Upgrade to OWB 10.2.0.2 - worth it?

Has anyone put in this upgrade? I had an open SR due to the issue that I could not perform very many diminsion role attachements to a cube without the product entering an infinite loop and effectively hanging the client. Metalink said that this patch would correct that, but I saw nothing in the documentation to indicate such. This is a rather large upgrade and I am not anxious to install it without specific knowledge that this will fix my problem. Also, the OWB patch before that, correcting null comparison on triggering dimension columns has caused my dimension maps for Type 2 dimensions to run almost 3 times longer than before. (Thanks Oracle).
Paul Gilbo
VACO Technology
Richmond, VA

We upgrade to get round bug 5263515 (TYPE II DIMENSION TRIGGER ATTRIBUTE ISSUE WITH NULL VALUE)
The upgrade was technically simple, however it corrupted all of our dimension objects. We ended up in a position where any map that used a dimension wouldn't validate.
We've a TAR open with support, but so far the only solution we've found is to re-create the dimension objects from scratch.
My advise would be to make sure you implement this patch in a test environment first.

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Unable to upgrade from OWB 10.2.0.1 to OWB 10.2.0.3

Hi
After installing OWB 10.2.0.1, i tried to upgrade to OWB 10.2.03. But the installation fails mid-way. It didn't give any error msg. Pls help
Last few Text from the error log
INFO: *** Install Page***
INFO: Install mode is not fastcopy.
INFO: HomeSetup JRE files in Scratch :699
INFO: Setting variable 'ROOTSH_LOCATION' to 'C:\OWB_10G\root.sh'. Received the value from a code block.
INFO: 02/12/08 14:41:31 GMT: Starting install Install Phase 1 of component Patch of Windows JDK
INFO: *** Error Dialog: Error occurred ***
INFO: User Selected: Stop installation of all products.
INFO: java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specified
INFO: Setting variable 'PREREQ_CONFIG_LOCATION' to ''. Received the value from variable association.
INFO: Setting variable 'PREREQ_CONFIG_LOCATION' to ''. Received the value from variable association.
INFO:
*** Welcome Page***
INFO: Initializing install inventory
INFO: Setting up install inventory
INFO:
*** Specify Source Location Page***
WARNING: Do you really want to exit?
INFO: User Selected: Yes/OK

follow this link
http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/119954/2/
http://wiki.oracle.com/search/threads/10.2.0.1?contains=10.2.0.1
http://www.oraclealchemist.com/oracle/patching-from-10201-to-10203/
also i assume there is no RAC involved in your case.
Edited by: Darthvader-647181 on Dec 2, 2008 8:13 AM
Edited by: Darthvader-647181 on Dec 2, 2008 8:14 AM

Upgrading from OWB 10.2.0.1.31 to 10.2.0.2

Hi All,
I am trying to upgrade my owb client side from 10.2.0.1.31 to 10.2.0.2 on Windows XP
I can upgrade server side on Solaris but when I upgrade client side on Windows XP I get the error:
OUI-10091: There are no patches that need to be applied from the patchset Oracle Warehouse Builder Patchset 10.2.0.2

I am about to do the same upgrade and I am unsure if we need to do anything to the client side - to upgrade from the present version on XP of: 10.2.0.1.31. Will let you know what I discover

Upgrade to OWB 9.2.0.3.0

Is there a patch to upgrade from OWB 9.2.0.2.8 to 9.2.0.3.0 ?
Where can i find it?
thanks

Hi Carlos,
Don't know about 9.2.0.3, but there is surely one that patches to 9.2.0.4. This is the latest 9.2 version, and maybe the last as well...
You'll find it at Metalink, in the left menu under Patches and Ungrades.
HTH.
Cheers, Patrick

Upgrading to OWB 11g

We are planning to upgrade the database to 11g, currently on 10.2 and we are weighing the pros and cons of upgrading to OWB 11g as well currently on 10.2 . I see that OWB 11g is still in its first release.
I have some questions and hope you can answer/advise:
1) Should we consider going to OWB 11g release 1, or should we wait for a later release?
2) If we should consider upgrading to OWB 11g, what are the features that would make it worthwhile?
3) If we go to OWB 11g, should we upgrade before or after we upgrade the database to 11g? Is there any argument for upgrading both simultaneously?
4) If we decide to stay on OWB 10gR2, are there any drawbacks/concerns to upgrading the database to 11g?
Thanks in Advance
Suresh

