Apple Aperture Getting Started - Manual (Page 204)

204 Chapter 21 Backing Up Your Images
 Vault Action pop-up menu: You can use this to add and remove vaults, as well as
update a vault.
 Disk space available: Aperture keeps track of how much storage space is available on
the hard disk used by a vault. Color-coded bars indicate the space used by the vault,
unused space, and space used for other, non-Aperture files.
Creating a Vault
You can create a vault and assign a hard disk to it using the Vault Action pop-up menu.
After you assign a disk to the vault, Aperture uses the vault to back up the entire
Library. You can also create additional vaults and assign hard disks to them, and each
additional vault also records a complete backup of the Library.
To create a new vault:
1 Choose Add Vault from the Vault Action pop-up menu.
2 In the Add Vault dialog, specify the following options, then click Add.
 Type the name you want for the vault.
 Choose where you want the vault stored from the Where pop-up menu.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to create additional vaults.
Important: To ensure preservation of your image assets, make sure to assign each vault
to a separate external hard disk drive.
Space used by
non-Aperture files Unused space available
on the vault
The colored bar
represents the space
used by the vault.
Vault Action
pop-up menu
Vaults Panel button