiot! It's hard to argue with his logic. The man paid $225 for Apple software, which Apple couldn't be bothered to provide backward compatibility for on a system that's only 4 years old. I'm still running Paint Shop Pro 5, which I'm sure will run on Win10, despite being some 15 years older. That's because the Windows API is additive: System functions are added but not broken. As long as a function was officially documented as part of the API, it can be depended upon to work. In 1995 or 2016. And PSP is 3rd-party software. Breaking their own software on their own system is inexcusable. On the other hand, George Kerby must surely know what to expect from Apple by now. The solution with Apple is always the same: Take the AppleSeed ring out of your nose or send them a wheelbarrow full of money twice a year to stay current with their capricious and expensive scam. Next month the AppleSeeds will all be buying digital headphone jacks because Apple removed the generic, analog audio jack and told them it's no longer relevant. And they'll all thank Apple for making them spend money, while scorning stupid Windows people for still using analog headphones that are immune to DRM restrictions. Go figure. |
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In article , Mayayana
wrote: | So, folks, anyone have any workarounds? | | Leave Apple. | | Idiot! It's hard to argue with his logic. The man paid $225 for Apple software, which Apple couldn't be bothered to provide backward compatibility for on a system that's only 4 years old. except that apple not only bothered to update it, but aperture continues to work in the current version of macos, el capitan, well past aperture's discontinuation a couple of years ago. the problem is that he has an outdated version of aperture, 3.4.5, not the current version, 3.6. I'm still running Paint Shop Pro 5, which I'm sure will run on Win10, despite being some 15 years older. That's because the Windows API is additive: System functions are added but not broken. As long as a function was officially documented as part of the API, it can be depended upon to work. In 1995 or 2016. And PSP is 3rd-party software. Breaking their own software on their own system is inexcusable. On the other hand, George Kerby must surely know what to expect from Apple by now. there's plenty of old windows apps that won't run on win7, nevermind win10. in fact, i just ran into that a couple of weeks ago. when win7 came out, a *lot* of stuff broke, particularly drivers. The solution with Apple is always the same: Take the AppleSeed ring out of your nose or send them a wheelbarrow full of money twice a year to stay current with their capricious and expensive scam. more bull****. Next month the AppleSeeds will all be buying digital headphone jacks because Apple removed the generic, analog audio jack and told them it's no longer relevant. And they'll all thank Apple for making them spend money, while scorning stupid Windows people for still using analog headphones that are immune to DRM restrictions. Go figure. apple isn't the first company that didn't use a standard headphone jack and it has nothing whatsoever to do with drm. the entire industry (not just apple) is moving to newer and better standards, namely wireless headsets and digital wired headphones, because they provide a lot of advantages versus a 100 year old analog connector. as usual, the haters always bitch about apple when other companies do exactly the same thing: http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/10/11...o-headphone-ja ck Lenovo has decided that its 2016 flagship Android smartphone doesn't need a 3.5mm headphone jack. Neither the*Moto Z nor its slightly thicker, slightly better Moto Z Force variant offers an analog audio port, though both come with a USB-C adapter in the box. http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/20/11...one-electric-c ar-usbc-headphones ...LeEco's Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and Le Max 2 all come jack-less and instead only allow for USB Type-C digital headphones. Oh, you don't have USB-C headphones, you say? LeEco just released two pairs of those, too! I told you, totally prepared for the future. while usb-c headphones may be new, non-standard headphone jacks definitely are not. back in 2008, the t-mobile g1 had a proprietary headphone jack, as did other htc phones: https://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/...-has-no-3-5mm- headphone-jack/ Like many recent HTCs (Touch HD notably excepted), the G1 eschews a standard 3.5mm headphone jack for its proprietary ExtUSB connector, meaning you'll need custom headphones or an adapter to plug in your own. What's worse, the adapter won't be available immediately at launch, just a bundled headset. Why, HTC? Why? and going back even further, non-standard headphone jacks were *very* common with flip and candybar phones, whether it was a 2.5mm trs jack or a custom connector. sony ericsson phones had a dock-style connector on the bottom for charging, headphones and/or usb, which means you couldn't do more than one at the same time unless you have an adapter that supported it. https://www.amazon.com/Headset-Adapt...ter/dp/B000LMB JMA https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Free-He...-Ericsson/dp/B 001J4XPE4/ |
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 19:53:41 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote: I'm still running Paint Shop Pro 5, which I'm sure will run on Win10, despite being some 15 years older. That's because the Windows API is additive: System functions are added but not broken. As long as a function was officially documented as part of the API, it can be depended upon to work. In 1995 or 2016. This is absolutely not true. I am always very surprised when my older software works from one version of Windows to the next. Cool Edit 2000 might be my only software that has continued to work through the years, and it is certainly the only audio/music software that has. |
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Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 13 August 2016 16:10 -0500, in article , George Kerby wrote: I am sure that this has been discussed in these groups before because it covers them both. For you photographers that use OSX and you Mac people who are photo buffs is the reason for the cross-post, for the rest, I apologize if the cross-post offends. I have stayed with OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) because I felt I had no reason to update for several reasons, among them the flat graphics that I dislike and the exclusion of CoverFlow in later iTunes. This was no problem for years until this year where my Safari became undesirable for several sites I visited, epically those financial. I was repeatedly told to update and upgrade my browser. Seems the only way to do so was to change the whole OS to the most recent, 10.11.x (El Capitan). After updating my MacPro OS to the latest, I found that my professional photo software, Aperture 3.4.5 that I purchased on disc for over $225 was now USELESS and FUBAR. Well, that was just wonderful, since I had several years worth of work for both myself and clients stored in the Aperture folder there. To wit: When I tried to open Aperture, I was told that the only way that I could get something compatible with 10.11 was thru the App Store. When I clicked on the button to take me there, I was informed that Aperture 3.6 was not available in US App Store. I see there aren't any DVD upgrades offered anywhere, so I feel that I have been bamboozled with no way out. I cannot covert those files in the Aperture folder because the Program will not function under the new OS. Aperture 3.6 still runs under OS X 10.11.6. Too bad you never bothered to update to it, while it was easy and straight forward. Still, not all may be lost. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203265 https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8402 https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8431 https://photoapps.expert/forum/getting-aperture-351-36/14485 When and if you're able to get Aperture running, it may be a good time to think about its future, as it's not likely to be a long one. - -- David Ritz Be kind to animals; kiss a shark. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlevyI8ACgkQUrwpmRoS3utSZACfTZY0rabStQ MwEHdghbDvASi7 X/AAn3hB+wSfphq8qzVNV+YSIkZ6lzUy =ue8i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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