Aperture 3.0 Receives Update in Light of Complaints

Ever since the release of Aperture 3 last week, Apple’s Discussions forum has been steadily filling up with various complaints regarding the operability of the software. Many are reporting issues when trying to import their big libraries, while others seem to have problems with video playback in slideshows. Some, as revealed by Computerworld, run out of disk space, when they leave Aperture 3 to import their photo libraries.

Whether or not Apple is now trying to address any of these issues with Aperture SlideShow Support 1.0, Softpedia can confirm that the respective software update is now available from Apple’s servers. If you have Aperture 3 installed, the update should appear in your system’s Software Update. Just hit the Apple button, choose Software Update, and wait for it to find it. As a Mac user, you should know the procedure from here on.

“This update addresses an issue affecting the playback of video clips used in Aperture 3 slideshows on Snow Leopard,” Apple says. “The update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3,” the Mac maker reveals. Apple’s Downloads section is not featuring the update as a manual download yet.

Just yesterday, we reported that a number of outraged Aperture users took the Apple Discussions forum by storm, to complain about Aperture 3. As noted yesterday, early adopters suggest there are issues with the new version of Apple’s professional photography app. Still, some have found that issues with existing libraries (e.g. corrupt files) may be at fault. Whatever issues may be with Aperture, it’s nice to see Apple is beginning to address them. However, it is still not clear whether the software is at fault, or the users themselves.

Softpedia agreed with one Apple Discussions user who tried to calm spirits down suggesting Apple should provide more information about upgrading from Aperture 2 to Aperture 3. “Apple could [simply] be more explicit about the care and feeding of large database files,” he explained. However, we also credited Softpedia reader “Numpty,” who commented, “[...]Precisely because it's a powerful professional level application, it ought to have gone through much more rigorous QA and be as bulletproof as humanly possible before the public get their hands on it.” Read the full report here.