Saying "NO" to Adobe & Installing Apple's LONG DEAD Photo Editing App

[@matthewTobrien]

If you're at all an avid photographer and have always felt stuck with Adobe Lightroom, your only real alternative is Capture One, right? But I'm hell-bent on bringing Aperture 3 back from the dead and installing it on my 2013 Mac Pro so I can finally edit and catalogue my 35mm film scans without paying a dime to rent software. What are you using to edit & catalogue your photos?

[@MassimoDagostin]

I'm going with Affinity Photo. They're running a sale now so I'm picking both the iPad and macOS version.

[@Cairol58]

@@MassimoDagostinSame here 🙂👍

[@timrutter]

Apple should publicly release the source code for Aperture if they really don’t intend to bring it back to life. It was a great product and with some loving development from passionate developers it could dethrone Lightroom. RIP Adobe

Nitro seems promising it's being developed by the guy that led the original Aperture engineering team. Only downside is you have to atleast run ventura to use it and I'm stuck on Monterey :((

[@default_user_exe]

Photomator is a great option.

[@skymakai]

I was so disappointed when Apple phased out Aperture.

[@matthewTobrien]

I didn’t think much about it in 2015 but it sure bothers me now. What a disappointment.

[@Cairol58]

I still have my 2009 Apple MacPro with Aperture 2 on it. Watching your video I remember there was a version 3 which I didn’t by at the time. There are aa couple of genuine used copies for sale for a good price and I consider getting one of those. Just cancelled my Adobe subscription last week …

[@cdelrioc]

We all were

[@skymakai]

@@matthewTobrien That's when I first was 'forced' to buy Adobe Lightroom.

[@SebastianLeePhotography]

Same here

[@pdcorlis]

I ran - not walked away from Photoshop and fully embraced Aperture back in the day. Like others I was shell shocked when Apple abandoned this terrific product. It’s true that today’s Photos has incorporated some of what made Aperture so great, but it’s still lacking. I wish it could be brought up to date since I don’t have the money or space to add a dedicated computer just for Aperture.

[@fxckrio]

If it's any condolences, Aperture being abandoned for as long as it has means it doesn't have support for a lot of cameras - I've enjoyed using it for some older stuff recently, but even gear that isn't on the bleeding edge, like my 5D mk4, just isn't supported at all, so it won't open the raws. It's a massive shame since it was a very neat piece of software, but unless you use a camera from pre ~2015 it's not particularly useful.

[@CBortlearts]

I loved Aperture and was furious when they canceled it. It was just so nice to use. You have inspired me to go out and look for an older MAC.

[@matthewTobrien]

Incredible! There are plenty of older Intel Macs out there and very inexpensive. One idea might be to get a 27" iMac since it combines all the best features of a "fast" computer with a great display. If I didn't have the 2013 Mac Pro I would have been scouring Facebook Marketplace for a 27" iMac.

[@allistablagrove6563]

Loving this video bro. FCP, Motion, Compressor, Logic and Affinity all the way.

[@matthewTobrien]

Thanks, friend! Appreciate you watching! It was a fun one to make.

[@OlafsLeftArm]

I really hope Affinity Photo would get some support for editing and organizing large numbers of photos. One photo in one tab like Photoshop just does not work for photography.

[@matthewTobrien]

Exactly! It’s really meant to mirror Photoshop so not a good solution for my needs.

[@BenjaminGib]

I’m hoping they’re working on it. But since merging with Canva I’m not holding my breath. 😮‍💨😔

[@matthewTobrien]

I've got a feeling the Canva acquisition will simply empower the Affinity team to take the app to the next level and they even released a statement where they said they will never go subscription. Never say never I suppose, but they did allay my fears...

[@BenjaminGib]

@@matthewTobrien yeah I agree. Looking for good things to arise. Maybe they will in fact make a competitor to Lightroom. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@waltertanner7982]

@@BenjaminGibUp to now I find it very complicate, unintuitive to use. Fortunately, it wasn‘t too expensive (not counting the many hours I spent without success).

