Aperture: How to export filenames without spaces

Like many other photography applications, Aperture allows you to export your filenames according to preset naming patterns or to fully customize them. While the Aperture preset formats contains spaces, it's a very simple matter to remove them.

After you choose File > Export Version, look for the Export Name Format menu, and set it to Edit... . You will see the Naming Presets dialog. Notice that the presets contain spaces between the individual naming elements, like this:

If you don't want spaces, simply delete the spaces or replace them with underscores, hyphens, or other valid naming characters, like this:

Note that Aperture 1.1 or later offers a preconfigured export preset without spaces.

Published Date: Oct 11, 2016