# Aperture Library Importer

**URL:** https://community.bildhuus.com/t/aperture-library-importer/591
**Category:** Extensions and Snippets
**Tags:** addon
**Created:** [13 June 2025 09:52 UTC](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/aperture-library-importer/591 "2025-06-13T09:52:24Z")
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### Author: ![Soenke](https://community.bildhuus.com/user_avatar/community.bildhuus.com/soenke/32/59_2.png) [@Soenke](https://community.bildhuus.com/u/Soenke)
#### Post date: [13 June 2025 09:52 UTC](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/aperture-library-importer/591/1 "2025-06-13T09:52:24Z")

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Based on an earlier topic ([Migrate Apple Aperture libraries to Aspect](https://community.bildhuus.com/t/migrate-apple-aperture-libraries-to-aspect/382)), this allows to import an existing Aperture library into Aspect. The functionality is available in the form of a new menu entry “File” → “Import Aperture Library…”.

It will convert the following items of the Aperture library:

- Files (RAWs, JPEGs and edited versions)
- Projects will be converted to events
- Folders will be replicated as groups in the collection pane
- Albums, books, light tables etc. will be imported as collections
- Keywords will be converted to XMP metadata

## Known Issues

- Referenced files that are stored outside of the Aperture Library are not imported

## Installation

Copy the “aperture-importer” of the downloaded zip archive into the addon folder of your Aspect installation. The folder can be found in the following location:

- Windows: `%AppData%\Roaming\Bildhuus\Aspect\extensions`
- macOS: `~/Library/Aspect/extensions`
- Linux: `~/.local/lib/aspect/extensions`

Note that you may need to create the folder if it doesn’t exist, yet.

## Links

Repository: [GitHub - bildhuus/addon-aperture-import: Provides Aperture library import functionality for Aspect · GitHub](https://github.com/bildhuus/addon-aperture-import)  
Download: [https://github.com/bildhuus/addon-aperture-import/archive/refs/heads/master.zip](https://github.com/bildhuus/addon-aperture-import/archive/refs/heads/master.zip)