Are there benefits of erasing disc before upgrading from Lion to Mavrick?

A friend suggested backing up only my necessary files on my Lion based MBP, wiping the disc clean (erasing), and then installing Maverick. He says it will clean out any old junk and make my MBP run really fast. If true I would like to do that, but would like confirmation and suggestions on best steps to accomplish the feat. Thanks!

Yes. On the off chance your old system is somewhat corrupted a fresh install prevents any of that from corrupting the new system. I recommend it. But, if that is not feasible to do, then be sure you do this before any change:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

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How to Install OS X Updates Successfully
A. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions:
Boot from your current Tiger Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and later.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
B. Make a Bootable Backup Using Restore Option of Disk Utility:
Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
C. Important: Please read before installing:
If you have a FireWire hard drive connected, disconnect it before installing the update unless you will boot from this drive and install the update on it. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is complete and you've restarted.
You may experience unexpected results if you have installed third-party system software modifications, or if you have modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)
The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to update. While the installation is in progress do not use the computer.
D. To upgrade:
Purchase the Snow Leopard Retail DVD.
Boot From The OS X Installer Disc:
Insert OS X Installer Disc into the optical drive.
Restart the computer.
Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key.
Release the key when the spinning gear below the dark gray Apple logo appears.
Wait for installer to finish loading.
E. If updating:
Download and install update(s)
Use Software Update, or
Download standalone updater(s).

Are there benefits to migrating an old iMac from 10.3.9 to 10.4x .....

...... I'm giving it to my Mom. She will primarily be using email and a little bit of Sarfari for browsing and viewing pics in iPhoto. Is there a difference or should she be OK with 10.3.9?
What is the cost of going to 10.4x?
Thanks

You might want to put a question like this on the "Panther and earlier" forums. As BDaqua points out, browsers get out of dated and older OS versions are not supported. I know this is a serious issue for people still running OS9, though apparently some browsers are out there that still work with new websites and run under OS9. Panther is nowhere near as old as OS9 so I would check on that site if this is a serious issue, especially if you were willing to move to a non-Safari browser.
The reason I say this is Tiger has become a much in demand product but Apple no longer sells it. I have seen suggestions on this website that you can still purchase it from Apple if you can convince them you aren't simply upgrading for the sake of upgrading (Apple wants you to buy Leopard if you want to do that but the problem is there are still many Macs out there in use that cannot run Leopard and hence the demand for Tiger). The only "easy" places to get Tiger are at third party retailers who can now demand a pretty penny for Tiger. I think it used to cost around $120 at Apple Store but websites are now charging $170+. Or you can join in the fray at places like e-bay, but if you do that make sure you get the black colored retail installer, not a machine-specific gray installer.
Another cost factor is if your machine requires any upgrades to hard drive, memory, etc. in order to run Tiger. Tiger doesn't require a lot more resources than Panther but if you're running marginal right now it might be a consideration. Need to know more about your computer to give an opinion on that.

Are there benefits to the Blackmagic Intensity Pro for HDV capture ?

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I have a Sony HDR-FX1 that records in HDV 1440 x 1080
I have already captured the footage to miniDV tape.
Can the intensity card get the full 1920 x 1080 video ?
I now use Premiere to capture my video and my HDV is in mpeg2 and my SD is in DV type 2 AVI
What format does the intensity card capture at ?
Are there other ways to capture that would make the footage better.
From what I have read allot of people have had problems with these cards.
Im just looking for the best way to get the footage off my camera with the best resolution.
Thanks: Glenn

Glenn,
I have posted this before in the PC Buying Guide (post #23 and later), but have a look at this diagram:
The problem is that once recorded to tape, the material is compressed to MPEG and there is no way to get the data back, that were lost during compression. The only thing you achieve is that you lose device control, lose all timecode information, lose all metadata like date and timestamp and exposure data and lose the capability of scene detection. There are no gains to compensate the losses.
Compare it to a glass of orange juice, that was made by heavily compressing oranges. How do you think you can reconstruct the original oranges that the juice came from? Were there 4 large oranges or 6 small ones or a mixture? Were they light colored or were they dark or a mixture of light and dark?
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Are there benefits to buying an Unlocked phone?

