Apple MB673Z/A User Manual - Page 100

What Is a Vault? To ensure you have backup copies of your images, you create a vault to hold the backup. A vault is a container that holds an exact copy of the library. This includes projects, masters, and any versions you've created. You can easily create and update a vault to back up the library. It's a good idea to create multiple vaults on multiple external hard drives to safeguard copies of the library. You can have as many vaults as you deem necessary. Creating more than one vault is useful if you work at different locations; you can always keep one vault on a FireWire drive onsite and another one offsite. All vaults and backup files are tracked by the library so that even if you disconnect the external hard drive that contains a vault, Aperture can access it the next time you reconnect the drive and update the vault. All the masters and versions for managed images are backed up, as well as all metadata, previews, and adjustment information associated with managed images. The versions, previews, metadata, and adjustment information associated with referenced masters are also backed up in the vault. Referenced masters are not backed up in the vault with the library. Important: Because the masters for referenced images are stored outside of the library, you must manage the backup and archiving of them yourself. Working with Projects How you use and organize your projects depends on the scope of your workflow as well as your particular organizational style. These factors also affect your decision to use one or more albums in your project. Organizing Your Projects Typically, you create a new project for each photographic project or job that you work on, regardless of its duration. For example, if you're working on a documentary in Thailand, you would create a project for it. If you're also shooting the temples in the interior of the country, that could be a second, separate project. Both projects could conceivably refer to some of the same images, but they are completely independent structures, each with its own versions, masters, and albums. Very large photography projects, such as documentaries and sporting events, often consist of large numbers of captured images. You can always break one project into several should the need arise. 100 Part I Interface and Acquisition