Yeah, similar feelings here. I got quite excited when I first saw the big jump in the version number, but I don't see anything in the actual product that justifies it.
Still, it's the only product out there (for me), that comes close to what Aperture offered 6 years ago already, even though it's definitely not on the same level. Apple photos is terrible, yes, it has improved a lot with every release of macOS, but in my eyes can not be considered a professional DAM (nor was it ever meant to be, to be fair).
Kudos to the guy who released the tool to make Aperture run on Catalina. For quite a while I don't add new content to my main Aperture library anymore, but being able to still launch it under the latest OS and gradually move all that data to a new platform is a great relief.
Still, it's the only product out there (for me), that comes close to what Aperture offered 6 years ago already, even though it's definitely not on the same level. Apple photos is terrible, yes, it has improved a lot with every release of macOS, but in my eyes can not be considered a professional DAM (nor was it ever meant to be, to be fair).
Kudos to the guy who released the tool to make Aperture run on Catalina. For quite a while I don't add new content to my main Aperture library anymore, but being able to still launch it under the latest OS and gradually move all that data to a new platform is a great relief.
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