Hi Suresh,
These question are hard to answer.
But my personal thinking is that unless you have some valid reason to go for 11g R1 do not.
Its in first release .So will be not be as stabilise as 10g R2.
You can check in this Forum queries regarding Upgradation
Flat file to target table map in 11G
Cheers
Nawneet

Owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.open fails after upgrade to OWB 11gR2

The following code is used as a PLSQL wrapper to execute OWB mappings and is based on the good old run_my_own_stuff.sql. We have been mandated to use Tivoli as the corporate scheduler, meaning we do not have Workflow as a solution. We have implemented the audit_execution_id as an input parameter to all the mappings to be able to link the data to the OWBSYS audit tables, as well as return mapping performance and success info to the execution process/session. I have implemented this exact same procedure in 10gR1, 10gR2 and 11gR1 (current dev env) with no problems at all - the code ports easily. However following an upgrade (actually an export/import of the repository from 11gR1 on a 64bit solaris to 11gR2 on Exadata running enterprise linux 5) - actually the test server (I know, I know, I said the same thing!), the code now fails on the wb_rt_api_exec.open line (highlighted).
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE bi_ref_data.map (p_map_name IN VARCHAR2)
-- Procedure to execute ETL mapping package via command line call
-- Mapping names are held in the BI_REF_DATA.MAP_NAME table
-- with the mapping type and location data
AS
v_repos_owner VARCHAR2 (30) := <repository_owner>;
v_workspace_owner VARCHAR2 (30) := <workspace_owner>;
v_workspace_name VARCHAR2 (30) := <workspace_name>;
v_loc_name VARCHAR2 (30);
v_map_type VARCHAR2 (30);
v_map_name VARCHAR2 (30) := UPPER (p_map_name);
v_retval VARCHAR2 (255);
v_audit_execution_id NUMBER; -- Audit Execution Id
v_audit_result NUMBER;
v_start_time timestamp := LOCALTIMESTAMP;
v_end_time timestamp;
v_execution_time NUMBER;
v_record_rate NUMBER := 0;
v_records_selected NUMBER;
v_records_inserted NUMBER;
v_records_updated NUMBER;
v_records_deleted NUMBER;
v_records_merged NUMBER;
v_errors NUMBER;
v_failure VARCHAR2 (4000);
e_no_data_found_in_audit exception;
v_audit_exec_count NUMBER;
e_execution_id_error exception;
BEGIN
SELECT UPPER (loc_name), UPPER (map_type)
INTO v_loc_name, v_map_type
FROM bi_ref_data.owb_map_table
WHERE UPPER (map_name) = UPPER (v_map_name);
IF UPPER (v_map_type) = 'PLSQL'
THEN
v_map_type := 'PLSQL';
ELSIF UPPER (v_map_type) = 'SQL_LOADER'
THEN
v_map_type := 'SQLLoader';
ELSIF UPPER (v_map_type) = 'SAP'
THEN
v_map_type := 'SAP';
ELSIF UPPER (v_map_type) = 'DATA_AUDITOR'
THEN
v_map_type := 'DataAuditor';
ELSIF UPPER (v_map_type) = 'PROCESS'
THEN
v_map_type := 'ProcessFlow';
END IF;
-- Changed code for owb11gr2
-- owbsys.wb_workspace_management.set_workspace (v_workspace_name, v_workspace_owner);
owbsys.wb_rt_script_util.set_workspace (v_workspace_owner || '.' || v_workspace_name);
v_audit_execution_id := owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.open (v_map_type, v_map_name, v_loc_name);
IF v_audit_execution_id IS NULL
OR v_audit_execution_id = 0
THEN
RAISE e_execution_id_error;
END IF;
v_retval := v_retval || 'audit_execution_id=' || TO_CHAR (v_audit_execution_id);
v_audit_result := owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.execute (v_audit_execution_id);
IF v_audit_result = owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.result_success
THEN
v_retval := v_retval || ' --> SUCCESS';
