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external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
Any specific to avoid?
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
HFS+
I wouldn’t use APFS in case you need to share the drive with someone who is using a slightly older Mac OS. Do you need to share it with Windows user? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
GUID partition map, OSX extended journaled format. Avoid case-sensitive, any of the Windows formats, and also APFS.
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
Thanks All.
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
And if you need to be able to read mac drives on Windows, Paragon HFS+ for Windows works on Windows 10(but you may need to copy the session onto a Windows drive to open and record). MediaFour MacDrive was really good on Windows 7 but would not work on Win10 last year when I was needing it(which is why I bought the Paragon product). Looks like MediaFour is in beta right now.
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
Mine is AFPS ... why I should avoid it ?
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
Because if you take it to anyone else using anything other than Mojave or the last versions of High Sierra, then it won’t mount and you/they can’t access the files. There is a 3rd party app that allows you to mount and read the drive, but you can’t write to it. Their may be other ones now that do. I can’t say with certainty. If it was me, I’d be sticking with HFS+. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Re: external session drive for mac/ what format do you prefer?
Then you have nothing to worry about. In theory...
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