By Graham K. Rogers

Apple has released an update for its photographic workflow application, Aperture which is now at version 3.4.1. This is available via Software Update and also on the Apple Downloads pages, where we are told that the new version,

• Addresses an installer issue that could cause the application to quit unexpectedly on launch
• Improves the reliability of syncing photos to iOS devices via iTunes
• Resolves an issue with downloading and viewing photos synced from Facebook albums
• Addresses other stability issues

The information adds information on what improvements were included in Aperture 3.4:

• Adds support for Shared Photo Streams on OS X Mountain Lion
• A new File menu command can be used to open the current photo library in iPhoto
• Includes performance and stability improvements

The update to Aperture is shown as just over 550 MB. It requires OS X Lion 10.7.5 or OS X 10.8.2 (or later).

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs.