Recording to an external HD

[acq1]

I used to be able to record to my External HD with my PC setup. I switched to a Macbook, and it's telling me to enable volume (R) to record. I can't find where to do this. Any help would be appreciated. thanks!!1

I have a WD My Book USB 640GB
MAC OS 10.5.6

[Richard901]

Sounds like your external drive is formatted for PC (NTFS or FAT32).
It needs to be Mac formatted.

Digidesign say:
http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=147797
"Make sure all drives are formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with OS X’s Disk Utility."

I think you will need to:
Copy your Pro Tools sessions from your external drive to another drive (internal - if there's enough room).
Reformat your external drive.
Copy your sessions back.

It would be good to backup your sessions first (if possible) so you always have more than one version of each session.

Hope this helps.

Not sure whether there is an alternative method.
Anybody?

Richard

[Richard901]

I forgot to answer your original question.
"I can't find where to do this."

In Pro Tools -
Windows/Workspace
It should say R and R after the name of your drive.
You can click on the letters to change them, but it might note let you (PC formatted drive).

Richard

[acq1]

Originally Posted by Richard901

I forgot to answer your original question.
"I can't find where to do this."

In Pro Tools -
Windows/Workspace
It should say R and R after the name of your drive.
You can click on the letters to change them, but it might note let you (PC formatted drive).

Richard

Thanks! I will give it a whirl tonight. I appreciate the help guys!

Nick