On 26/04/2010, at 9:22 PM, jtudor2005 wrote:
> If this were an issue, it would cause millions of users world wide to rev=
olt. So I think it's safe to say that when upgrading an OS, file time stamp=
info will remain the same. in all my years of Windows OS use, I never expe=
rienced this. I'd bet that upgrading an Apple OS (which is Unix based) will=
not cause any issues.
It definitely won't cause issues. I maintain a site with around 60 macs (eM=
ac's, iMac's, Mini's Powerbooks, Mac Book Pro's, Mac Pro's and XServe's) ru=
nning 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6 there are no issues with file creation dates whe=
n upgrading version to version - I would have a lot of very annoyed clients=
if this were the case! The main issue here is loss of creation dates when =
copying files between FAT32 and HFS+ volumes, and this appears to only affe=
ct OSX10.4 or earlier. There has never been any problems in this regard w=
hen copying between HFS formatted discs.
I've checked back in my own archive that have found that files copied from =
my HDP2 while I was running 10.4 don't have the creation date preserved. Ho=
wever all files copied since I moved to 10.5, and then 10.6 have the creati=
on date copied correctly. So the solution seems to be to upgrade to either=
10.5 (if you can find an installer disc) or 10.6 if you are running an int=
el mac that meets the hardware requirements.
EBU =3D European Broadcasting Union. EBU published version 0 of the BWF sp=
ecification in 1997.
http://www.ebu.ch/fr/technical/publications/userguides/bwf_user_guide.php
cheers
Paul
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