[@AlisterRobbie]

Loving the adventure and the resurrection of old tech. Nicely done mate.

[@matthewTobrien]

Appreciate that, Alister! It’s been fun - including shooting some of this with an old Canon camcorder.

[@WattTheTech]

Im still using Aperture and have a machine dedicated just for it. Im running High Sierra

[@matthewTobrien]

Smart! I’m glad I brought it back 👌

[@miguimau]

I have Aperture working just fine under Mojave.

[@WattTheTech]

@@miguimau yes that the last official OS to support it. But the Mac I have it running on can’t run Mojave sadly.

[@axethepenguin]

@@WattTheTechoh I would’ve thought apple made it 64 bit just like iPhoto when they discontinued that edit: im stupid, aperture is not an App Store app

[@ljackattack]

@@axethepenguin It still is on the App Store (if you bought it via the App Store) and has been since version 3.1.1 Unfortunately this does not change anything in terms of compatibility...🙄

[@squattedjunktrucks9934]

Paying to unsubscribe from a subscription is just ridiculous

[@matthewTobrien]

I’m glad the Justice Department agrees.

[@GGGuest11-Official]

This guy deserves more fans, keep up the good work

[@matthewTobrien]

You're too kind! Greatly appreciate that - share the channel wherever you can 🙌

[@remo-pro]

You don't seem to know yet the application Retroactive which enables Aperture to run on newer macOS like Monterey. It also could enable Final Cut Pro 7 to run under 10.13 High Sierra.

[@RMX.Studio]

Very useful, thanks.

[@enshongmiranda]

You can run Aperture on newer Macs using Retroactive. What I miss though is using it to make slideshows because exporting the slideshow video is not possible.

[@dannypgrizzle]

I keep a legacy Mac Mini specifically dedicated to Aperture. By discontinuing Aperture, Apple lost a lot of love (about 30 years worth) from me. Literally a career damaging impacting me - the Photos app being a total joke for professionals. What the world really needs is a Pro, multi-user version of Aperture. Because being the photographer and the manager of a professional photo practice can't be done by a single person. Aperture was great so far as it went, but it does not go far enough when I need to track licensing deals and asset delivery/access for clients. As for apple displays - good luck keeping old Apple displays operating. I've got a graveyard of failed Apple Cinema Displays.

[@matthewTobrien]

I agree on the needs for a pro photo app. And so far all of my old Thunderbolt Displays are working no problem 🤞 Although I acknowledge their days are numbered 🥺

[@97nelsn]

Apple already makes pro apps for video editors and music producers but they won’t for photographers? Especially since Apple talks so much about how “pro” the iPhone Pro cameras are? They even made a RAW format for stills in the form of ProRaw so c’mon Apple, bring back Aperture and optimize it for Apple Silicon (M and A series chips).

[@AgentsCinematicUniverse]

@@matthewTobriens as ll techs days are numbered

[@GolfWangMedia-incorporated]

It’s insane that the US has such poor consumer laws. In the UK all subscriptions must have a cancel button online. So Adobe etc you can login and end it.

[@GMEZA]

I recommend using an old Lacie disk to storage your photos, they are cheap and really good looking for your new setup. This project is amazing and the video quality is great, you earned a new subscriber :)

[@matthewTobrien]

Thanks so much for subscribing and welcome to the channel! I know not all of my videos are related to this one, but there are a few on my channel that might interest you: Digitizing VHS with Final Cut Pro 7: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHbQeYyugdx9jtUsi=0qIXwFShQ2Q7_vbT Why Apple Killed Aperture: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKvGm6uuh6dkgNUsi=gqmWZEyRV0q7xoOX Best SSDs for Video Editing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZOooK2ojcmIqdUsi=4GUvePJ6T7TpYfL7 Comparing 16mm Film to Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIjKdYd_lL6Yf9ksi=xHX-xtKIkG1yV16-

[@sydtsai]

Why not use the iMac as your target display for mac pro display...?

