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Apple Says Aperture Won't Run in Future macOS Versions After Mojave

I use ON1. Good interface, does what I want it to do, no 10.00 a month crap. Capture one was number 2 on my list and Luminar is 3. I have bought my last mac computer, when this dies it's off to windows land and dell. on1 will still work.
 
dlopan said:
I use ON1. Good interface, does what I want it to do, no 10.00 a month crap. Capture one was number 2 on my list and Luminar is 3. I have bought my last mac computer, when this dies it's off to windows land and dell. on1 will still work.
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How do you handle the speed? The Trial was so slow on my nMP that I kicked it into the trash before even trying to work with it's develop functions.
 
Dranix said:
Tell me: Which other program gives me raw development and image management in a fluid environment? And no I'm not willing to wait 3-5 sec between each raw in the overview.
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I've had no problem with Lightroom.
 
Well, I don’t know if it’s a German thing, but many Germans do use subscriptions. I am a German and I know many people that do use subscription based software. Of course there are many that don’t like using this kind of software and do not buy any subscriptions. I don’t have any data though to back up any claims that this is a special situation in Germany..
 
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frankmcpartland said:
Killing Apple Aperture and removing the Macbook MagSafe power connector are among Apple's biggest mistakes...
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I have to agree. Killing Aperture told me very clearly to NEVER depend on Apple products for important work because Apple could lose interest. Always have a plan to migrate away.

Apple could decide to drop the entire Mac line of computers next year. Who knows?
 
I don’t do subscriptions that render my data unusable if I can no longer can afford it or they go out of business.

I am no pro user. I put all my photos in folders that are dated by YEAR-MM. Then I use reference pointers in Photos to curate pictures that are good enough. I use exif edit to change dates if they get messed up or are not correct due to scanning negatives. A little hands on but free and workable for my needs.
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MacNut said:
But if you buy software from Apple is that not moving money from your pocket to someone else?
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The key word that you missed is MONTHLY.
 
harriska2 said:
I don’t do subscriptions that render my data unusable if I can no longer can afford it or they go out of business.

I am no pro user. I put all my photos in folders that are dated by YEAR-MM. Then I use reference pointers in Photos to curate pictures that are good enough. I use exif edit to change dates if they get messed up or are not correct due to scanning negatives. A little hands on but free and workable for my needs.
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But you used a piece of software that you can no longer use. So what's the difference really?
 
I think Apple wanted a Photo software that was going to be compatible with iOS and OS X/MacOS.
iPhoto and Aperture libraries would not work how they wanted moving forward. They needed something that would have this cross-platform ability and instead of working it INTO two existing products on the Mac and 1 or possibly 2 on iOS, they opted for just "1 application" for two platforms.

It is really just too bad Apple didn't update Photos as they said they would (it has been updated in recent times but not to the level of Aperture) and also too bad Apple didn't just create their own extension for sale to include those functions.

Sure, the Photo Masses will really be fine with Photos on MacOS or iOS. but for some, the ability to have this all within Apple's confines in a system that previously worked so well, would be great.
 
bluespark said:
But would any other company support its no-longer-available legacy product for *years* the way Apple did here? Whatever the merits of Apple's decision, it gave its users an enormously long time to plan their next moves.
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And what they did with that time was ... nothing. Hence, all the complaints now.
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BJMRamage said:
I think Apple wanted a Photo software that was going to be compatible with iOS and OS X/MacOS.
iPhoto and Aperture libraries would not work how they wanted moving forward.
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If only they had some sort of insight into Apple’s future hardware strategy. Then they would have been able to incrementally adapt to changes like many of their third-party competitors have done.
 
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harriska2 said:
I don’t do subscriptions that render my data unusable if I can no longer can afford it or they go out of business.

I am no pro user. I put all my photos in folders that are dated by YEAR-MM. Then I use reference pointers in Photos to curate pictures that are good enough. I use exif edit to change dates if they get messed up or are not correct due to scanning negatives. A little hands on but free and workable for my needs.
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The key word that you missed is MONTHLY.
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So pay a $300 piece of software one a month vs all any once, what's the difference
 
Damn. I'm on my longest run of having Apple as my main machine (nearly 20 years!), and here's another nail in the coffin.
First the hardware (non-upgradeable, glossy shineomatic screens, unusable laptop keyboard), Now the end of the apps I'm using (Aperture, 32-bit, OpenGL).
I've been moving over to Adobe for a couple of years but still have a load of legacy stuff in Aperture. Guess I'm sticking with my 2012/2015 MBPs until I'm done with it.
 
MacNut said:
So pay a $300 piece of software one a month vs all any once, what's the difference
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If I purchase an application, and the application improves, I may choose to pay to upgrade it and get the additional functionality. If I don’t choose to upgrade then I continue using all of my files and applications as I always have, even if the product is discontinued.

If I rent software, I’m paying to keep using the same old thing. There is no incentive to continue development. If I stop paying, or if the software is discontinued, then I no longer have access to my previous work.

Subscription software is where companies go when they are out of ideas.
 
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And what they did with that time was ... nothing. Hence, all the complaints now.
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I'm not sure what you want from them. They announced five years ago that they were going to discontinue Aperture. At that point and for quite some time later, they continued to allow downloads of the app by those who had purchased it. They also provided a discontinuation timetable so that professional users could plan migrations -- every very slow ones. In addition, they announced they would continue to support the app as long as they reasonably could, and they have done so by testing it with each MacOS release and by issuing Aperture-specific security updates as needed. Finally, when -- after five years -- they could no longer reasonably support the app, they gave advance notice for the benefit of any users who had not already migrated.

That's far from nothing, and it's beyond what most companies would do for any user base. It's inconceivable that any Aperture user couldn't have planned a migration in that time and with the level of notice provided.
 
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