Aperture 2.1.1: undocumented change in Compare mode

Aperture 2.1.1, which Apple released earlier this week, includes an important, undocumented change to its Compare mode. In the new edition, to Compare, you must go into the Compare mode with Option-O when in the Viewer or Viewer/Browser. This step was not necessary in prior releases.

Like most releases, Aperture 2.1.1 is accompanied by unnecessarily paltry change notes, indicating only which components of the application were affected, not what bugs were fixed or improvements made.

MacFixIt reader Joseph Samuels writes:

"After going into the Compare mode, you can carry on as before by setting the Compare image with Return, or choosing the command in the Edit menu, and so on.

"Unfortunately, in Apple's news for 2.1.1, all you're told is that some fifteen items are changed in the new release, among them "Compare". But there's no explanation of any of these items. Apple is leaving their users to struggle to knowledge.

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