[@Quidisi]

Why the F didn't Apple just sell Aperture to a small company and let them continue development 🤬

[@matthewTobrien]

Apple's savage that way.

[@Hugodra]

Glad I’m not the only crazy one, the same Mac Pro is dual boot to Sonoma via opcl and mavericks just to be able to edit my mid 2000 Dsrl photos ….i missed aperture a lot but funny thing is Photomator is becoming what aperture should be

[@matthewTobrien]

Maybe we.... Think Different? 😅

[@maciejk2]

your videos are so cheerful and entertaining, you earned a sub

[@matthewTobrien]

That’s so kind of you! Thrilled you’re enjoying them and thanks for subbing. Welcome to the channel!

[@NeilLavitt]

Have and still use a Thunderbolt Display which is 12 years old now. Use it with an adapter and my M1 Pro 14 inch MacBook Pro. Sure the resolution isn’t retina, but it still goes strong.

[@matthewTobrien]

I have two that I use with my Studio Display with my M1 Max Mac Studio and they still work great and look awesome.

[@d3xmeister]

Aperture was the best in its time. And the fastest. A joy to work with and get awesome results with minimal effort.

[@avdcam]

I know it's a lot simpler, but I've been really happy with my personal family photos when I edit them just in Photos. A lot of the options Aperture has are in the Photos app, (not everything but a lot) and since it's the photos app it integrates with everything else really well. Amazing catalog, and powerful too.

[@matthewTobrien]

I use it for everything but my film scans. At 118MB for each image, I don’t want to burden iCloud with that kind of storage demand. And I don’t need the RAW images to sync to iCloud. Just the final exports. Which I’ll of course import into the Photos app.

[@avdcam]

@@matthewTobrien Yah I think I made this comment before I saw the uncompressed TIFF files in play. Have you looked into DarkTable at all? Open source, free and supports TIFF Files. I think it even includes negative processing tools, something called negadoctor, great for processing scans.

[@0xbenedikt]

@@matthewTobrienYou can create multiple offline photo libraries wirth the Photos app

[@iamericlenz]

Holy moly 100 bucks for a thunderbolt display is a steal! I'd have 6 of them but the prices in Germany are pure insanity. Man, I miss Aperture. I see why they dropped it, but still... melts my heart seeing this user interface. I mean, I switched to Capture One but have yet to make myself a home there. Great video, Matthew! :)

[@matthewTobrien]

Pretty great deal, right! That makes my 3rd Thunderbolt Display in my studio... And I have a feeling Aperture is going to be the perfect solution for my unique needs. Can't wait to get it everything imported, organized and edited!

[@MK-of7qw]

if it still works use it. get a spare Mac pro as well. and keep them well maintained.

[@matthewTobrien]

Oh I'm going to!

[@Spoggi99YT]

Just found your channel and I am so glad that I did! Love the calm atmosphere and interesting insights… you‘ve earned a new sub ;)

[@eddie275a]

That’s pretty much what I have been doing with a spare MacBook Air since 2014. Although I have migrated to C1, I still use Aperture 3.6.1 (with help from the Retroactive patch) to manage my edited images and their metadata. Additionally, I use the Light Table feature for brainstorming montage ideas. Even now, 10 years later, I still haven’t found a comparable photo editor/manager that could deal with metadata as extensively and flexibly as Aperture, never mind the unique (amongst photo editing/management software) Light Table feature. Although long ‘dead’ Aperture is still light years ahead of others in these aspects.

[@matthewTobrien]

I have ZERO clue about all this but can’t wait to learn. Who has an Aperture channel where they teach all this stuff? Might end up being me 🤣🤔

[@eddie275a]

@@matthewTobrien - yeah, you might have to be. 🤣

[@matthewTobrien]

Haha understood!

[@techtipsuk]

Aperture was worth using just for the beautiful icon in the dock.

[@matthewTobrien]

Such a great icon 🙌

[@celestethoms]

Doesn’t Pixelmator have Photomator now? I don’t know if it’s a Lightroom/Aperture competitor, but that’s been my Adobe alternative for photos.

