> What is Aperture?
> Aperture is a powerful, easy-to-use digital photo management system
> for organizing, adjusting,
> archiving, and presenting high-quality photographic images.
In Aperture 3, you can:
* Work directly with your iPhoto library without having to import your
iPhoto photos.
* Import digital photos, audio files, and HD video files from cameras,
card readers, and hard disk
drives in high-quality formats such as JPEG, TIFF, and RAW.
* Edit and adjust digital photos using intuitive image-processing
tools for retouching, skin
smoothing, red-eye removal, color balance, exposure correction, and
more.
* Work with your photos in RAW format, from capture through adjustment
to final output,
preserving the highest-quality images throughout your workflow.
* Store photos, audio files, and video files wherever you want - in
the Aperture library, on
multiple hard disks, or on other storage media.
* Work with multiple Aperture libraries, with the ability to switch
from library to library without
closing Aperture.
* Catalog and manage thousands of photos and video files using
flexible organizational tools,
comprehensive metadata support, and powerful search tools that let you
find files instantly in
multiple locations, including hard disks, offline volumes, CDs, and
DVDs.
* Export any part of your library, make changes to it on a second
system running Aperture, and
then merge it back into the library of your primary Aperture system.
* Process your photos nondestructively. Aperture protects your
original image files and uses
built-in safeguards to help ensure that you don't accidentally
overwrite or modify originals.
* Automatically back up copies of your image files to designated
storage areas, called vaults,
located on external hard disks.
* Print or publish your photos and albums in any of numerous formats
and to multiple locations.
Working directly with RAW photos, you can create color-accurate
prints, custom contact
sheets, and unique bound books.
* Share your photos electronically, publishing them to Facebook,
Flickr, and SmugMug. If you
have an iCloud account, you can make your new photos available on all
your Mac and iOS
devices using My Photo Stream, and you can share photos with friends
using iCloud Photo
Sharing. You can also create slideshow presentations for clients and
friends, attach photos to
email, and create webpages to display your photos.
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Download #1 until Download #8 contain zipped files from Aperture v3.1
and updates to v3.1.1 - v3.1.2 - v3.1.3.
Download #9 is the Mac App Store installer for Aperture 3.5.1, the
last version compatible with OS X 10.9.
For the Full Aperture v3.6 Version, please read below.
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IMPORTANT - Aperture v3.6
For the latest pre-packed and "drag'n'drop' Aperture 3.6 app, please
see download #10
Download #10 needs no further updates, no installation, it's basically
the full Aperture v3.6 app that can be dragged into the Application
folder and can be used right away, and if needed, can be patched with
[Retroactive][1] so it can be used under MacOS Catalina, MacOS Big
Sur, MacOS Monterey and MacOS Ventura too.
Download #11 is the Mac App Store installer for Aperture 3.6. Should
be the same as #10 but still in its installer package.
Aperture 3.6 - Technical Specifications:
System Requirements
Minimum
One of the following Intel-based Mac computers with Intel Core 2 Duo,
Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor:
Mac Pro
MacBook Pro
MacBook
MacBook Air
iMac
Mac mini
Operating system:
Mac OS X v10.9 (or later)
Memory:
2GB of RAM
4GB of RAM required for Mac Pro
Other requirements:
1GB of disk space for application and documentation
Recommended
Mac computer with an Intel i3 processor (or faster)
4GB of RAM
Mac OS X v10.9 (or later)
File Formats
Native RAW import and editing of images from leading digital cameras
and camera backs (See RAW support page for model listing.)
ARW, .CR2, .CRW, .MOS, .NEF, .RAF, .RAW, .SRW, .TIF, .OLY, .FFF,
3FR, .DNG
Compatible with all major still image formats
JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, PDF, PSD
Input/Output
Import images directly from cameras and storage devices
CompactFlash I, II, and Microdrive
Memory Stick and Memory Stick Duo
Secure Digital, MultiMedia, and SmartMedia cards
xD Picture cards
Import from multiple cards simultaneously
Drag files in from any volume (preserves Finder folder hierarchy)
Browse and import directly from iPhoto library
Capture images directly from tethered Nikon or Canon cameras
RAW Support Requirements
Aperture 1.5 or later with Mac OS X v10.4.11 Tiger or Mac OS X v10.5
Leopard or later.
For more specs and information, [Please click here to go to the
Official Apple Support Page][2]
Compatibility
Architecture: x86 (Intel:Mac)
Mac OS X 10.5.8 through 10.6.2 or later
(with [Retroactive][1] it can be used under MacOS Catalina, MacOS Big
Sur, MacOS Monterey and MacOS Ventura.)
[1]:
https://github.com/cormiertyshawn895/Retroactive
[2]:
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP772?locale=en_US
