Video Files For Both Mac And Pc

Best Answer: Any drive can be formatted as one of 3 main file system options: (a) FAT32 (MS-DOS) - Windows older format. (b) NTFS - Windows newer format. (c) HFS+ (Mac OS Extended, Journaled) - Mac format. On any Mac, by using Disk Utility app, any drive can be formatted for either (a) or (c).

Using a Window machine you can format a drive for (a) or (b). File size issue: - FAT32 is limited to 4GB max file size. - NTFS or HFS+ can have files larger than 4GB. Reading/writing issue: - Mac OS X can only read NTFS, not write. - Windows cannot read or write HFS+. - Mac & Windows can read/write FAT32 (but with the above file size limitation, very apparent given modern HD video or databases file sizes). Solution: There are third-party programs for Mac OS X that add read/write capability for NTFS formatted drives.

Switching to Mac How to transfer your data from your old PC to your new Mac. Migration Assistant will help you transfer files from a PC running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 operating systems. The Mac and the PC both have to be running Migration Assistant. Both should be on the same network, in order to find.

There are third party solutions for Windows that add read/write capability for HFS+. Usual advice: If you live in a Mac dominated environ, use HFS+, If Windows, use NTFS. If never using such large files, use FAT32. Mac pc for video editing. More specifically, in your case: - if moving files one way, Mac to Windows; use HFS+. - if moving files one way, Windows to Mac; use NTFS.

- if moving files both ways, use either. But in ANY of these, you'll then have to use a third-party program, as mentioned.yes, it is a bit of a pain;-) • Answered by James S from Hove • Jul 6, 2011 •.

Hello, I have a question related to external drives. I have a Win32 XP computer for work and Mac OS X for fun. I have an external firewire 120Gb HD for storing my MP3s. I used this HD mostly on my PC; I initially formatted it in NTFS. I can plug this HD in my Mac and the music files are visible and can be played ( that is, using v1.1 since v1.0 was crashing with Unicode music file names ) but the drive is accessible in read-only.

My questions are: - is there a way to format a HD such that we can have both read and write access on both Win32 and Mac OS X? - what is the biggest size of HD partition usable on Mac OS X? - what is the recommended combo of formatting and partition size which allows someone to access and manage music on a single HD from either Win32 or Mac OS X machines ( if possible )?

Also, a few bugs / anomalies: - if I launch v1.1 the iTunes playlists are not there, I have to go to calibration ( even if the 'import iTunes' option is ON ), and play with calibration options and then coming back to the main panel the iTunes playlists will be there - when I quit the application it seems it is trying to save some information, maybe it is trying to save on my external NTFS HD ( read only )? If I restart v1.1 right after quitting, Serato v1.1 hangs as well as my computer, must hard reboot.

Are these issues related with using an external NTFS HD? How can I avoid these? I do exactly what DJ 3pm said. I have a Lacie external drive formatted Apple HFS, and use MacDrive to read/write to it when it is connect to my PC. I use my PC as my primary iTunes library, and let iTunes keep files in order. Then I periodically - usually weekly - make a copy of the iTunes folder (including the XML) to the ext.

Best c++ for mac. There are third party libraries that let you do things like create and manipulate windows in sufficiently generic ways to build on both Mac and Windows, but I suspect they'll be outside of the realm of your course.

On the Mac, I configured iTunes to use the external drive for storing files. After I update the files on the external drive, I have iTunes (on the mac) import the XML that is on the ext. This has worked perfectly for me so far. BTW, MacDrive isn't free. The demo version only works for a month, after that you have to buy it to keep using it - about $40.

Which isn't too expensive IMO. Quote: - what is the biggest size of HD partition usable on Mac OS X? I cant really give a proofed answer, but I can tell you what my experience is: I tried a 40GB (USB) drive formatted as FAT32, it worked fine on my Windows machine and also worked fine on Mac, then I switched to a 160GB drive which worked in Windows but didnt work with the Mac. Unfortunately I realized this right in the club just before I wanted to spin on my friends Mac, what a pitty. He said that the Macs have problems with drives/partition larger than 120GB, maybe someone can verify this here. I am not very familiar with Macs, but using my NFTS HD on it is working fine, although the drive is visible in read-access only.