ELSIF v_audit_result = owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.result_warning
THEN
v_retval := v_retval || ' --> WARNING';
ELSIF v_audit_result = owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.result_failure
THEN
v_retval := v_retval || ' --> FAILURE';
ELSE
v_retval := v_retval || ' --> UNKNOWN';
END IF;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.close (v_audit_execution_id);
v_end_time := LOCALTIMESTAMP;
v_execution_time := bi_ref_data.get_seconds_from_interval (v_end_time - v_start_time);
v_retval := 'Execution time = ' ||
v_execution_time ||
' seconds.';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
SELECT COUNT (w.rta_select)
INTO v_audit_exec_count
FROM owbsys.owb$wb_rt_audit w
WHERE w.rte_id = v_audit_execution_id;
IF v_audit_exec_count = 0
THEN
RAISE e_no_data_found_in_audit;
END IF;
SELECT w.rta_select,
w.rta_insert,
w.rta_update,
w.rta_delete,
w.rta_merge,
rta_errors
INTO v_records_selected,
v_records_inserted,
v_records_updated,
v_records_deleted,
v_records_merged,
v_errors
FROM owbsys.owb$wb_rt_audit w
WHERE w.rte_id = v_audit_execution_id;
v_retval := v_records_selected || ' records selected';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
IF v_records_inserted > 0
THEN
v_retval := v_records_inserted || ' inserted';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
END IF;
IF v_records_updated > 0
THEN
v_retval := v_records_updated || ' updated';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
END IF;
IF v_records_deleted > 0
THEN
v_retval := v_records_deleted || ' deleted';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
END IF;
IF v_records_merged > 0
THEN
v_retval := v_records_merged || ' merged';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
END IF;
IF v_errors > 0
THEN
v_retval := v_errors || ' errors';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
END IF;
IF v_execution_time > 0
THEN
v_record_rate := TRUNC ( (v_records_inserted + v_records_updated + v_records_deleted + v_records_merged) / v_execution_time, 2);
v_retval := v_record_rate || ' records/sec';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_retval);
END IF;
IF (v_audit_result = owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.result_failure
OR v_audit_result = owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.result_warning)
THEN
FOR cursor_error
IN (SELECT DISTINCT aml.plain_text
FROM owbsys.owb$wb_rt_audit_messages am
INNER JOIN
owbsys.owb$wb_rt_audit_message_lines aml
ON am.audit_message_id = aml.audit_message_id
WHERE am.audit_execution_id = v_audit_execution_id)
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (cursor_error.plain_text);
END LOOP;
END IF;
-- OWBSYS.wb_rt_api_exec.close (v_audit_execution_id);
COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
WHEN e_execution_id_error
THEN
raise_application_error (-20011, 'Invalid execution ID returned from OWB');
-- RAISE;
WHEN e_no_data_found_in_audit
THEN
raise_application_error (-20010, 'No data found in audit table for execution_id - ' || v_audit_execution_id);
-- RAISE;
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND
THEN
raise_application_error (-20001, 'Error in reading data from OWBSYS tables.');
-- RAISE;
END;
Does anyone out there know if there is a difference between 11gR1 and R2 in the way that the wb_rt_api_exec function works?
Is there a simple way to retrieve the audit_id before executing the mapping, or at a push during the mapping so that we can maintain the link between the session data and the OWBSYS audit data?
Martin

