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Apple Releases Aperture 3.1.1 With Bug Fixes, Performance Improvements

Today Apple released a minor update to Aperture 3, which reaches version 3.1.1 and adds a number of fixes and overall performance improvements.

This update fixes an issue with iMovie ‘11 becoming unresponsive while scanning Aperture’s library for videos, incompatibilities with the media browser, issues with cameras causing the app to quit unexpectedly.

Aperture 3.1.1 also contains fixes for web publishing, slideshows and upgrades. More information about the update can be found here. Check out the full changelog below.

[Thanks, Bea!]

Aperture 3.1.1 Update

This update improves overall stability and performance, and also includes the following specific fixes:

iLife ’11 Compatibility

Fixes an issue that could cause iMovie ’11 to stop responding while scanning the Aperture library for video clips.

Addresses issues that prevented the Aperture library from appearing in the Media Browser of other applications.

Import

Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when a camera was plugged in to your Mac.

Fixes a issue that in rare cases, could cause image files to be deleted when dragging a folder containing both images and text files from the Finder into Aperture.

Resolves an issue that could prevent images added to a library using the “Import Folders as Projects and Albums” option from being imported correctly.

Addresses an issue that caused Aperture to quit unexpectedly if you cancelled an import when using the “Import Folders as Folders and Projects” option, and when the source folder contained one or more non-image files.

Aperture no longer quits unexpectedly when importing an iPhoto library after having opened the import window with an iPad connected.

Upgrade

Addresses an issue that could prevent the Aperture First Aid from opening correctly after upgrading a library from 3.0 to 3.1.

Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture 3.1 to quit unexpectedly while upgrading an Aperture 3.0 library.

Adjustments

The Noise Reduction adjustment brick now correctly displays Radius and Edge Detail sliders when applied using a Quick Brush.

Fixes an issue that caused Adjustment Presets applied using a keyboard shortcut to reset existing adjustments on an image.

Lift & Stamp HUD now correctly displays the word Brushing next to each listed adjustment that has been applied using a brush.

Web Publishing

Aperture now correctly sets the “Photos Viewable by” setting for images published to your Flickr Photostream.

Addresses an issue that could cause Aperture to stop responding when deleting a published web album from the source list.

Aperture no longer uploads images to Flickr Pro accounts as Web Size when the Size setting in Aperture is Actual Size.

Fixes an issue that could cause a MobileMe account to be removed from the Aperture source list if the account password was changed at www.me.com.

Slideshows

Fixes an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when the “Fit Slideshow to Main Soundtrack” button was clicked.

Vaults

Fixes an issue that could sometimes cause Aperture on a computer with Mac OS X v10.5.8 Leopard to stop responding while updating a vault stored on a network volume.


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