The Aperture 3.1.3 Update supports compatibility with Mac OS X Lion, and also addresses overall stability and performance. This update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3. Minor issues addressed include, but are not limited to, the following:

Library

• Improves reliability of library rebuild and repair operations in Aperture Library First Aid.
• Aperture now automatically rebuilds image thumbnails after a library is restored from a Time Machine backup.

Import

• Resolves an issue that, in rare cases, could cause imports from iPhone 4 to not complete.
• Fixes an issue that could cause Olympus E-5 image thumbnails to appear with black borders in the Import window.
• Metadata presets are now correctly applied to imported audio files.

Multi-Touch Gestures

• Pinch to zoom gesture can now be used to resize thumbnails in full screen Browser.
• Multi-touch gesture can now be used to rotate images in the Viewer.
• Pinch to zoom gesture can now be used to resize the cropping rectangle when using the Crop tool.
• Gesture support can be enabled or disabled in Preferences.

Faces

• Fixes an issue that could sometimes cause the Faces view to be displayed without the Show Unnamed Faces button and zoom slider.
• Resolves various issues naming faces using accented, Japanese, Korean or Simplified Chinese characters.
• Profile photos attached to contacts in Address Book are now displayed with suggested names in the Faces auto-complete menus.
• Shift-clicking snapshots on the Faces corkboard now allows you to make contiguous selections.
• The Home key and End key can now be used to scroll to the top or bottom of the Faces view.

Places

• Fixes an issue that could cause the map in the Edit Location window to draw incorrectly when assigning a location to a Project in Full Screen view.
• In Places, the Show Unplaced Images filter now correctly maintains its state when the Back button is used to navigate the Places map.

Adjustments

• Scrubbing numeric fields with the Shift key held down no longer causes the Adjustments inspector to temporarily disappear when the HUD is docked on the side of the screen.
• Addresses an issue that could cause the Inspector HUD to be incorrectly positioned when exiting and entering Full Screen while the HUD is docked.
• Aperture no longer quits unexpectedly if a trackpad gesture is used to change the size of the Retouch brush during a brush stroke.
• Aperture now correctly displays the correct cursor type when switching between draw mode and erase modes when using brushes with a Wacom tablet.

Web sharing

• Published MobileMe, Facebook and Flickr albums now appear in a Web section in the Library Inspector
• Addresses a problem that could sometimes cause Aperture to became unresponsive while syncing to web published albums.

Audio/Video

• Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly when trimming audio in full screen mode.
• Resolves an issue that could sometimes cause Aperture to quit unexpectedly while browsing videos.

RAW+JPEG

• Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to stop responding when using the Undo and Redo commands after switching from JPEG to RAW master with RAW+JPEG pairs.

General

• The keyboard shortcut to show Tooltips has been changed from “T” to “Control + T” to prevent accidental activation.
• The Reset All Warnings button in the General Preferences now correctly resets all warnings.
• Fixes an issue that could cause a blank sheet to display when placing a book or print order.
• Addresses an issue that could cause the browser filmstrip to scroll unnecessarily when enabling or disabling various options in the Query HUD.
• Stacking or unstacking images that have been placed on a Light Table no longer Images placed on a Light Table now maintain their proper positions when added or removed from stacks.
• FIxes an issue that could cause the List View to display the incorrect sort order when switching between projects.
• Resolves an issue that could render images incorrectly when viewing them at magnifications of over 400% using the Loupe.
• Resolves an issue that could cause Aperture to stop responding on quit while updating previews.
• Folders in the source list now spring back closed after objects have been dropped into them, or dragged over and then away from them.
• Slideshow exports are now handled as a background operation and are listed in the Activity window.