[@matthewTobrien]

I know OF Pixlemator/Photomator but I didn't research it too much because my brain locked on to Aperture. I'd love to know if there's a video on KZbin where an experienced photographer talks about all the non-Lightroom options and explains what's good and not good about each of them. I have a feeling that video doesn't exist but if it did... wow 💥📈

[@EamonnDoylePhotoFilm]

If apple brought back aperture with up to date features, one time purchase price like Final Cut X, fully optimised for apple silicon I would buy that immediately.

[@mygunisquick1]

Used to love this software

[@matthewTobrien]

I'm looking forward to falling in love with it all over again... even if it's undead 🧟

[@geoffreygoldberg2585]

Oh Aperture..still use it, and have several 100gb libraries that Aperture handles so well. Have outputted the libraries to C1 and Photos, but still work best in Aperture’s database, where folders and projects are so easily used, and modified.. Often overlooked, Aperture does best in library databases as well as photo editing. FYI - I use C1 for fine art, LR for general photo use, but Aperture is best for huge libraries.

[@JumbieLove290]

As a former Apple employee, I’m sure you’re aware of the significance of 9:41. I couldn’t help noticing Aperture was (successfully) installed at 9:41. 😊

[@randizzle99]

Woah, what's up fellow Nebraskan!

[@matthewTobrien]

Hello!!! (although I’m actually an Iowan 👌)

[@BacktotheFlat]

I enjoyed your video. It’s good exploring these old apps and getting them to work in 2024. Meanwhile I’m interested to know what is your long term back up/archiving system for the oceans of video files you must have? Do you use LTO tapes or anything like that? Maybe you could do a video on that one day. Anyway keep up the good work.

[@matthewTobrien]

I do have a really really old video on my channel about data management and how I archive my projects. I don't use LTO. I use a combination of bare spinning disk drives that I keep in protective cases and 8TB Seagate Expansion drives that back up the bare drives. And I use an app called NeoFinder to catalog all of them so I can search everything that's on them without having to connect them. Of course once I need the media I need to connect the drives...

[@vrucewayne]

Still use aperture haha, love aperture and never want to stop using it. only reason why I haven’t left macOS Mojave. 😅

[@rialbbe]

Yes. I also don't use Adobe anymore. Especially when they was planning to shift to cloud and monthly bases and it was a planning stage and I just decided to discontinued and look for other alternative like KDEnLive and Krita. Which it perfect for me. I could manipulate whatever I want. And Photopea was also my alternative to Photoshop. As a Linux or Unix's MacOS user.

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Nice video, Yes you should always keep all your old toys and this is another reason too!

[@matthewTobrien]

Haha agreed!

[@tekis0]

Yeah, I'm sure that I'm not alone, but I really prefer to own my software.

[@matthewTobrien]

It's my preference as well, but there are plenty of subscriptions that I use daily and am happy with.

[@bulcub]

I still use pagemaker and dimension on my 2013 macbook pro.

[@matthewTobrien]

Whoa!

[@OldLugnutz]

Oh yeah, good ol' Aperture....loved it.

[@matthewTobrien]

I'm excited to fall in love with it all over again... ❤️

[@BillStreeter]

I loved Aperture so much. I wish Apple would bring it back.

[@Tajhad]

Oh bugger Mathew ! I have been using Lightroom / Photoshop for the past 4 or 5 years ( not really because I want to) - BUT - you have me now firing up aperture ( had to update Retroactive to have it work on my M1 MacBook Pro Sonoma) and now I am continually fiddling. I had forgotten what a good program it was and how good it looks on a Mac. You are a bugger Mathew for planting that worm. It is a bit like one of those annoying songs ( Eclipse of the heart or Nutbush City Limits - you can’t get it out of your head ) You now have a huge responsibility on your shoulders. (from Australia.)

[@litebkt]

I bright the first edition of photoshop when it was released and kept it updated for decades. When they move to a subscription model, I quit using it.

