Re: [Avid-L2] Firewire Drive only shows files in MXF Folder on PC not on Mac?

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On 22/04/2010 05:44, "John Moore" <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

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> Got an older Maxtor One Touch 4 Plus drives.  When I mount on a two year old
> Imac running OS 10.4.11 I see folders including the Avid MediaFiles.  Stepping
> into the folder I see MXF folder but nothing inside.  Mounting the drive on my
> PC running XP mediacenter editiion I see the media files in the MXF folder
> inside the #1 folder.  When mounted on the Mac the info says Format= Windows
> NT Filesystem.  On the PC properties says NTFS format.  I was able to copy the
> files to another PC formatted FW drive and that showed the files properly on
> the MAC.  Any idea why the mac doesn't see the #1 folder inside the MXF
> folder?  For a test I took a FW 800 to FW 400 cable and hooked the problematic
> drive up to my relatively new MBP OS 10.5.8 and I can see the #1 folder and
> the media inside.  Well I'm confused as hell, nothing new there but if it was
> some sort of chip set incompatibility between the Imac and the drive I
> wouldn't expect to see any folders on
> the drive.  Very wierd but I've got a work around.  Love to learn something
> new here besides the need to always have several computers available to
> troubleshoot.
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> John Moore
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> Barking Trout Productions
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> Studio City, CA
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> bigfish@pacbell.net <mailto:bigfish%40pacbell.net>
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