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Aperture 2 in the field…how do I store and back up all my RAW images with out overloading & clogging up my MacBook Pro
How I operate and work in the field using Aperture 2...
A simple solution for all your storage plus back up while on the road & you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to do it.
The image below shows my typical Hotel or on the road setup, MacBook Pro with two Lacie 160-Gig Rugged Hard drives, if you buy these drives make sure they have a triple interface, they also come with USB only. I love this setup, daisy chain the two drives with fire wire 800 and use the fire wire 400 to go to the Mac Book Pro. (A, B) The drive marked with A is where all my reference Aperture files go, the B is only for backing up drive A via the simple SilverKeeper software from Lacie, (if you purchase the drives the software comes with it) C is my high speed fire wire 800 Card reader, this one goes direct to the fire wire 800 outlet on the Mac Book Pro. You can also do it the other way around, daisy chain with 400-fire wire and use the 800 fire wire out let on your Mac Book Pro.
(Of course you can use other hard drives and a different back up system as long they have a triple interface)
On the road set
up
SilverKeeper
software from Lacie, comes with the hard
drives.
This way you can upload all your CF Cards with out
running short of storage space, it is advisable to
connect your computer to the outlet since both fire
wire Lacie drives take the power of your machine,
however I have used this system in the field without
the luxury of a hotel and this works fine for just
under two hours. (tested with a 1 year old battery at
100% charge)
However it is a good idea to carry a spare battery or
make sure you near a place with an outlet where you
can plug in your computer.
Back home I just transfer
the project and images over to my MacPro and back it
up again to my larger external drives.
Now you can erase all the images on your Lacie hard
drives and use them for your next trip.
You
still have the thumbnails and previews in your
Aperture
2 Library
in jpg at a resolution you have decided on, I use a
resolution of 1024 for my Previews in
Aperture
2, good
enough for my Keynote presentations and the .Mac Web
Galleries. (see my previous blog)
For all the latest and
New
Images
click this link:
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/newimages.html
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