10.4: Run Aperture nag-free on unsupported Macs

Aug 17, '06 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: telusman

After much searching around without getting anywhere, I stumbled upon an easy fix to make Aperture run on a MacBook without nagging you that your screen is too small or you have too little RAM. Control-click on the Aperture application in the Finder and pick Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu. In the Contents window that opens, edit the Info.plist in the Property List Editor (Developer Tools required.) Change the following entry:

AELMinimumRAMSize string 1000
Change 1000 to 512 (if you only have 512MB of RAM). Also change this line:
RKMinimumDisplayPixelHeight number 854
Change 854 to 800. Save the file (you will need an admin password) and relaunch Aperture. It should open nag free.

[robg adds: There are two previous hints (1, 2] concerning running Aperture on unsupported machines. The RAM bit in this hint duplicates one of those, but the resolution section is new. You should be able to vary the resolution to match that of your machine, if it's not an 800 pixel tall MacBook. You should also be able to edit the plist file with a straight text editor, though it'll be a bit more work.]

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