Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Aperture Trash
When you delete an item in Aperture, whether it's an entire project or a specific image, it's placed
into the Aperture Trash, as shown in Figure 1.17. You can view the contents of Aperture's Trash at
any time by clicking the Trash item in the Library Inspector and either retrieve something from it or
empty it. To empty Aperture's Trash, choose Aperture
➪
Empty Aperture Trash.
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Note how you view Aperture's Trash just like you would any other album.
Emptying Aperture Trash does not delete the image from your hard drive. To com-
pletely remove it, you must also empty the Trash in Finder. If you want to recover the
file, open the Trash in Finder, and within the Aperture folder, there will be a folder for
the image's project that contains the master file.
Caution
To restore an item from the Trash, either drag it back to the desired location or Control+click on it
and choose Put Back.
Basic Customization Options
To open the Preferences panel within Aperture, choose Aperture
Preferences. We discuss spe-
cific preferences throughout the rest of the topic when they apply, but there are a few key options
we want to point out for your initial Aperture setup.
➪
Setting library location and other General
preferences
The most basic setting under the General pane, shown in Figure 1.18, is which current Aperture
library you're working with. In addition to the ways mentioned earlier to switch libraries (using the
