Disconnect and reconnect vaults

Disconnect and reconnect vaults

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 disk from your computer, Aperture takes the associated vault offline. When you reconnect the hard disk, Aperture automatically detects the hard disk and connects it to the corresponding vault.

Disconnect a vault’s hard disk drive from your Aperture system

  1. In the Finder, drag the icon for the hard disk drive to the Trash, or select the disk in the sidebar of a Finder window and click the Eject button.

  2. Disconnect the hard disk drive from your computer.

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 Show Vaults button below the Library inspector.

  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.