Version: 1
Platform: Aperture 1
Introduction and announcement; not a sales date.
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Apple introduced Aperture on October 19, 2005, as a photographic post-production tool. It announced November availability and a US price of $499. Introduction remains separate from planned availability: the announcement is not treated as completed sales or an unverified November release day.
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- US$499 · Apple 2005
The workflow combined selection, non-destructive adjustments and output. Stacks grouped sequences by time between shots, Loupe inspected details and Light Table arranged images freely. Originals stayed separate from adjustments, allowing versions without duplicating the master file. Apple allowed images to open in Photoshop for compositing and layers, not a claim to replace all its functions.
Aperture 1.0 specifications restrict hardware to selected Power Mac and iMac G5 and PowerBook G4 models, with a listed supported GPU, 1 GB RAM, DVD drive and Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later. The 5 GB disk requirement includes the app and sample projects. A dual 2 GHz G5 and 2 GB RAM are recommended, not the minimum.
Apple · Aperture 1.0 · Technical Specifications
On the first page of his original CreativePro review, Ben Long praised simultaneous comparison and Stacks but described slow auto-stacking and zoom limits. He tested several machines and reported his own crashes; those are not universal behaviour. Attribution covers the part read, not his second-page conclusions.
Ben Long · CreativePro · 2005-12-20 · page 1
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