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Table Of Contents
- Aperture Getting Started
- Contents
- An Overview ofAperture
- Setting UpanApertureSystem
- Learning About theApertureInterface
- Working with Projects
- Importing Images
- An Overview of Importing
- File Formats You Can Import into Your Library
- Importing from Your Digital Camera or Card Reader
- Importing Image Files Stored on Your Computer
- Dragging Image Files from the Finder into a Project
- Importing Folders of Images from the Finder
- Importing Your iPhoto Library
- Transferring Projects from Another Aperture System
- Making an Immediate Backup
- Working with Images intheBrowser
- An Overview of the Browser
- Viewing Images in the Browser
- Navigating Through and Selecting Images
- Rearranging Images in the Browser
- Rotating Images
- Displaying Specific Metadata with Your Images
- Creating Versions of an Image
- Copying Images and Moving Images to Different Locations
- Working with Referenced Images
- Displaying Images in the Viewer
- Viewing Images inFullScreenMode
- Stacking Images andMakingPicks
- Rating Images
- Applying Keywords to Images
- Searching for andDisplayingImages
- Grouping Images withSmartAlbums
- An Overview ofImageAdjustments
- Creating Slideshow Presentations
- Using the Light Table
- Printing Your Images
- Exporting Images
- Creating Web Journals andWebGalleries
- Creating Books
- Backing Up Your Images
- Credits
- Index
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21 Backing Up Your Images
To safeguard your photography portfolio, it’s important to
establish a reliable backup system and back up regularly.
This chapter provides information about backing up the Library to a vault on an
external hard disk. It also provides information about deleting vaults to free up disk
space and restoring the Library from a vault.
An Overview of Backing Up Your Files
After you import images into Aperture and erase your camera’s memory cards, the only
copies of your digital master files reside on your computer. Digital images recorded on
your hard disk or other storage media can be effectively duplicated and stored for
safekeeping. Making backup copies provides reassurance that you can easily restore
your files should an unforeseen incident cause the loss of the files.
When you back up your images using Aperture, a complete copy of the Library is
made. Backups are not cumulative, which means that your last backup is the last
complete copy of the Library. If you remove items from the Library, those items are
removed from the vault when it is next updated. It’s best to back up the Library, or your
portfolio of images and projects, to an external hard disk drive. You may want to keep
one backup onsite and another one offsite. If you back up regularly, you run little risk of
permanently losing your work.