[@Vor1954]

Hey, Matthew! Great tutorial. I just threw away my copy of Aperture 3, and unlike you my oldest iMac is a 2017. Our two older iMacs (2010ish) have failed mechanically, and I've been using Adobe Lightroom Classic successfully since Aperture 3 was abandoned by Apple. I did buy the Affinity Suite when they had it at 1/2 the price recently, but haven't cracked open those apps yet. Keep up the great work. You look fabulous… like an artist! Love to mom and the family!

[@matthewTobrien]

Thanks for tuning in, Ivor! I’m glad I kept my 2013 Mac Pro around, and even happier that I had it in my purchase history. That saved me from having to install an older version of macOS. Get those Affinity apps going - they’re excellent. But with how long you’ve been using Adobe products I know that’s gotta be tough.

[@Vor1954]

@@matthewTobrien Thanks! I'm sure that there'd be a learning curve, at least a little bit, to switch over to the Affinity apps.

[@erbartlett]

OMG i would do anything to get aperture back...

[@matthewTobrien]

Get an old Intel Mac and install an older version of macOS and you can have it back!

[@erbartlett]

@@matthewTobrien oh shit, I have an old Mac mini here. Will it run? Will it be usable??

[@pammydiCSI]

⁠@@matthewTobrienare there any limitations? meaning any older Intel iMac? and what would be the most recent OS that can run Aperture? I miss this software as well. Great video! Thank you

[@GMDSulky]

I found an older iMac at a thrift store a couple months ago and my intent was to use it when I needed to use Unix based applications. I really need to find out what other things I can do with this thing. Aperture must be awesome.

[@andreasurban6795]

That green light on the right side of your display, does that go away when you move your screen in the opposite direction? I'm thinking maybe some strong magnetic field could be causing that - like that of a loudspeaker, or similar, and your display may actually be fine.

[@matthewTobrien]

Great question. I will take a look at it tomorrow to find out!

[@AnthonyPtak]

I hate Adobe for their arrogance in abandoning legacy software users and intentionally making the software unusable. I’ve been working with Aperture ever since. Some of its features are vastly superior to Adobe and more specialized. Also have been struggling to continue to use the legacy software for Final Cut Pro studio suite in the big box. Companies can continue to develop new software for new hardware, but there’s no excuse for them to cripple older software on legacy hardware that has been optimized for one purpose. It’s unforgivable. It’s seriously theft of the consumer license agreements. I just want to make the best of the workflow that was state of the art at one time. The social engineering by these software companies is absolutely abusive.

[@JimEdds]

I'm hearing FCPx won't capture old miniDV tape so it might be time to get an old pre 10.12 MBP. I have FCP & the old FW cables. You got me thinking Matthew, thanks! Would love to dump LR but use what?

[@matthewTobrien]

Not a lot of options outside of Lightroom sadly. And I’m gonna keep some old Macs around just in case I come up with some other crazy ideas…

[@tvtechnicaldirector]

I ran into that issue, and started using OBS Studio to ingest all my old MiniDV. I’m using the FW800>Thunderbolt2>Thunderbolt3 dongle chain. Theres a great video on KZbin showing proper import settings. So far, so good.

[@ZaCaptain1229]

Would a NAS be appropriate for your use case. A lot of storage, accessible locally... Sounds like the ideal use case for a NAS

[@matthewTobrien]

NAS would be ideal, absolutely. I'm hoping to partner with one of the NAS companies to get the product in exchange for promotion. I tried with Synology last year and they felt that giving me an enclosure wasn't worth it to them. I completely disagree.

[@ZaCaptain1229]

​@@matthewTobrienWell I hope it works out for you!

[@Asgar1205]

Absolutely loved aperture. I used it starting in 2011 when I got a MacBook Pro until it was phased out. It was one of the reason I didn’t get a new MacBook. After the first one. I used my Mac 90% for editing my photos. After that I had no use for a Mac in addition to my ipad

[@georgestiros4392]

I have Aperture on my 27 in Mac (2012 v) and refuse to update my computer , because the new versions do not support Aperture. What a shame....I love using Aperture.

