Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 618)

618 Part IV Distribution and Backup
Disconnecting a Vault’s Hard Drive
from Your System Temporarily
You may routinely disconnect a backup hard disk drive from your Aperture system and
take it to a safe offsite location. When you disconnect a backup hard drive from your
computer, Aperture takes the associated vault offline. When you reconnect the hard
drive again, Aperture automatically detects the hard disk and connects it to the
corresponding vault.
To disconnect a vault’s hard disk drive from your Aperture system:
1 Do one of the following:
 Click the disclosure triangle next to the vault name to display the name of the hard
disk assigned to the vault, then click the Eject button next to the hard disk name.
 In the Finder, drag the hard disk icon for the drive to the Trash, or select the disk in
the sidebar and click the Eject button.
2 Disconnect the hard disk drive from your computer.
Reconnecting a Vault’s Hard Drive to your System
If you keep a backup of the Aperture library on an offsite hard disk drive, you’ll
occasionally need to bring it in for updating. Aperture keeps track of the hard disks that
have been disconnected from their vaults. When you reconnect a hard disk drive,
Aperture automatically detects the hard disk, determines which vault it’s assigned to,
and reconnects the vault.
At times, you may rename a backup hard disk drive or add a new one and copy a vault
to the new drive. In this case, you need to specify the location, or path, of the new or
changed backup hard disk drive.
To specify a vault’s new location or path:
1 Connect the hard disk drive to your computer.
2 To show the Vault pane, do one of the following:
 Choose Window > Show Vaults (or press Shift-R).
 Click the Vault Pane button.
3 Select the vault to be updated to a new path.
4 Choose Update Vault Path from the Vault Action pop-up menu.
5 Navigate to the location of the vault on the hard disk drive, select it, and click Update Path.