Al Bergstein
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Day 2. Still no upgrade to the nVidia drivers. Currently showing that 346.03.15f05 is current and not compatible with iMac GeForce GTZ 680MX and OS X 10.11.6 Security updated.
Al
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Apple’s test labs had to know about this in advance. These are standard machines they sold. I have been inside of similar test labs, and they always have a large contingent of older machines to be able to test against. I would assume that every time Apple puts out a new machine there a number of them go into these test labs to be able to run automated test again software updates. If they want our business they have to do a better job of testing and alerting professional users in advance. I have lost trust in them over this and it works against everyone’s interests to be creating distrust in updating to protect against hacking.
Al
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I agree with the others, but would recommend you also check your RAM to see if you are maxing it out. I found out that 16GBs was not enough for what I was doing, and upgraded to 32 GBs. All is better now. But yes, the add ons like Denoiser eat up a lot of time….
Al
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What version of PP?
Al
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You don’t mention if the player is new, old or what. Has it ever worked right? Was it working before you upgraded to El Capitan? If so, did you update the version of Toast for 10.11.6 if an update exists?
I had a similar problem, and the burner was going bad. I borrowed a second player and found it worked fine. Bought a new player. Haven’t had a problem since. Random drops like you describe are not usually a cable. It normally works or not.
hope this helps
Al
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A disk image is exactly that. The value is that once you are on the new OS, you can make a disk image and afterwards you can restore the entire drive all at once, and move that image anywhere you might need it without a problem. Got an old drive you don’t use much anymore? You can move the image to that drive. It’s not meant for the kind of upgrade and restore you describe as what you want to do, meaning go in and pull back just your email.
Time Machine is a file by file backup. That way you can go and retrieve just one lost file if you need to. It’s what *most* people expect of a backup. It’s simple. That’s why Apple implemented it. Like John, I occasionally make an image of my system, maybe once a month or less and routinely run a TM backup, like weekly.
So the way an upgrade as yours should be done, according to Apples’ point of view, as I understand it (if anyone else wants to chime in, like John, feel free!)
(you can make an image backup just in case the whole upgrade is a failure and you want to reinstall exactly what you had before you started. This is a GOOD idea!)
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You use Time Machine to backup the whole drive, file by file.
Once the TM backup is done, and you have made sure it looks normal:
Do the upgrade of the OS erasing your hard drive and install the new OS.
Restore what you want from the TM backup.
Revalidate that you own certain apps, or go to the Apple App Store online and download newer versions of your software for the new OS, since there may be bugs with software that isn’t written for it.
Upgrading OS’s is not a brain dead affair. The time consuming nature of making sure you have all your passwords and serial numbers for some of your apps to revalidate is frustrating. I remind people that upgrading OS’s is a nice to do and not a must do for most upgrades. I always wait months before upgrading after a new OS version. Minor updates for security I just do. They are usually these days benign. I stress *usually*
You should, then be good to go.hope this helps.
Al
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I agree with Jessica Adam. If you need FCP 7 because you have some old videos to edit in the future, you might want to move to the new machine, and leave FPC 7 on the old one for possible updates. I wouldn’t continue to use FCP 7 for new work, as you could easily get burned in even a minor update. You could try to move things but as you know, FCP is awfully touchy about path structures etc. I left it on my old Mac Plus as long as I could.
Best of luck
Al
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Right. So as to your email what’s on your computer and your backup is it.
Sorry to worry you, I only meant to double check that your backup worked.
If you have done it before when changing drives, you should be good to go on this.
You mention a “clone” of the drive. A clone is a complete replica with the old OS. It won’t be an upgrade. If you clone a drive, and then reinstall the clone you get your current OS, not the new one, even if you installed the new one on the drive.
You need to do a *time machine* backup of the current drive, then (after checking your mail is there) do the upgrade. The TM is a file by file backup. Thats’ why you can go back and see your entire directory system.
You didn’t specify if you are going to erase the drive and install a complete new system, or do an over the top upgrade.
If you do a complete wipe and install, use Time Machine to get what you need after upgrading.
If you do an over the top upgrade you might not need to do much, other than possibly have to reinstall some of the apps or reenter their serial numbers.Does the make it more clear?
Al
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It may depend on the way you handle email. For example, if you are working with Thunderbird, you may still be using POP protocol. IF you are, and IF you set your email settings to DELETE your email when you retrieve it, all your email is on your local drive, and PROBABLY is unrecoverable. But try the utility that John recommends.
IF your email is on your server, and you DID NOT choose to delete after downloading, you should be able to just connect to the server and it SHOULD download all your emails. It might take a while, but it will do it.
If you have been using IMAP protocol, then that leaves the mail on the server and simply will mirror your emails to your new system.
Since I’m not in front of your machine, I can’t tell you what will work. I usually use Teamviewer to log into my clients and take a look around, before trying any major upgrade.
All in all, be sure your backup is good before starting the upgrade.
Words to the wise.
al
Al
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If you are a relative beginner, the best investment you can give yourself is training. While you *can* learn without oversight, it is a shortcut. The fact that you see portrait styles that are better than yours, and you probably would like to be able to emulate them when the right shot is in front of you, means to me that more effort in learning the camera is needed.
I’ve been in a few excellent workshops that I’ve never regretted. There are wonderful short workshops given by experts all over the globe, and some do online as well. Taking these and working through exercises to master your equipment will lead to better work in general. By going you will also meet other students that might help you move your career along.
Since I don’t know what you want to shoot, I can’t answer your question about whether you should buy a camera body or a lens. The answer may be “neither.”
Filmmaking is first and foremost in my mind about ideas. Stories. Mastering your technique means you can bring your story to life better. So go surf the net to find workshops, like Chase Jarvis and his work, but not limited to him, that can help you master your gear. You can always rent gear if you need it. You can’t rent expertise.
Best of luck. Look forward to seeing you on Vimeo!
Al