The right way is either remove it like any other App Store app or drag to trash, depending on how it was installed. That way if you ever change your mind, any issues those files may be causing you are gone. Either get a list of its support files and locations or use an app like AppCleaner. If you're going to trash Aperture, you may as well do it the right way. If you do decide to remove Aperture from your computer, you might consider burning it to a disc first just in case you want it again-easier to reinstall from disc than from downloading from the App Store. If you can't make Aperture work for you, then either set iPhoto to be your 'auto import' program or disable auto-import entirely and then manually choose which program you want to use to load images into your library.

If you've got the space, I'd keep it around. There are several reasons for keeping Aperture around, including its ability to work with metadata, which could be very important if you plan to migrate from Aperture/iPhoto to another application. I wonder why your installation is so large. Hmmm Aperture 3.5.1 on my machines is about 1 GB. for tethered shooting), and if you choose to use two DAM applications or simply want to manually view a card's contents.Īm considering deleting the 1.6 GB Aperture application entirely In my case, none of Aperture's repair capabilities resolved the problem for very long, and Aperture's NEVER had a problem on import when I launch it manually either before or after inserting a card.Ĭhoosing 'No application' to open on insertion has another advantage: it lets YOU decide what to do when a camera's connected (e.g. Repeatedly it requests 'healing' the library.Īperture did that on one of my machines as well, but I've totally eliminated the problem by not having Aperture launch when a camera/card is connected (disabled in the Import preferences). The Aperture application has been crashing more frequently, this year.

Iphoto for mac 10.9.4