In article <1174563326.614547.185260 RemoveThis @l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
<jrt409 RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone out there experienced strange preview behaviour when
> flicking through pics within aperture? I've noticed that when im
> browsing through my pictures, just after I've click a thumbnail and
> before the image is refreshed within the preview pane, another pic
> from within my library momentarily appears on my screen before
> refreshing with the correct image (ie the original thumbnail image).
> Is there any fix for this - as I find it extremely frustrating!
This often happens when there was a [previously existing] file of the
exact same name master file name. Aperture hangs on to the previews
(in case the actual file is offline - which is one of its selling
points - you can work with anything but the actual adjustments while
your files are offline - on another disk, left at home while you are
travelling with a laptop, for example) until it senses that the master
file has actually changed.
As soon as it realizes that the file modification/creation dates of the
newer [duplicate name] master file are not the same, it updates its
previews. This sometimes takes a little while, as it goes through the
entire library (starting with the files currently visible in the
browser window) every time it starts up. It does this in the
background, so you hardly ever notice it - if you're busy doing other
things, it slows this process down, because it *is* supposed to be a
"background" process (the same one that, when quitting, causes the
"Aperture is currently updating it's previews - wait until fininshed or
quit now?" dialog to pop up).
If it is NOT a previously discarded image showing up, then you have a
corrupted library somehow. Hold down botht the Option and Command
(formerly known as the Apple) keys while launching the program, and you
will get a dialog asking if you really wannt to rebuild the library.
Allow it to do so, and it will completely rebuild your library from
scratch. Don't worry, you won't lose anything, it will merely go
through its own library structure making sure that all the right files
are attached to all the right previews, projects, albums, lighttables,
web layouts, etc. For a large library, this can take some time. Go
get a cuppa coffee.
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