Set up a Flickr, Facebook, or SmugMug account in Aperture

To share photos from your Aperture library with Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug, you create Flickr, Facebook and SmugMug albums. The first step in creating web albums is entering your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug account details. You only have to do this once. After you enter your account details, Aperture securely stores the information in the OS X user account’s secure keychain. Then you can create as many Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums as you wish and publish the photos in the albums whenever you have an Internet connection. You can also publish to multiple Flickr, Facebook, or SmugMug accounts.

Important: You must have an Internet connection to share photos from your Aperture library with Flickr, Facebook, or SmugMug.

The first time you publish to a web album, Aperture asks you to sign in to your Flickr, Facebook, or SmugMug account.

Sign in to Flickr and create a new Flickr album

In Aperture, select a group of photos or a video.
Note: If you have a basic Flickr account, you can upload only one video file at a time to your Flickr set.
Do one of the following:
- Choose File > Share > Flickr.
- Choose Flickr from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.
In the dialog that appears, click Set Up.
In the Flickr account sign-in page, do the following:
1. Enter your Yahoo! ID.
2. Enter your password.
Click Sign In.
A new page opens in Flickr asking if you want Aperture Uploader to link to your Flickr account.
Click the “OK, I’ll Authorize It” button, and switch back to Aperture.
A new dialog appears in Aperture with controls for creating a new Flickr set as well as setting access restrictions for your Flickr page.
Do the following:
1. If you have more than one Flickr account, choose the account you want to publish to from the Flickr Account pop-up menu.
2. Choose New Set from the Set pop-up menu.
3. Give your Flickr set a name in the Set Name field.
4. In the “Photos Viewable by” pop-up menu, choose an access level to set who can view your Flickr set.
5. In the Photo Size pop-up menu, choose whether you want the photos resized and optimized for publication.
Click Publish.

Aperture securely saves your Flickr account information to your OS X user account’s keychain and then publishes your album to Flickr. A new Flickr album representing the online Flickr set also appears in Aperture. To view the album, select the Flickr account in the Shared section of the Library inspector. To publish additional photos to your Flickr set, see Update your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums.

You can also use the Info inspector to view the specific Flickr account and the set the photos were published to, along with when the photos were published. For more information, see Modify metadata in the Info inspector and Inspector HUD.

Upload photos or videos to your Flikr account

After signing in to Flikr the first time with Aperture, you can post photos and video clips to new sets, existing sets, and to the your Flickr Photostream.

In Aperture, select a photo or a video.
Note: If you have a basic Flickr account, you can upload only one video file at a time to your Flickr photostream.
Do one of the following:
- Choose File > Share > Flickr.
- Choose Flickr from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.
In the dialog that appears, do one of the following:
- To create a new set for your items, choose a set name from the Set pop-up menu. Type a set name, choose who can view the photos, and choose a photo size.
- To add your items to an existing set, choose an existing set from the Set pop-up menu.
- To add your items to your Flikr Photostream, choose Photostream from the Set pop-up menu. Choose who can view the photos, and choose a photo size.
Click Publish.

Aperture securely saves your Flickr account information to your OS X user account’s keychain and then publishes your photo or video to your Flickr photostream.

You can also use the Info inspector to view the specific Flickr account, along with when the photo or video was published. For more information, see Modify metadata in the Info inspector and Inspector HUD.

Sign in to Facebook and create a new Facebook album

In Aperture, select a photo or a group of photos.
Do one of the following:
- Choose File > Share > Facebook.
- Choose Facebook from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.
In the dialog that appears, do the following:
1. Enter your email address.
2. Enter your password.
3. Select the “I agree to Facebook’s terms” checkbox.
4. Click Login.
In the dialog that appears, do the following:
1. If you have more than one Facebook account, choose the account you want to publish to from the Facebook Account pop-up menu.
2. Choose New Album from the Album pop-up menu.
3. Give your Facebook album a name in the Album Name field.
4. In the Photos Viewable By pop-up menu, choose an access level to set who can view your Facebook album.
5. Click Publish.