[@erwinvanderhoydonks8999]

Nice...Aperture and Final Cut Pro 7. Now I scan all my film rolls with the lovely PowerBook G4 Titanium running VueScan with the Nikon CoolScan 5000ED. Love it. Digitizing old VHS tape is also done on this PowerBook combined with the Canopus 300. And miniDV's are also stored via this computer using SCLive. Have fun with your setup. PS : Aperture is installed on a external SSD disc running 10.7 I think. Need to check ;-)

[@matthewTobrien]

Epic retro setups! I'm envious for sure!

[@dannypgrizzle]

Using Aperture today may be a mistake except for legacy images if, like me, you only want to retain RAW images. After all, you can derive anything from a RAW, so why maintain anything but the source. The downside is, as new RAW file formats appear, Aperture probably won't work for them.

[@matthewTobrien]

Luckily all of my film scans are TIFF files so I’m good to go. I don’t plan on editing any images from newer digital images with Aperture. I don’t really shoot anything I care about with my EOS R - just the occasional KZbin thumbnail and I can use the Photos app to edit those. Thanks for watching!

[@markerichannelly]

Still no idea why Apple killed off Aperture.. it was such a good piece of software. Would love if they brought it back.

[@matthewTobrien]

I made a whole video about why I thought they killed it... 48k views and counting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKvGm6uuh6dkgNUsi=dFaFYANIMtJBlBIA

[@sk8absence]

I kind of miss having the take the time to deliberately download and install software, it really made you think about what you were doing

[@DesmontandoPayasos]

Pixelmator Pro is practically as if it were made by Apple, and in fact there are rumors that it was already bought by Apple. In addition to being exclusive to Apple, MacOS, iPadOS and iOS devices, it has an Apple like interface

[@matthewTobrien]

I need to take a look at it - how good is it at cataloguing? I really need folders, albums, projects, etc. to keep my scans organized.

[@BillStreeter]

@@matthewTobrientheres no cataloging in it. It's more of a PS replacement than a LR replacement.

[@BBnose]

Apple should relaunch the Aperture photo software for Mac and even app for iOS

[@brentsmithline3423]

External RAID 6 NAS spinning drives that you can use GRC SpinRite on if you have issues. Also backup RAID storage to other off site solutions, or devices you can storage off site. Backup, backup, backup......

[@marcelg830]

Personally I love the idea. I have an old Early MacBook Pro 2011 and this sounds like a pretty good solution to have a dedicated Workstation for 35mm film scans. I upgraded my old MacBook with more RAM and SSD Storage but at this moment it's only for memories. So this video inspired me to maybe make this myself. I should have Aperture 3, because it was a short time free after they announced it would be discontinued and I grabbed it back then, even I didn't know what it was 😂 Nice video 👍

[@justinkennedy5405]

Still use aperture with my Mac Pro 5,1 😀

[@Sekhmet6697]

So you gave up the two most versatile vector and photo editing applications because 1) You found it difficult to select things on screen (you can customize the size of nodes and widgets to make things easier to select), and 2) You didn’t want to learn a single shortcut (step back)? Hmm…

[@matthewTobrien]

Yup. I have to do neither of those two things with the Affinity apps. And come on, a separate shortcut for Step Back vs Undo? Ridiculous. So much so that they caved and finally fixed it after I abandoned Adobe 🤦‍♂️

[@TomHofmann]

"One of the things about the older Thunderbolt Displays. They aren't always perfect". Just like the new Studio Displays. Bought one brand new from Apple... lot's of light leaks and backlight not uniform. Returned it for a replace e t... same issue.

[@matthewTobrien]

Sorry to hear that, Tom. I have the Studio Display as well and will have to look closely at it to see if I have a similar issue.

[@BenjaminGib]

Yikes, good to know because I’m looking to get one this Fall.

[@TomHofmann]

@@matthewTobrien Try a neutral grey background. The standard Apple wall papers combined with regular application UI tend to mask light bleed issues. I tried three demo screens in the store and none of them had the issues. The Apple tech at the Genius Bar suggest this might be a quality control issues but also agreed this shouldn't happen with a display at that price level.

