Transferring sessions between Mac and PC

[Fuzzyc]

I Can anyone explain how to transfer sessions between the Mac and the PC?would like to be able to collaborate with a band member that is running Pro Tools on a Mac (I'm on a PC running Windows 7).

I wish I could help but I'm not as familiar with Mac as a PR

Thanks!!

[solitaire349]

I've been wanting to do this my self, just read this in the pro tools 101 book but haven't tried it my self yet so I don't know if it will work, or if there is something else needed to be done...but go to file->save copy in->then fill out the boxes. select the save as type drop down menu (in case you have an earlier version of pro tools). choose the audio file format for wav I guess and then there should be a box to check for "enforce MAC/PC Compatibility"

[scenicrecords]

If you are transferring with a Flash Drive or a External Hard Drive, make sure you format it to FAT32. Only FAT32 will read/write on both systems. If you are formatting it on a Mac using the Disk Utility, I think the choice is MS-DOS.

[Dism]

I transfer PT sessions between Mac and PC all the time with no issues. Never had to check "enforce Mac/PC compatibility." YMMV.

[TOM@METRO]

Originally Posted by Dism

I transfer PT sessions between Mac and PC all the time with no issues. Never had to check "enforce Mac/PC compatibility." YMMV.

Same here, I get Mac drives (HFS+) all the time with no issues. I never use FAT 32 anymore. Just be sure you have checked the box on your PT installation for HFS+ support.

[scenicrecords]

Originally Posted by TOM@METRO

Same here, I get Mac drives (HFS+) all the time with no issues. I never use FAT 32 anymore. Just be sure you have checked the box on your PT installation for HFS+ support.

I did not know there was a way to read HFS+ on Windows.

[Fuzzyc]

Uploaded to 2023.3 about 3 days ago. Ever since, PT crashes as soon as I try to do something. I've scoured all over Avid.com. Tried phone calls (that's a joke).

Don't they know (or just don't care) if we need to use Pro Tools to make a living

How to do contact someone at Avid that can help me?

My PC is Solid and has been for the past 10 years.

Thanks!!

[Darryl Ramm]

Not sure what this problem has to do with this old M-Powered thread?

Pro Tools crashes exactly how? What exact symptoms/error messages if any? When doing exactly what? Loading plugins? Opening a session? Give as a specific description as you can as to what is happening. Check the Pro Tools session .txt log file in the long shot that shows something interesting. This happens with no session open? All sessions? When opening a new empty session (not a template)? etc.

The place to get useful help here is all the stuff under the "Help Us Help You" link up the top of every DUC web page. Some very useful standard troubleshooting stuff is described there, you should be running through much of that before posting on DUC. And if you have... great but explain clearly what you have done/what happened. And include a SiSoft Sandra report. If time is precious you should be focused on doing that or rolling back to your last known good backup.

You can file an online support case with Avid using your active support/update plan. Look at the support section of your Avid.com account, and poke around the support section there. This link might or might not work https://avidproduction.force.com/avi.../#home_section. You can purchase a support ASC and use that for telephone support from the Avid store if you really want to do that. Personally I could not think of a bigger waste of my time and Avid's time than having some first tier support person walk me though doing what is basically the standard troubleshooting steps under the "Help Us Help You" link above. Wether on the phone or via email. Much faster to do them yourself, take notes and share that here or with support. For many things you will get faster help on DUC from other users than from support, for some things, including reporting new bugs, it's better to go though support and folks here will often point those out. On one hand Avid is cleaning up some of the support mess and simplifying how cases are filed, you get that new path if you use your Avid.com account, on the other hand for a lot of stuff you are wasting time even wanting to contact support.

2023.3 is a pretty stable release sans some challenges with native Apple silicon plugin compatibility on Mac. That should give you some confidence to spend time looking at problems specific to you setup, as always... suspect plugin compatibility until you can show it's not the problem. Are all your plugins up to date? Have you done any plugin tests? That it has run before OK is no proof you don't now have a plugin problem. But that's just one of the more likely things to try to quickly troubleshoot.

[albee1952]

2 more cents worth; maybe a moderator could/should move this thread to the relevant section as it has nothing to do with M-Powered... In any case, starting with PT version 9, moving/copying sessions between Mac and PC is as easy as described. Any instructions from the M-Powered archives are not likely to work with any version of PT after 10 or 11. Mediafour MacDrive is one great option for sharing drives, and Paragon HFS+ for Windows is another(and slightly cheaper) option.