How can I remove linked duplicate projects in Aperture 3?
Asked 4/25/2011
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In Aperture 3, I suddenly have duplicate copies of three projects. The duplicates appear to be linked: if I rename one, the other also changes. If I try to delete one, Aperture warns that the images are referenced elsewhere. What causes this, and what’s the safest way to remove the duplicate project entries without losing images?
Originally by Photography Stack Exchange contributor. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
Photography Stack Exchange contributor
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1) Back up your aperture library.
2) Hold down "Command" and "Option" at the same time, while you click on the Aperture application to run it.
3) You are given a dialog box with the option to "Repair Permissions", "Repair Database", or "Rebuild Database". Start with "Repair Database", and see how your library looks when that is done.
4) If that didn't fix the issue, try "Rebuild Database" - that may be slow (it took a 2TB Aperture library I have about 30 minutes to rebuild) but should resolve the issue if nothing else does.
Originally by user1192. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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First, back up your Aperture library.
Because the two project entries are linked, this is likely a library/database issue rather than true duplicate files. The safest first step is to repair the library:
- Quit Aperture.
- Hold Command + Option while launching Aperture.
- In the repair dialog, try Repair Database first.
- If the problem remains, run Rebuild Database.
If the linked projects still remain, a practical workaround is:
- Create a new project.
- From one of the duplicate projects, select all images and drag them into the new project.
- Confirm the new project contains the expected images.
- Then delete the old linked project entries.
This works because if the duplicate entries are just two views of the same underlying project contents, moving the images out should clear both. The warning about images being referenced elsewhere is a sign to proceed carefully and verify counts before deleting anything.
So: back up first, repair/rebuild the library, and if needed move the images into a fresh project and remove the broken duplicates.
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