[@matthewTobrien]

Good on you to catch it and I'm glad that the Apple Store employee saw that it was an issue (as opposed to convincing you that it was "normal"). I'll try to check mine today!

[@mp-zf4ur]

I went through the same grief of unsubscribing and they offered me 15 months free and I still said no. Luckily I was close to the "renew date" so I just let it expire without the "fee" and uninstalled and never installed it since. Puke!

[@simonatterbury]

Very interesting. I still have my Aperture 3 installation disk and a couple of old macs. I always hated light room and was annoyed when Aperture was retired.

[@matthewTobrien]

Might be time to fire up an old machine and see if you can use it!

[@vancegosselin]

I can't activate my copy of aperture

[@matthewTobrien]

Oh no! Maybe your operating system isn't compatible?

[@Bikepacking]

One of the reason i switched to Mac was because this program love it

[@seecraig]

One wonders if Apple will give Photos enough attention to be as useful as Aputure. Perhaps with the upcoming AI tools, it may once again head in that direction. I wonder what features it would need.

[@matthewTobrien]

I would love it if Apple let you add more pro editing tools to Photos. I also wish there were more extensions so you could use Lens Distortions, RNI Films, etc. in the Photos app.

[@yuriythebest]

I always have a visceral reaction in regards to how old stuff from 10-20 years ago is made to be obsolete. Imagine if the ancient babylonians had something like that: Ohh that ancient babylonian tool would only work properly from 1120BC to 1112BC.

[@ajschot]

Loved aperture i used it for years and it is so quick and easy also the metadata editting is so much quicker in Aperture. To bad Apple ditched it… the photo’s app is still not at level of Aperture. I also have an old macbook pro with Aperture still running my old library of an old xternal harddrive

[@MrSamPhoenix]

I remember Aperture and loved it.

[@matthewTobrien]

I love it now! Didn't use it much back before they killed it.

[@MrSamPhoenix]

@@matthewTobrien indeed!

[@user-qo9jq7ed2l]

I keep a 2012 MacPro in my office to access “old” software, it’s handy to have sometimes.

[@joankamberaj]

You have no idea how much i love this video.

[@RonaldBrown59]

I was a big fan of Aperture back in the day. I love you idea of bringing into the future by using that old hardware and OS. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@hernangarciamonteavaro]

I miss Aperture!

[@matthewTobrien]

Get an old Mac and fire it up!

[@hernangarciamonteavaro]

@@matthewTobrien I have an old macbook, I'm going to do it. Thanks for the video and the reply.

[@Bobbylopezcreative]

Bummer that you got a bad display

[@SamRiesgo]

Dude... this is great!

[@matthewTobrien]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@SamRiesgo]

@@matthewTobrien I've been thinking a lot about leaving ADOBE behind and... this helps!

[@transitengineer]

Yes, yes, yes ... I came to Aperture late long after Apple, Inc. had phased it out. However, I always have old Apple desktop systems sitting around along with vintage Apple operating systems. While, I love to use Aperture can never get it to run past Apple's "cat" named operating systems. So, I just keep it on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (which, also supports Rosetta 1) and it works perfectly (smile ... smile).

[@valentinouk]

i love aperture

[@matthewTobrien]

As do I. Glad it still works!

[@christinejorja]

I loved Aperture and the whole concept of Editor and Digital Asset Management in one. Had a very public argument within John Nack over Adobe’s bullshit pricing/ distribution where it cost me more for an upgrade than in the US. That was the end of Adobe for me (Lightroom 2). I’ve spoken to people at Affinity about making a Lightroom/ DAM style app, but so far nothing. With the Canva takeover I doubt that will happen now. Might just have to do what you did and resurrect some old Apple hardware and run Aperture again.

[@BenjaminGib]

Heck yeah, love these adventures, Matthew.

[@matthewTobrien]

Glad you're going on them with me, Ben! Appreciate you tuning in.