Hi David, I have been reading some of your posts and blogs around OWB and I still have not found the answer.
OK, thereis/was a script that Oracle Support/forums/OTN sent out a while ago called "run_my_iowb_stuff" - I am sure you will be familiar with it. I based the code I uploaded on it and added additional functionality. In essence, I wanted to use the audit_id as an input parameter tot he mapping, so that I can register the audit_id in the management tables, and associate each row of loaded data with a specific mapping_id which would allow a simple link to the owbsys audit tables to complete the audit circle. To that end, I used the owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.open procedure to register the mapping execution, and then on the execute procedure of the same package, I passed this audit_id in as a custom parameter:
<<snip>>
owbsys.wb_workspace_management.set_workspace (v_workspace_name, v_workspace_owner);
v_audit_execution_id := owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.open (v_map_type, v_map_name, v_loc_name, 'PLSQL');
IF v_audit_execution_id IS NULL
OR v_audit_execution_id = 0
THEN
RAISE e_execution_id_error;
END IF;
v_retval := v_retval || 'audit_execution_id=' || TO_CHAR (v_audit_execution_id);
IF v_include_mapping_id > 0 -- if non-zero, submit owb execution id as an input parameter to the map process
THEN
owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.override_input_parameter (
v_audit_execution_id,
'p_execution_id',
TO_CHAR (v_audit_execution_id),
owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.parameter_kind_custom
END IF;
<<snip>>
The execution is closed, also by the use of the audit_id ( "owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.close (v_audit_execution_id)" )
I can also use the audit_id to inspect the audit tables to retrieve the records processed as well as any associated error messages, and format them for the calling application (owSQL*Plus, which is normally the context of our current use).
This procedure has been working weel up to now until we moved over to 11gR2 when all of a sudden the audit_id is not returned when executing "v_audit_execution_id := owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.open (v_map_type, v_map_name, v_loc_name);". Prior to 11gR2 this worked like a charm - now it has crashed to a halt.
As an interesting twist, I have tried to substitute a sequence number for the audit_id, and then tried to get the audit_id after the mapping completes, so that I can put both the sequence and audit id in a table so it maintains the link. However in attempting to use the owbsys.wb_rt_script_util.run_task procedure which now appears to be the only thing left working, I was astonished to see the following output in sqlplus:
SQL> exec map1('stg_brand')
Stage 1: Decoding Parameters
| location_name=STAGE_MOD
| task_type=PLSQLMAP
| task_name=STG_BRAND
Stage 2: Opening Task
| l_audit_execution_id=2135
Stage 3: Overriding Parameters
Stage 4: Executing Task
| l_audit_result=1 (SUCCESS)
Stage 5: Closing Task
Stage 6: Processing Result
| exit=1
--> SUCCESS
Execution time = .647362 seconds.
records/sec
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
This output seems so identical to the "run_my_owb_stuff" that either Oracle support generated their "run_my_owb_stuff" as a lightweight owbsys.wb_rt_script_util.run_task procedure, or Oracle incorporated the "run_my_owb_stuff" script into their owbsys.wb_rt_script_util.run_task procedure! Which way round I cannot say, but it is surely one or the other! To make matters worse, I have raised this with Oracle Support, and they have the temerity to claim that they do not support the "run_my_owb_stuff" script, but think enough of it to incorporate it into their own package in a production release!
To overcome my problems, in the short term, I need to be able to access the audit_id either during or after the execution of the mapping, so that I can at least associate that with a sequence number I am having to pass in as a parameter to each mapping. In the longer term, i would like a solution to be able to access the audit_id before I execute the mapping, as I could by calling the "owbsys.wb_rt_api_exec.open " procedure. Ideally this would be solved first and I would not need to use a sequence at all.
Hope this clarifies things a bit.
Regards
Martin

