Hi all, am anxiously awaiting a new server mini in the mail this week..
Currently my workstation is a G5 on Mac OS 10.5.8; I'm beginning to prepare for the upgrade to both hardware and softwares, but have several questions. Since this is not a typical move from Snow Leopard to Lion I am a little more concerned especially because I understand that Lion fully drops support of all Rosetta applications. I recognize that I'll have to hunt for newer intel versions of my favorite third party software, or replacements.
What about my files? My plan is to use a 2TB partitioned hdd through firewire 800 to transfer all my music, photos, documents, etc., should I expect any file compatibility issues? Sorry to be naive here, but is a jpeg a jpeg and a mov a mov regardless of which OS/cpu is being used to read the file? What about iTunes library? Maybe I am getting all worked up over nothing.. is my external firewire hdd backup going to appear in Lion on the i7 intel cpu exactly as it appears in Rosetta Leopard on a G5 cpu including all three partitions, allowing me to manually transfer docs or would it be wiser to use a TimeMachine versioning on the backup files to ensure compatibility>? It seems logical that Apple would have accounted for these things knowing that dinosaurs like myself have been waiting for a suitable and capable well tested replacement before leaving the ppc for intel cpu. (read waiting for my old PowerMac to become totally obsolete)😛
One of my primary concerns is how well Adobe CS5.5 will play with formerly edited raw files in the universal CS4. Anyone with experience here?
I've got a prospective buyer for the G5 but will have a few days with both machines to transfer into the mini as well. Any ideas, suggestions would be welcomed and helpful. Thanks.🙂
Currently my workstation is a G5 on Mac OS 10.5.8; I'm beginning to prepare for the upgrade to both hardware and softwares, but have several questions. Since this is not a typical move from Snow Leopard to Lion I am a little more concerned especially because I understand that Lion fully drops support of all Rosetta applications. I recognize that I'll have to hunt for newer intel versions of my favorite third party software, or replacements.
What about my files? My plan is to use a 2TB partitioned hdd through firewire 800 to transfer all my music, photos, documents, etc., should I expect any file compatibility issues? Sorry to be naive here, but is a jpeg a jpeg and a mov a mov regardless of which OS/cpu is being used to read the file? What about iTunes library? Maybe I am getting all worked up over nothing.. is my external firewire hdd backup going to appear in Lion on the i7 intel cpu exactly as it appears in Rosetta Leopard on a G5 cpu including all three partitions, allowing me to manually transfer docs or would it be wiser to use a TimeMachine versioning on the backup files to ensure compatibility>? It seems logical that Apple would have accounted for these things knowing that dinosaurs like myself have been waiting for a suitable and capable well tested replacement before leaving the ppc for intel cpu. (read waiting for my old PowerMac to become totally obsolete)😛
One of my primary concerns is how well Adobe CS5.5 will play with formerly edited raw files in the universal CS4. Anyone with experience here?
I've got a prospective buyer for the G5 but will have a few days with both machines to transfer into the mini as well. Any ideas, suggestions would be welcomed and helpful. Thanks.🙂