After update... import Aperture library into iPhoto?

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I have exactly the same question. Can anyone help?

I have a very large (200GB) Aperture 2 library that I want to bring into iPhoto '11 with a minimum of effort so I can ditch using Aperture and use iPhoto for everything, preferably without having to buy Aperture 3 to do this (though I will if this is the only/easier way to do it). Thanks for any help!

Doesn't iPhoto and Aperture use the same library now?

They don't share libraries, the simply use the SAME library.

What I would do is just stop using Aperture and start using iPhoto to import photos. You will still have all your past photos with Faces, Places, etc. and new photos would be in the same library as well.

I'm not 100% sure, but almost.

@MarceFX: I think you need to just open the Library you want to use (i.e. the current Aperture Library) in iPhoto. Then keep using that. I'm at work now so can't check exactly how you do this but it should be pretty simple. It's not a question of importing anything. Just point iPhoto at that Library.

This assumes that you have the latest versions of both iPhoto and Aperture.

@andboom: only the latest versions of iPhoto and Aperture use the same Library format, so you couldn't do this with Aperture 2. I guess you'd need to export the photos from AP2 and import them into iPhoto.

I think what you mean is that you want the photos and data that are in the existing Aperture Library (which XBMC can't read) to be in the old iPhoto file format (which it can).

If that's the problem then the solution is not to use the common PA/iPhoto file format but to stick with the old iPhoto file format. Of course, in that case, the shared Library route is not relevant, so that's a bit of a red herring. AFAIK you'd need to export the photos from Aperture then import them into iPhoto.

I know this doesn't really push the peanut along, but at least it helps clarify what you want and that the shared Library route is not relevant.

Edit: actually re-reading your posts I don't think you were suggesting that the shared Libary was the solution ... you said you needed to import even though they use the same Libary now. Apologies, I can't help.