How can I export an Aperture library into YYYY/MM/DD folders?
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I want to move my photo library out of Apple Aperture, while possibly keeping Aperture for editing. Is there a practical way to export both original masters and edited versions, then organize the exported files into standard Finder folders by capture date in a nested structure like YYYY/MM/DD?
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I think its a two pronged approach - you can export the files using this guide.
Then you can use Amok Exif Sorter which is Mac compatible http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_exif_sorter/
AmoK Exif Sorter cannot only rename pictures. The software can also move or copy them to arbitrary folders. These folders again, can be named according to the exif data. For instance, all pictures taken in February 2007 could be moved to c:fotos2007February and the pictures named according to the template "year-month-day_time_some-text" which would result in a file name such as 2007-02-27_18:34_New_York.jpg.
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Yes. The practical approach is a two-step workflow:
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Export from Aperture first. Export your originals/masters and, if needed, your edited versions from Aperture to a regular folder on disk.
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Reorganize the exported files by EXIF date. Use a bulk photo sorting/renaming tool that reads capture date metadata and moves files into folders based on a date template.
Tools suggested in the community answers include:
- AmoK Exif Sorter (can move/copy files into folders named from EXIF data)
- jhead (command-line tool)
Example with jhead for JPEGs:
jhead -nf'%Y/%m/%d/%f' *.jpg
This creates nested folders by year/month/day and keeps the original filename at the end. In general, export everything first, then let a metadata-based organizer build the folder structure.
One caution from the answers: try to avoid duplicate filenames when exporting, especially if files from different Aperture projects could share the same base name.
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