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Controlling Previews with the Project Action Pop-Up Menu
You enable or disable automatic preview maintenance on a project-by-project basis, or
for all projects in a Library.
To have Aperture automatically update previews in the Library:
1 In the Projects panel, select Library.
2 Choose Maintain Previews For All Projects from the Project Action pop-up menu (with a
gear icon).
Aperture enables automatic preview maintenance for each project in the Library.
Aperture will now automatically update previews when images are imported into
projects in the Library, as well as when versions are created or adjusted. For new
projects, Aperture examines the application preference described earlier (“New projects
automatically generate previews”). At the Library level, a checkmark by the menu item
(as shown above) indicates that the setting is enabled for all projects (or for the
selected project). A dash (–) indicates that some projects have their previews
maintained and others don’t (a mixed state). Finally, if neither a checkmark nor a dash
appears, automatic preview maintenance is disabled for the entire Library.
Note: Enabling this setting does not generate the previews. It only tells Aperture what
to do the next time an image is imported or a version is created or adjusted. To
generate previews, you can use the shortcut menus described below.
You can also have Aperture update previews on a project-by-project basis.
To have Aperture automatically update previews in a single project only:
1 In the Projects panel, select the project with the images you want to maintain
previews for.
2 Choose Maintain Previews For Project from the Project Action pop-up menu (with a
gear icon).
A checkmark appears next to the Maintain Previews For Project menu command.
Aperture will now automatically update previews when images are imported into the
project, as well as when versions are created or adjusted.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until all the projects you want maintained are set to update
previews automatically.
Note: Enabling this setting does not generate the previews. It only tells Aperture what
to do the next time an image is imported or a version is created or adjusted. To
generate previews, you can use the shortcut menus described below.
A checkmark indicates
that automatic preview
maintenance is enabled.