Upgrade from CS5.0 to CS5.5 Worth It?

If I could get the Warp Stablizer to work on some of my more difficult shots, I'd probably pay the $179 for an After Effects upgrade. That's the cost of a good plugin.
But Premiere? I don't really see any of the "What's new?" features that make me go crazy... In fact, I don't really care about them at all.
BUT, I do care about speed and stability. I'd spend money if it made my work significantly faster.
Does CS5.5 cut down on response time? Right now in CS5 everything is great until my project gets big, then it starts becoming a lot slower to jump from Windows/Anything back to Premiere. It lags 5-10 seconds before the program is available. And of course with a lot of dynamic linking, going to AE for a minor tweat and coming back to see it in Premiere can become tedius if it takes 10 seconds every time.
I also have slow response time from the time I press play to the time the video plays. Not at first, but after the project has grown.
Does CS5.5 adress any of this at all?

Well, it depends what you consider "significantly faster." In general, CS5.5 is more responsive than CS5; projects load and save faster, GPU acceleration has been refined a bit, and shuttling through a busy timeline is--with most media--very fluid. I've had some issues with H.264 stuff, though; I'm convinced (or, at least, I've convinced myself) that CS5.5 hiccups a bit more with such footage than CS5 did. My projects use a lot of such media, now--primarily AF100 AVCHD and Canon DSLR. This could totally be placebo effect, though--I haven't done any real scientific measurements. It's not enough for me to decry CS5.5 as "bad" in this respect, because it's not.
There are a few operational enhancements, as you're aware, but if you don't need them or can live without them, they're nothing to go crazy about. I've only tinkered with Merge Clips to see what it does, and the Audition integration is interesting but not something I'm too likely to use for my kind of work.
I'd really suggest downloading the trial and giving it a go; while you won't be able to do anything with your projects that have DL'ed comps (PPro CS5.5 won't talk to AE CS5), you could import one of your other projects and beat on it for a bit. It'll will ask you to convert the project, so it'll leave the original alone. I think the only true way to ascertain whether it's a worthwhile upgrade for you is to kick the tires yourself.
I might not be the best judge of this, since I usually will upgrade within a few weeks of release just because I like to stay current, but I think that on the whole, CS5.5 is worth it, even if it's not bringing a whole lot of whiz-bang to the table.
That's my two cents, but what with the exchange rate these days, that's not much

Upgrading Mac Pro 3.1 (early 2008) worth it ?

Hi
I was wondering if it´s still worth to upgrade my mac pro 3.1 (early 2008) ..... or I should sell it and buy maybe the mac pro 2010 or anything like that...
my system is
2,8 Ghz 8-Core
8 gb 800 Mhz DDR2 ram
Ati radeon 2600 (i think it slows everything down.... )
system HD: WD Velocyraptor 10000kb/s (320 GB)
second HD: WD hd 7200kb/s (1 TB)
third HD: WD hd (it´s slow, the one that apple built in mac pro)
SNOW LEOPARD 10.6.8
to be honest I think my mac is too slow... especially loading from HD or something takes time and the beachball appears often... I mainly work with Logic and its not really nice.... bad performance... lags and so on...
I really need another video card.... in logic pro everything lags and I think its because of the slow video card...... also I think my RAM is too slow (800mhz)
and I thinking about getting a SSD Samsung HD and remove the slow third HD apple built in...
what do you think? this would be not cheap upgrade for me.... and I think about selling my mac pro 2008 and getting a newer one... from 2010 or anything like that...
thank you guys!

Open the side door.
If your software required PowerPC / Rosetta then Lion is not for you.
I would ask in Logic Community what they recommend.
I think you can improve your system, disk drives are something you need no matter what and you wouldn't be using disks from 2007. I would think 16GB RAM would make more sense as next step and then play safe with Apple ATI 5x70 for $249.
Hopefull you have backups but yes, rotate out and clone onto new drives.
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Profiling Error after Upgrade to OWB 10.2.0.2

Hello,
I upgraded a 10.2.0.1 OWB installation to 10.2.0.2 and the database used for design to 10.2.0.3 with the respective OWB- and DB-patch-sets. At first everything looked fine, but when I tested the data profiling I ran into an error. Here's the excerpt from the OWB log file:
2006/12/10-14:44:44-CET [64F6CD] AuditId=1646: Request completed
2006/12/10-14:44:47-CET [60E128] Thin driver connection time - 3235 millisecond(s)
2006/12/10-14:45:32-CET [1EC8909] java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06512: at "OWB10201.WB_RT_PROFILE_SERVICE", line 1617
ORA-06512: at "OWB10201.WB_RT_PROFILE_SERVICE", line 1263
ORA-06512: at line 1
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:112)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:331)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:288)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.receive(T4C8Oall.java:743)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CCallableStatement.doOall8(T4CCallableStatement.java:215)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CCallableStatement.executeForRows(T4CCallableStatement.java:954)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1168)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3285)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.execute(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3390)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleCallableStatement.execute(OracleCallableStatement.java:4223)
     at oracle.wh.runtime.platform.operator.data_profile.NativeDataProfileOperator.execute(NativeDataProfileOperator.java:395)
     at oracle.wh.runtime.platform.adapter.rtp.NativeExecutionAdapter.execue(NativeExecutionAdapter.java:43)
     at oracle.wh.runtime.platform.service.controller.ExecutionController.execute(ExecutionController.java:70)
     at oracle.wh.runtime.platform.service.controller.ExecutionController.execute(ExecutionController.java:23)
     at oracle.wh.runtime.platform.service.ExecutionManager.run(ExecutionManager.java:36)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
2006/12/10-14:45:32-CET [1EC8909] report_execution_result auditId=1626
2006/12/10-14:45:32-CET [64F6CD] Free Memory(bytes)=715328 Total Memory(bytes)=2883584 Used Memory(bytes)=2168256 Used Memory(percent)=76%
2006/12/10-14:45:32-CET [64F6CD] AuditId=1626: Request completed
Some table or view that's called in the wb_rt_profile_service package is not there or at least not accessible by the profile user.
The error occurs only when referential analysis is done. I tried it on different DB instances and OWB repostitories. I consistently got the same error.
Did anybody experience that already? Any explanations or workarounds for me? Help and/or advice are appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Regards Holger

