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Chapter 21
Backing Up Your Images
You can set Aperture to back up copies of the Library to a designated storage area
called a vault. For safety and redundancy, a vault should be stored on an external hard
disk, such as a FireWire drive. Aperture lets you create as many vaults as you deem
necessary. For example, you may want to create one vault on an external hard disk for
daily backups of your entire system and a second vault on another external hard disk
that you keep offsite. As you add to the Library and create new projects, Aperture
automatically tracks which files have been backed up to your vault.
All the managed master file images, versions, and all metadata, previews, and adjustment
information associated with your images are backed up. The versions, previews, and
metadata associated with referenced images’ master files are also backed up in the vault.
Referenced images’ master files are not backed up in the vault with the Library.
Important:
Referenced images are not backed up in the vault with the Library. Because
the digital master files for referenced images are stored outside of the Library, you must
manage the backup and archiving of them yourself.
Although rare, mechanical failures and unexpected damage to your computer system
can occur. And from time to time you may upgrade your equipment and need to move
your portfolio onto your new system. Aperture allows you to easily restore the entire
Aperture Library from your backup disks. For more information about restoring images
and projects, see “
Restoring Your Aperture System
Office Remote
location
Aperture Library
(internal disk)
Vault
(external disk)
Vault
(kept offsite and
updated regularly)