Like many photographers, I share my post-processing work between a portable and a desktop computer. This is all well and good, until it comes to sharing work and edits between two copies of Aperture...

I’ve written in previous posts a bit about Amazon’s S3 storage service. So far I have been pretty happy with the service, however, the interface has left a little to be desired. I tried using JungleDisk and a backup program...

In case you haven't noticed, part one of my article on backing up with Aperture is now posted on Inside Aperture. Part two will cover online solutions, but I received an email yesterday about a solution I didn't cover in...

One of my favorite backup tools, Synk Professional has added in special support for Aperture users. After many requests, the developers at Synk decided to add a special clause that allows the software to backup your Aperture library incrementally. This...

There's been a bit of talk on here lately about hard drives, and once in a while someone will mention the word "backup." I think that backups are incredibly important, yet very few people have a good backup solution. As...

It was a surprise to read Derek's post about his new OWC bus-powered drive. Only because just a day earlier, inspired by some of your comments on my last post of "How Fast Is Fast Enough"--your Aperture/Hard Drive performance experiences...

Every photographer knows how important it is to have backups of your digital files. I have an external RAID system that I've used for a couple of years to store my image files and important documents. When I saw that...

I'm an laptop-on-the-go photographer who likes to have a big library of images with me at all times. When I land at my studio or my office at O'Reilly, I immediately hook up to big FireWire drives and back up...

Next week I will be on my way back to Africa, specifically, South Africa, Angola and Mozambique--so I thought I would talk about my preparation for this six-week trip. The last time I was on assignment in Africa for that...

Sooner or later it happens to almost all digital photographers - at least all those who shoot a lot. You check some of the images in camera and they look good. You load the memory card into the reader and...

Back in March a photographer by the name of Chase Jarvis posted a how-to video on YouTube.com, where he showed off his customized laptop case for location assignments. In the video, Chase and his assistant explain an easy way to...

A little less than a month ago I was directed to a new product, which I think might be of use to a number of Aperture users. Billed as "The Worlds First Storage Robot" Drobo offers "Fully automated storage you...

One of the best things about digital photography is that it's made distributing our photos so much easier. Print at home with no chemicals needed; post on the Web; burn to DVD. How about carrying your entire portfolio with you...

In the last couple of weeks, I've changed something very important about my photo library strategy. Previously, when hitting the road, I've been leaving behind my primary library and just focusing on the images I take while on the road....

Thanks to 12MB RAW file sizes and the sheer joy of taking pictures, my Aperture libraries get big fast. I toss 120 GB hard drives in my saddle bag like sandwiches in a lunch box. We all know that you...

In my recent article, Photo Workflow on the Road - A Hitchhiker's Guide to Aperture, I talked about a few online storage options including PhotoShelter and Digital Railroad. A few days after posting the article a reader mentioned Jungle Disk...

For a long time, I was perfectly happy with the managed library structure introduced with Aperture 1.0. The simplicity of having the application manage all those pesky RAW files outweighed the fact that they were packaged in an opaque structure....

A week and a half ago, Derrick mentioned that he was testing out a SmartDisk FireLite 120GB hard drive with Aperture. Since I do so much of my photography and processing with Aperture on-location at events, it's important to me...

I've been using the SmartDisk FireLite 120 GB hard drive to store my Aperture library for the MacBook Pro 17" I take on the road. I was down to 1 GB on my previous 80 GB LaCie drive, and...

When I got home a week ago after shooting the Ajax Experience in Boston, and C4 in Chicago before it, I went through my now-normal ritual of migrating the Aperture project for the shows from my laptop to my trusty...