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Observations on Running Aperture on A Macbook Air

By on September 17, 2011 in Blog, Editorial

Following on from my previous post about using Aperture on my humble 11″ MacBook air while on the road, I’ve noted a few more things about performance and usability of the 11″ for Aperture. Bear in mind that I’m using…

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Quick Tip: Remember the Hard Drive

Quick Tip: Remember the Hard Drive

By on April 5, 2010 in Blog, Hints

When people talk about optimising their systems for Aperture they often talk about adding more RAM or, with a Mac Pro changing the graphics card. What people often forget about though is the hard drive. The speed of the drive…

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Another Possible fix for Performance Issues

Another Possible fix for Performance Issues

By on March 8, 2010 in Blog, Hints

There’s an interesting thread on Apple’s discussion forums at the moment which talks about poor performance and how to fix it. Judging by the responses this seems to work really well, so it’s worth checking out. It basically involves deleting…

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A Possible Fix for Some Performance Issues

A Possible Fix for Some Performance Issues

By on March 4, 2010 in Blog, Hints

I’ve been fairly lucky with my Aperture install in that I haven’t had many performance problems. Certainly not nearly as bad as some people are reporting online. That is until yesterday. All of a sudden Aperture seemed to be spending…

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How to Speed Up the Zoomed 1:1 View

By on February 28, 2010 in Blog, Hints, Tutorials

One of the things that I’ve seen people complain about is the length of time Aperture takes to load the full resolution image when you zoom into 100% by pressing the Z key. Typically when you go to an image…

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