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Your new folder name format now appears in the Subfolders pop-up menu.
To reset the starting number of a counter in a folder name format
When using a counter in your folder name format, you can specify the starting number and the
number of digits, from one to six, that appear in the counter. When you use a folder name format
with a counter, reset the initial starting number. Otherwise, on the next import, Aperture will
continue numbering the image folders starting from the last number of the previous import.
m In the Folder Naming Presets dialog, type “0” (zero) in the “Incrementing counter starting at” eld.
Where Aperture Stores Your Managed Files in the Library
You can always view and work with your photos within the Aperture application. However, you
may wonder where your managed image les physically reside in the Aperture library on the
computer’s hard disk. By default, your photos are stored in the Aperture Library le within the
Pictures folder. For more information about managed image les, see What Are Managed Images
and Referenced Images? on page 27.
You can open and see the contents of the Aperture Library le in the Finder by Control-
clicking the le and choosing Show Package Contents from the shortcut menu. However, it’s
not recommended that you access or work with your originals in this way because you risk
interfering with the Aperture library.
WARNING: You should always back up and work with your managed images and projects
from within the Aperture application. If you move or accidentally change the les stored in
the Aperture Library le, Aperture may not be able to locate your projects and the media they
contain. Making a change to a managed le in the Finder, such as renaming it, creates changes
that Aperture cannot track.
Adding Audio Attachments to Image Files
Although the audio les of photos with audio attachments are automatically imported into
Aperture when the lenames match, you can also manually attach an audio le to a photo after
it has been imported into Aperture. There are two ways to attach an audio le to a photo. If the
project selected in the Library inspector contains an original audio le, you can attach the audio
le to a photo in the project using the Info inspector. If the audio le is outside of the Aperture
library, you can drag the audio le from the Finder to the photo in the Viewer.
Note: For a list of le formats that can be used for audio attachments in Aperture, go to
http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs.
To add an audio attachment using the Info inspector
1 In the Library inspector, select a project containing the audio le you want to attach.
2 In the Browser, select the photo you want to attach the audio le to.
3 In the Info inspector, choose Attach Audio File from the Metadata Action pop-up menu.
4 In the dialog that appears, select the audio le you want to attach, then click Attach.