Viewing Aperture photos without opening Aperture?

[Mjmar]

Is there a way I can access my entire aperture library without opening the actual program? If so, how can I do this. Thanks.

 

[JediMeister]

The Aperture Library is similar to the iPhoto Library in that it is a package file. If you navigate to its location in Finder (default its in ~/Pictures) and right click it you can show its package contents. Somewhere in the file structure should be your images.

 

[pprior]

Is there a way I can access my entire aperture library without opening the actual program? If so, how can I do this. Thanks.

What exactly are you wanting to do? Browse pictures? Back up files? Edit?

 

[Mjmar]

What exactly are you wanting to do? Browse pictures? Back up files? Edit?

I just want to browse pictures without having the program running... It can run well on my MacBook, but it would definitely be more efficient just to view the files.

 

[pprior]

iphoto can browse the aperture library. There are other programs that can do the same over a network or web.

 

[Mjmar]

iphoto can browse the aperture library. There are other programs that can do the same over a network or web.

Thanks. iPhoto is definitely quicker to load than Aperture, so this will save me time.

 

[pprior]

the other thing you can do is make sure your previews are set to be pretty small if you just want to browse. That will speed things up.