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What are the key points to beconsider while upgrading from 4.7 to ECC 6.0

hai
What are the key points to beconsider while upgrading from 4.7 to ECC 6.0
please provide sufficient material
points will be rewarded
regards
v.sridhar

Hi Sridhar,
Please visit the following links:
http://service.sap.com/erp
http://solutionbrowser.erp.sap.fmpmedia.com/ (Functional perspective)
http://service.sap.com/instguides --> mySAP Business Suite Applications --> mySAP ERP --> mySAP ERP 2005 --> Upgrade
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/LOVC/LOVC.pdf
For Functionality Differences pls refer to the below site -
http://solutionbrowser.erp.sap.fmpmedia.com/
After opening the site, please select the Source Release Version which is 4.6 b Then Select the Target Release Version which is "mySAP ERP 2005" or ECC 6.0
Select the Solution Area like Financials, Human Capital Management, Sales....
Select module like MM, PP, SD, and QM.....
Click on Search
then it displays the Release Version and the Delta Functionality. Which can be downloaded to a word document if required.
And also check the release notes of ECC 6.0 in service.sap.com.
When you are upgrading from 4.6C to ECC6
Nothing major, follow the same process you'd follow if you were updating PI service packs in R/3 or enhancing data sources. Empty queues in RSA7 and lbwq. Also empty setup tables through lbwg as the upgrade doesn't like it if these tables contain data. This is all on the R/3 side (although you empty RSA7 by running each delta TWICE in BW).
To transfer queues from lbwq to rsa7, execute jobs through LO cockpit (lbwe).
Some of your data sources could also be using sm13 instead of lbwq, so do check it out as well.
For installing ECC 6.0 you required a solution manager key. With out solution manager key you cannot install ECC6.0.
For ECC 6.0 is called net weaver component here you have ABAP+JAVA stack.
ECC6.0 supports UNCODE.
For installing 4.6 you don't require solution manager key. It only having ABAP stack.
4.6C supports NONUNICODE.
Major difference is ECC6 is netwear product having WASJAVA+ABAP
secondly support unicode apart from this we have other diff. you can get form master guide from service.sap.com/instguides.
Please go through the link that is shown here and if there is any doubts then feel free to ask.
Major difference is ECC6 is net weaver product having WASJAVA+ABAP
secondly support Unicode apart from this we have other diff. you can get from master guide from service.sap.com/instguides
For installing ECC 6.0 you required a solution manager key. With out solution manager key you cannot install ECC6.0.
For ECC 6.0 is called net weaver component here you have ABAP+JAVA stack.
ECC6.0 supports UNCODE.
For installing 4.6 you don't required solution manager key. It only having ABAP stack.
4.6C supports NONUNICODE.
Please also Refer sdn thread and make a small search where u can find lot of information Reg this
olution Browser would give the differences (Features):
http://solutionbrowser.erp.sap.fmpmedia.com/ Give source and target versions.
Release Info:
ECC 6.0:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/43/68805bb88f297ee10000000a422035/frameset.htm
Refer below and search for posts on this topic on sdn
There are so many differences between the version in different objects
I
These are the some of the settings that are differed in the two versions and in that two objects
Please visit the following links:
http://service.sap.com/erp
http://solutionbrowser.erp.sap.fmpmedia.com/ (Functional prespective)
http://service.sap.com/instguides --> mySAP Business Suite Applications --> mySAP ERP --> mySAP ERP 2005 --> Upgrade
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/LOVC/LOVC.pdf
For Functionality Differences pls refer to the below site -
http://solutionbrowser.erp.sap.fmpmedia.com/
Upgrade from 4.6c to 6.0 ECC
upgrade from 4.7 to ecc 6.0
Please Do Reward If Really Helpful,
Thanks and Regards,
Sateesh.Kandula

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