System Requirements

Aperture leverages the Core Image layer in Mac OS X and your GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to achieve real-time performance previously not available for RAW files. Applications such as Final Cut Pro are designed to scale from G4-based systems all the way up to fully equipped G5-based systems. While this is also the case with Aperture, certain hardware is a prerequisite in order to take advantage of its real-time performance capabilities.

Minimum System Requirements

Aperture requires one of the following Macintosh computers:

• Power Mac G5 with a 1.8 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor

• 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor

• 17- or 20-inch iMac G5 with a 1.8 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor

Aperture also requires:

• Mac OS X "Tiger" version 10.4.3 or later

• 1 GB of RAM

• One of the following graphics cards:

  • ATI Radeon x600 Pro or x600 XT

  • ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition

  • ATI Radeon X850 XT

  • ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro

  • ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

  • ATI Radeon 9600, 9600 XT, 9600 Pro, or 9650

  • ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600

  • NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE or 6600

  • NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL

  • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

• 5 GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial

Recommended System

Apple Computer recommends the following system configuration to run Aperture:

• Dual 2 GHz Power Mac G5 or faster

• Mac OS X "Tiger" version 10.4.3 or later

• 2 GB of RAM

• One of the following graphics cards:

  • ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition

  • ATI Radeon 9800 XT or 9800 Pro

  • NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL

  • NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE or 6600

  • NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

• 5 GB of disk space for application, templates, and tutorial

Check for the Latest Recommendations

Minimum and recommended system requirements are constantly evolving as new configurations of hardware and software become available. To check for the latest requirements, go to www.apple.com/aperture.