Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] formatting for large files on Mac and PC

 

ExFAT works with Windows Vista forward and Mac OS 10.6+.  Technically, it can work with Win XP, but only with a patch, available from MS but not standard.  I use it frequently for this problem.  I always format under Mac OS simply because it's much easier and I've found it Mac formatting to be less problematic across platforms than Windows formatting, as long as you get the partition right (use MBR with ExFAT, not GUID).


For writing to NTFS on Mac, I use NTFS-3G (free) or Paragon NTFS which is theoretically a bit better for a small price.  In practice, I've noticed no difference, but I don't press it hard.  Both are easy installs.   Mac OS10.5+ can mount NTFS drives in read-only, but can't write to them.

cheers,
             tod

On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Mark Spano wrote:

 

For NTFS write capability on Mac, you need something like Paragon NTFS. It costs a couple bucks.

A perhaps easier solution might be to format as ExFAT on your Mac. Check compatibility with your client though - some older OSs on Windows can't read ExFAT.


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@veralith.com> wrote:
 

I have PCs and Macs running Avid here.

A client gave me a 132GIG thumb drive to transfer some files to him. (Ah, the joys of file transfer to USB). The client's shop is All PC.

Some of the files are large (27Gigs). The files are now sitting on a Mac (about 80gigs worth, total)

To put 27gig files on a drive that is PC compatible requires NTFS, correct?

So I formatted it as NTFS on a PC, but on my Mac, the drive now says that it's read-only.

Can I create an NTFS formatted thumb drive that can be used to save stuff on a Mac (not just read)? What do I need to do?

The other (less desirable) solution is to transfer the 80gigs of material over ethernet to the PC and "burn" the USB drive there.

Steve




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