Aperture securely saves your Facebook account information to your OS X user account’s keychain and then publishes your album to Facebook. A new Facebook album also appears in Aperture. To view the album, select the Facebook account in the Shared section of the Library inspector.

Note: You will no longer have to log in to your Facebook account if there is a change to this Facebook album or when you create new Facebook albums. For more information, see Update your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums.

Upload photos or videos to your Facebook account

After signing in to Facebook the first time with Aperture, you can post photos and video clips to new albums and existing albums, and upload single photos or a video clip to your Facebook Timeline.

In Aperture, select photos or videos.
Note: You can upload only one photo or video file at a time to your Facebook timeline.
Do one of the following:
- Choose File > Share > Facebook.
- Choose Facebook from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.
In the dialog that appears, do one of the following:
- To publish your items to a new album, choose New Album from the Album pop-up menu. Type an album name in the Album name box and choose who can view the items from the Photos Viewable By pop-up menu.
- To publish your items to an existing Facebook album, choose the album name from the Album pop-up menu.
- To publish a single item to your Timeline, choose Timeline from the Album pop-up menu. Type a comment in the Comment box if you want.
Click Publish.

Aperture securely saves your Facebook account information to your OS X user account’s keychain and then publishes your photo or video, along with your comment, to your Facebook account’s timeline. Any comments your friends post to your photo on Facebook appear in the Info inspector when the photo is selected in Aperture. For more information, see Modify metadata in the Info inspector and Inspector HUD.

Sign in to SmugMug and create a new SmugMug album

In Aperture, select a photo or a group of photos.
Do one of the following:
- Choose File > Share > SmugMug.
- Choose SmugMug from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.
In the dialog that appears, click Set Up.
In the SmugMug account sign-in page, do the following:
1. Enter your email address.
2. Enter your password.
3. Select the “Remember me” checkbox.
  Selecting this checkbox keeps you signed in and prevents you from having to sign in to SmugMug every time you want to publish photos to your SmugMug account.
Click Log In.
Click Next.
A new page opens in SmugMug asking if you want Aperture Uploader to link to your SmugMug account.
Click the “OK, I’ll Authorize It” button, and switch back to Aperture.
A new dialog appears in Aperture with controls for creating a new SmugMug gallery as well as setting access restrictions for your SmugMug page.
Do the following:
1. If you have more than one SmugMug account, choose the account you want to publish to from the SmugMug Account pop-up menu.
2. Choose New Gallery from the Gallery pop-up menu.
3. Give your SmugMug gallery a name in the Gallery Name field.
4. Add a description, and choose the thumbnail size and privacy settings for your photos.
5. Type a password for the gallery in the Gallery Password field.
Click Publish.

Aperture securely saves your SmugMug account information to your OS X user account’s keychain and then publishes your album to SmugMug. A new SmugMug album also appears in Aperture. To view the album, select the SmugMug account in the Shared section of the Library inspector.

Note: You will no longer have to log in to your SmugMug account if there is a change to this SmugMug album or when you create new SmugMug albums. For more information, see Update your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums.

Upload photos and videos to your SmugMug account

After signing in to SmugMug the first time with Aperture, you can post photos and videos to new and existing galleries.

In Aperture, select the items you want to upload to SmugMug.
Do one of the following:
- Choose File > Share > SmugMug.
- Choose SmugMug from the Share pop-up menu in the toolbar.
In the dialog that appears, do one of the following:
- To publish your photos or videos to a new gallery, choose New Gallery from the Gallery pop-up menu. Type a gallery name in the Gallery Name box, and specify whether you want your items placed in folders. Add a description if you want, and choose the thumbnail size and privacy settings for your items. Enter a password for your gallery if you want.
- To publish your items to an existing Gallery album, choose the gallery name from the Gallery pop-up menu.
Click Publish.