Apple Aperture 3.5 adds iCloud Photo Sharing, SmugMug support

Aperture is seriously denuded now it uses Apple maps.

I like Aperture, love the brushes and the library system. I have added PT lens and that works. But they have seriously downgraded the programme by insisting on using their awful maps. I use location data a lot via the Gps on my camera. Now I can't see any of the rich information that I had on Google maps.
Hopefully someone will jailbreak the "upgrade".
As for 'Smugmug' who cares! A proper programme would allow me to customise my options. Yes even post to G+.!
Apple 'lock up' arrogance will kill it.

I would choose Aperture because Apple doesn't do subscription-only, and because it is not Adobe. Like using Corel because they're not as evil. Yet.

When I hold a grudge against a baker, manufacturer, or candlestick maker, I tend to hold it for a long long time.

Decades. Plural. This is how I roll.

One thing about Aperture I love is the color rendition. It's much better than Lightroom. I prefer Lightroom's controls, but the color has always been a problem no matter which camera I use. Aperture delivers lovely skin tones.

Delightful upgrade. I did not expect it, did not need it, and now see some pleasant surprises - especially Smugmug.

To the ones saying "Aperture isn´t professional.... bla bla bla"

One thing:

I was really really surprised when I used Lightroom 5.2 the other day and wanted to switch the AF focus points overlay on - you know, the active one etc. - but surprise, you can´t do it in Lightroom?!?

Aperture shows the AF points and marks the used one if you want to with lots of cameras like the Canon 5D and even the Fuji X-Pro 1- very nice feature!

Please, do feel free to go, but how about keeping the noise down as you leave, no need to be loutish about it!

And no need to justify your decision to us, if Aperture doesn't do what you want, then perhaps it's your time to fly.

But it is a bit strange, after all, the product still does all the great things it did when you bought it. It's had loads of new features added for free. It gets regular bug fixes as bugs get reported and squished. And the raw camera updates continue to flow, and not rushed out but done to the high standard users have come to expect, with support for maker notes and camera features not supported by certain other brands.

Sure you might want some new features, but which? The internet shows there is far from a consensus. The plug-in architecture gets around this, giving far more variety than Apple could justify developing.

Here's a free tip. Put your money into good lenses, not more software, and you won't need half the features you think you need.

I think Apple will do a 4.0 of Aperture X in the not too distant future and when they do...it will be done very well IMO. It's just a matter of how long do we want to wait. It's similar to the Mac Pro with no updates for years....

As a company purportedly built on the crossroads of technology and the humanities, Apple sure knows how to drag its feet updating a "pro" product like Aperture.

If the photographic arts AREN'T the epitome of a discipline squarely in that crossroad, I dunno what is.

How Apple cannot build a product that can match or exceed Lightroom is beyond me. Too busy raking in royalties from Angry Birds I suppose.

nail meet coffin Apple...

weak update

off to Adobe I go.

It's been pleasant Apple.

I still use the boxed version of Aperture (comes on a DVD) and so I can not upgrade to 3.5. This update only works with an AppStore license! Bummer

I moved across from Aperture to LR about a 6 months ago and have never looked back. I couldn't help but get very 'digital' looking images from Aperture, where as they are far smoother film-like colours I get in LR.

The extra tools found in LR5 has frankly transformed my photography.

I was a big Aperture user, but after a few hours with Lightroom I never went back. I miss the OS integration I had with Aperture. Maybe they will win me back one day.

I think it was basically an iPhoto update and Aperture simply inherited the changes.

More social media integration—the Aperture team sure listened to their users in planning this update.

Apple's satellite imagery for out-of-the-way areas is also horrifically low resolution compared to Google Maps. So while Apple Maps are great for driving around town, they're a mess for checking out your backcountry excursions.

I'm happy with Aperture, though wouldn't mind if they keep update it as they do. Use it with Nik software ( a lot) and sometimes with Olympus viewer. Did use LR when on Windows. Is also very good, but for what I do with it Aperture is just fine. Hope for the LR users that they won't put it in the cloud. . . .

Aperture is fast and it still works great. I really don't need the lens corrections, though other people do and so it should be added. I'm just glad they didn't charge for the new features and the update to keep it current with the new OS

I agree with people saying that Lightroom is better for processing and has much more powerful tools, but Aperture just has such a smooth and seamless workflow that its difficult to ignore.

How about vignette corrections based on lens data, Apple?

Sad that 4.0 has yet to arrive. Glad that they continue to do these minor upgrades. Lightroom is still better for overall processing, but Aperture is necessary if you are a hobbyist, like me, that utilizes Apple's full ecosystem.

4.0 is looooong overdue.

Well Aperture is one of those products that Apple gives as much attention as to the iPod classic. Seriously, why should anyone bother using it when Adobe is doing a much better job?

If anyone is wondering, you have to be running OSX 10.9 to use this upgrade.