Anyway, the long and short of it is that we have been working on making 64-bit versions of the Mac OS X versions of our plug-ins for a little while now and are entering the home stretch. When released, these 64-bit updates will be free of charge to registered owners of the current versions of our plug-ins. So if you're not registered, now would be a good time to do that.

So the date. You're probably asking "when will Aperture 3 support be coming?". As of today, we're looking at May 15, 2010 to have those free updates available. Sooner if possible, but with what we're currently working on, it's looking like May 15, 2010.

As you may have already seen, earlier today, Apple announced Aperture 3. According to Apple, there are over 200 new features in Aperture 3. One of them being a 64-bit application. That means if you're running Leopard or Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 respectively) running a 64-bit application will allow that application to access more than 4GB of RAM. It also means, in this case, that any plug-ins  you want to run with Aperture 3 need to be 64-bit plug-ins.

Currently, the above mentioned onOne plug-ins that support Aperture 2 are not 64-bit and therefore will not work with Aperture 3. We do have a plan to update our Mac plug-ins to be 64-bit compatible (just like we have already made the Windows versions of our plug-ins 64-bit compatible) but at this time, I don't have a date to share with you. All I can really say is that we plan to offer Mac OS X 64-bit compatibility later this year.

If you're using Aperture 3, or plan to upgrade since it just came out today, please leave a comment below and I'll be sure to add you to a list to let you know when we have Aperture 3 support. Also, if you could take a second to answer this poll, it would be appreciated.

>> UPDATE <<

As some have pointed out in the comments, our plug-ins that support Aperture 2 should work in Aperture 3 if you open Aperture 3 as a 32-bit application. By default, it opens as a 64-bit application but should you desire to open it as a 32-bit application for legacy plug-in support (ours or anybody else's for that matter), here's how to force Aperture 3 to launch as a 32-bit app.

In the Mac OS X Finder, go to your Applications folder. Select the Aperture application and press Command-I to open the Get Info window. Look for the box that says "Open in 32-bit mode". Check that box and launch Aperture 3.

I haven't tested this yet as I just got my hands on Aperture 3 for the first time last night and just installed it this morning. I'll play with it later and report back. If you have any experience with this, please feel free to leave a comment below.

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