[@MitchellCamps]

I miss using Aperture

[@Lysander-Spooner]

Have you tried Nick Bhatt's Nitro Photo? He had extensive career at Apple, where he served as the Senior Director of Engineering. During his tenure at Apple, Bhatt led engineering teams for several key projects, including Aperture, iPhoto, and the Mac version of Photos. Also if you want a more modern non-Adobe app have you looked at Photomator or Pixelmator Pto?

[@nvmskullworks4794]

IF they still had something similar available combined with the new ipads, I would be very tempted to get one for mobile use...

[@ImInterestedInApathy808]

I love the 2013 mac pro

[@snitzelll3710]

I hadn't heard of aperture since 2008

[@matthewTobrien]

I had always thought about it with my Adobe conundrum but it wasn't until I started shooting film that I found a real need for it. Glad I did!

[@jrzshor]

I am still using Lightroom 6!

[@matthewTobrien]

Old school!

[@fredericbontemps6569]

Old is gold

[@dave24-73]

Why not get a second hand NAS for storage.

[@ghost762]

Wish Apple hadn't discontinued aperture. I was a user since version 2. Have now switch to luminar Fusion. And I'm trying out Affinity photo.

[@FabianEuresti]

coffee time!

[@matthewTobrien]

Isn't that just one of the best things about KZbin? Making a cup of coffee and watching a video... I do the same thing!

[@simon.revill]

I have a PowerBook G4 15” for scanning and editing my film photos, for exactly the same reasons.

[@bynahelemaal]

perhaps the cd version would've worked on snow leopard or lion?

[@sparksfly13]

i've been so wanting to use Aperture since the moment i found it! i daily drive a 2010 21.5" iMac and a mid-2009 13" MacBook Pro and all i've got now to edit is the built in iPhoto app, which does fine but having the lightroom amount of controls would be so nice... all i need is a copy now LOL

[@lavinchi6709]

Aperture is great program✨

[@TheThaiLife]

Adobe reminds me a lot of Blockbuster video. Years of being hammered by late fees, paying $100+ for their special VHS or DVD copies if lost and damaged. Same era, I also was charged for canceling Adobe contracts (I didn't know I was in early) or changing them. Lousy customer service and constant selfish terms. So happy to have every iota of Adobe off my MBP.

[@matthewTobrien]

As am I! And for many years now. Good riddance. Except for frame.io 🤫

[@TheThaiLife]

@@matthewTobrien Oh I wasn't familiar with that. Looks interesting.

[@bwilesuk]

Why not use the regular Photos app, or pixelmator?

[@matthewTobrien]

I want something that's detached from iCloud and relies on local storage. I don't want 118MB photo files to rip through my limited iCloud storage nor do I want them visible in my Photos library across all of my devices. I haven't looked at Pixelmator but I assume it doesn't have strong features for cataloguing? Just editing?

[@JenniferKlinger]

As said in another post, take a look at ON1 Photo RAW. It has cataloguing, RAW editing, even layers and masking, and awesome filters (this function is called ON1 Effects)

[@joachimiseni6428]

@@matthewTobrien Pixelmator is a great extension for the Photos App. It switches really fast to the Pixelmator View when you click on it in Photos. And Photomator is in some ways even better...u open your entire Photos App with all the fotos with Photomator and u can use more advanced controls...all the changes are automatically updated to the Fotos App. Its really good. In my opinion it is what Aperture used to be more or less.

[@fireflame608]

​@@matthewTobrien Photomator just recently added some file managing and library organization tools. It's a bit more stripped down than pixelmator but more focused on photo editing very easy to use

[@kentbyron7608]

my kind of people. Need to get coffee FIRST before you go on your road trip to pick up a used monitor.😂❤

[@matthewTobrien]

Is there any other option? 🤔☕️

[@jonathonlivingstonelemming1024]

Aperture was awesome.

[@theelektriccowboy7661]

I so much agree with you

[@matthewTobrien]

Appreciate that! And I appreciate you watching!