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Preparing for the installation of the Bogart V4 Operating System
MacroSystem US has announced that members of Club Casablanca will receive the software and the installation code for the brand new Bogart V4 Operating System any day now.
The rest of North American Casablanca users will be able to purchase the new OS software following the Club members release (we're told today that should be July 5, 2011). Here are some Tutorials & Tips to Help You Upgrade Smoothly (for those owners of Casablanca Generation III Editors who wish to upgrade to this new Bogart OS) First - here are some of the most commonly asked questions about the move to a new Casablanca Operating System: "Is it possible to do an update rather than a full install?" "How can I save my video projects" "What about my custom archives?" Let me take a moment and address these good questions and point you to resources already available on my website that provide you with comprehensive information on these topics. "What Are the New Functions/Features in Bogart 4?" There are some great new features and functions made possible with this new Operating System upgrade - I will be hosting a live webinar on Thursday, June 30, 2011 where I will highlight this new OS software. You can register for that free, public learning opportunity here: Casablanca Expert Special Webinar - Highlights of Bogart V4 (if you are reading this article after June 30, 2011 you will find a streaming video recording of this session in the Webinar Archives) You can read my former article outlining the most 'important' new features & functions in the Bogart V4 Operating System: Bogart 4 New Features. "Is it possible to do an update rather than a full install?" Well, actually yes. You can perform an update, keeping your video & audio files, all project intact with both these OS versions (assuming you are upgrading from a recent OS). But Tech Support recommends (and so do I) that you do a clean install - meaning you will lost all project data. This wipes the hard drive clean of any possible 'bugs' that a previous OS may have had, and also de-fragments your hard drive. I know for me this also 'forces' me to do some 'spring cleaning' of my video projects. "How can I save my custom archives?" Backup/Restore Archives I recommend to all Casablanca colleagues that they should archive/save your archives. If you have created your own custom color/s, archived titles, archived certain special effects settings and (to me, the biggest and most important) archived your own DVD menu templates (available on Arabesk 4) you should use the use the Back-up/Restore Archives function in the System Settings Menu. This process is detailed in a short tutorial on my website here: http://www.casablancaexpert.com/articles/20090613 Bogart OS - Software Activation Code Export/Import This is for Bogart systems only - to avoid spending a considerable amount of time after you perform a clean installation, make certain you back-up (export) the activation codes for your software. If not, after the upgrade you'll be needing to re-type the 12-digit activation codes for all the software you have on your editor! You will find a short tutorial (you can print it out) on my website here: http://www.casablancaexpert.com/articles/20090820 "How can I back-up my projects?" There are several different options for backing-up your projects on today's Casablanca editor. If you are on a Bogart OS editor, I believe the best choice is to use the Bogart HD Backup (add-on software). This function is detailed in this tutorial: http://www.casablancaexpert.com/articles/20090909 If you don't have the Bogart HD Backup software - you may wish to consider the Storyboard Archives. This function and the other options (backup to DV tape) and covered in my previous Casablanca Expert Webinar titled ' All About Archiving'. You'll find this streaming video on my website here: http://www.casablancaexpert.com/articles/20090912_1 And for the 'Full Monty' on archiving for your Casablanca, you can check out all the three streaming videos from an earlier webinar titled where I go in detail over the different means and issues with backing up of data on your Casablanca editor. You will find these three videos in this article: Casablanca Expert Webinar: All About Archives Bogart 'Emergency' Monitor Switch And lastly if you are working on a Bogart OS editor, and you perform a clean install (destructive installation) you will want to have this handy - it's the process that enables you to use your Trackball to reset your monitor display output. When you perform a clean install - it sometimes resets the monitor display. Some folks find that they are fine until they go over to Media Manager and get a blank screen. This procedure will allow you to get your menu/s back: http://www.casablancaexpert.com/articles/20090821_3 |