I did some more analysis. The error does not occur with new repositories, that are created with the Repos-Wizard after Software was upgraded to 10.2.0.2.
However, it does occur with all repositories that were migrated from 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.2, using the upgrade script as described in the patch set's installation notes.
The problem persists, even when the profiling user (i.e. schema) is removed, and a new one is initialised by the Design Client.

Upgrade from 20/5 to 25/25 Worth it???

Had FIOS for 2 years now with no issues. Time to renew. Use the the internet to mainly surf, internet radio and some work @ home but no very large uploads.
For the extra $ will an upgrade to 25/25 be very noticeable? My speed tests all show about 20/5 but it still seems lagging.

It depends upon what you are doing with your Internet connection. If you just browse the web, download MP3's and Video's, and email, it is doubtful that there is any significant benefit in going from 20/5 to 25/25. I know from looking at the router information my ratio of download to upload is about 4:1. YMMV
The improvement in download performance from 20 to 25 isn't very large, and many sites already have trouble keeping up with the 20mbps rate.
The real question become what are you doing with the uplink. If you are web master and are always uplinking photos, videos etc to web sites (or U-Tube), then the upgrade in the uplink is probably going to have a significant impact.
At the end of the day, it is a question of what is your time worth?

Upgrade to 6D from7d - flash& wifi issues - worth upgrade?

Dear Friends,
At present I have the following for about 2 years:
7d
canon EF-S 15-85mm
canon EF 24-105mm L
canon EF 35 mm f2
and Blackberry 9900
I am considering to sell 7d & EF-S lense for 6d and use L lense with the new body.
The main purpose is general usages, and also for work, indoors, outdoors, travelling and family photos.
others features aside, only 2 matters remain: WIFI & Built-in flash.
1.
can I transfer photos from 6D directly over wifi to Blackberry?
Does it work well?
or, Alternatively, shall I buy Wireless Transmitter WFT-E5A for 7d instead? does this work with BB?
with 7d, after taking photos at work or leisure, I am "forced" to go back to laptop, plug cables,
and send via BB to customers/ friends. If 6D can do this wirelessly, it will be ONE of my big upgrading point.
please help on this matter.
2.
I use 7d built-in flash like 90% just for fill-in flash during the day, high contrast areas or at night for lighting up the subjects. 6d has none (and I am not considering buying any speedlites yet)
Will I still be able to achieve good photos with 6d?
Can 6d handle high contrast area without the fill-in flash?
thank you so much on your inputs in these 2 matters.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

The wireless apps is for android and ios only. I do not know if the wft-e5a will work or not.
Nothing can replace fill flash. Without fill flash you will have to over expose the ambient in order to fill the shadow.
If those two are your reason to update then it is not worth it.
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After upgrading to ios5 i lost a months worth of info

I upgraded to ios5 transferring all my purchases to itune before i did so but once it upgraded and i went to use the phone i noticed there was no music or videos on my phone and all the photos i had taken apps downloaded or contacts i had added to my phone in the last few weeks were gone. (my synced photo library was gone buy my camera roll was there minus the photos i'd taken over the last few weeks). I checked my messages and it said the last one i sent or recieved was a month ago. Oddly enough in notes everything i had taken down in the last few weeks was there. I have tried and restoring from the backup the phone made before it upgraded but its the same story.
I'm not worried about the music or apps i have them backed up but the photos and contacts i would really like to get back, if anyone culd help me i would be extreemly grateful.

