You might even be able to save some money by switching to a Lightroom alternative. In fact, you might find you prefer the layout and tools of another program. But, There’s also no harm trying out the Lightroom alternatives. I looked at the Lightroom set up but I don't really do enough post processing to warrant the expense and I also looked at Capture One, I think, which has an Aperture import module but I didn't really like it's layout.Sure, you may already be familiar with Lightroom. jpg's though I might have just moved then from one folder to another.

Just wondering if I will loose dater in the process, I tried something similar before and if I remember correctly. I understand what you are saying, at least I think I do, and thats export from Aperture/iPhoto into some new folder and then import from that into Darktable. I decided to pay the Adobe tax and switch to Lightroom because there is an Aperture library import plug-in, and El Capitan pretty much breaks Aperture.Thank You. Or you can just export the original files from iPhoto or Aperture. Don't move them unless you have no plans to use iPhoto or Aperture anymore. Then you can access the Masters folder and copy files elsewhere. Right click on the Library and select Show Package Contents.

You are going to have to export your files or otherwise move them from the iPhoto library. If you can make sense of this I would appreciate it. My file structure looks like this, clicking on the masters will sometimes open the files. Occasionally I am able to get into a folder and it reports and will open both. My iPhoto files are stored in Apple's 'Pictures' file approx 630 GB of them, every time I click on a library to open it Darktable reports 'no supported images were found to be imported' I am afraid your query on managed and referenced files as left me in the dark, as I was about to transfer all my iPhoto files to Aperture when Apple decided to scrap it and I see that quite a lot of people are reporting problems with the current OS X release which is why I did not upgrade to it. I am using Darktable 1.6.8 on OS X Yosemite.

Are your files managed or referenced? Especially if they are referenced (i.e., outside the Aperture catalog) they are not in any sense 'Aperture files'.Ĭan you open any raw files in darktable? If not, you may have installed it incorrectly.Thank you for replying so soon.

Darktable import from apple photos