When I logged in the next time everything was back.

I upgraded and restarted and lost a day worth of Wiki postings

We LOVE the new Lion WIKI so we've started upgrading our KB. I just updated Lion and restarted ther server and everything entered today (luckily not much since it's a weekend) is gone! Does anyone have experience with the OSX Wiki? Does it need to be shut down before restart or something? is this a "known issue"?

The exact same thing happened to me. I had the Wiki enabled for awhile but finally got around to setting up several wikis and uploading a bunch of media etc. yesterday. Worked perfectly and I even sent out the obligatory "hey check it out" emails. Then, just to sort of make everything everything, I updated & rebooted.
Gone. Only one of the wikis remained (the simplest one, of course). And just for fun I got back a few replies of "I don't see anything" as people landed on the now-not-found pages.
I recovered two of the other wikis by time machine-ing back a day, but the one with all the media is just plain gone. (Or I don't see it anyway.) To top it off, all my shared drives disappeared from the finder window. No settings have changed with Sharing permissions or anything, but that's possibly a different issue that also coincidentally occurred immediately after the update & reboot.

Is upgrading RAM in an early 2009 MBP worth it?

Hi all,
I'm running OS X 10.8.4 on my 2.4 ghz late 2009 MacBook Pro with 2 GB of RAM and a 250 gb HD. The machine's been running increasingly slowly lately (beachballin', freezing, even occasionally shutting down while on battery). It's also running pretty hot from boot-up, though that's been consistent for as long as I can remember. I figured I'd run Activity Monitor to see what was up. With iTunes, Microsoft Word, and a handful of browser tabs open, my machine is running ~9 GB pageouts and with less than ~50 MB RAM free at any given time.
I obviously need more RAM to support what I'm doing. My question is, with a 4+ year old MBP, will upgrading to 8 GB RAM (or is 4 enough?) solve the problem, or should I start thinking about a new machine? I admit to having been fairly neglectful in caring for my Mac until now--has thrashing my drive for so many years damaged it to the point that putting more money into the machine would be a waste? The 13" Air is looking appealing right about now...
Thanks!
Matt

I am of the opinion that SSDs are still too expensive for the advantages they offer. Others do not. It certainly would improve boot and shutoff times in your MBP and when using CPU/GPU intensive tasks where data swapping is experienced, it would help there as well. For casual use (aside from boot and shutoff) you would experience little or no differences in response times.
If you MBP is running hot, first reset the SMC:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Next open the MBP and look for dirt, dust and debris that may have accumulated and clean it out if it is present.
Download iStat pro and open Activity Monitor. Set AM to show ALL PROCESSES and %CPU to display values from high to low. When the MBP heats up, check AM for applications that are using a lot of CPU resources and shut them down if possible. If in doubt, post images of bot iStat pro And AM for evaluation.
Ciao.

Upgrading Macbook 4,1 to SSD. Worth it?

Hi everyone,
I just failed at swapping out my Macbook Pro 4,1 (that is, the last 2008 Aluminim macbook pro model before unibody came out) 's Superdrive for a SSD drive. It turns out the data doubler I purchased from OWC is only for models newer than mine. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DDAMBS0GB/ . I wanted to use my original HDD for storage, and my SSD for the OS, applications, and my most used samples, but it seems the best I might be able to do is just swap out my HDD with the SSD I purchased.
Has anyone successfully swapped out their Optical drive of their Macbook Pro (pre unibody)? And if so did you see huge results seeing that the optical drives connection is not SATA III.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason

Hey JDDaddy. I ended up using this one. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005L91ZL8/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pe_385040_303 32190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1 . I think there was just one plastic piece I had to take of for it to fit, but it came off very easily.

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