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PT to Paris question (Mac to PC) [message #77885] Thu, 04 January 2007 13:17 Go to next message
duncan is currently offline  duncan   UNITED STATES
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Here's another question -- I'm picking up a drive full of tracks done
in PT on a Mac. Objective is to drag files into Paris for editing,
overdubbing, etc. I have Wavelab 6 here -- I'm guessing I'll want to
batch process whatever file types I'll find (sd2's or whatever) into
..wav's or .paf's etc. Which I figure I can probably handle. But --
I'm wondering if I'm going to run into any sort of bottleneck
regarding the drive itself (and/or file format weirdness), ie -- it's
on the Mac and we're all PC here...

Advice? -- thanks -- chas.
Re: PT to Paris question (Mac to PC) [message #77891 is a reply to message #77885] Thu, 04 January 2007 14:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark McDermott is currently offline  Mark McDermott   
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You're probably going to need a software utility to access the Mac drive from
Windows, unless they used FAT32 format on the Mac side (not likely).

Mac Opener can do it for $59. Here's a link:

http://www.dataviz.com/products/macopener/index.html

Best of luck!

Mark


Chas. Duncan <duncan5199ATsbcglobalDOTnet@> wrote:
>Here's another question -- I'm picking up a drive full of tracks done
>in PT on a Mac. Objective is to drag files into Paris for editing,
>overdubbing, etc. I have Wavelab 6 here -- I'm guessing I'll want to
>batch process whatever file types I'll find (sd2's or whatever) into
>.wav's or .paf's etc. Which I figure I can probably handle. But --
>I'm wondering if I'm going to run into any sort of bottleneck
>regarding the drive itself (and/or file format weirdness), ie -- it's
>on the Mac and we're all PC here...
>
>Advice? -- thanks -- chas.
Re: PT to Paris question (Mac to PC) [message #77919 is a reply to message #77891] Fri, 05 January 2007 09:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
duncan is currently offline  duncan   UNITED STATES
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Mark -- I was afraid of that. Good to have the info ahead of time.
Should have the drive here by Tuesday, so I guess we'll see...

-- appreciate the heads-up -- thanks -- chas.

On 5 Jan 2007 08:43:32 +1000, "Mark McDermott"
<nospam@stateofwail.com> wrote:

>
>You're probably going to need a software utility to access the Mac drive from
>Windows, unless they used FAT32 format on the Mac side (not likely).
>
>Mac Opener can do it for $59. Here's a link:
>
>http://www.dataviz.com/products/macopener/index.html
>
>Best of luck!
>
>Mark
>
>
>Chas. Duncan <duncan5199ATsbcglobalDOTnet@> wrote:
>>Here's another question -- I'm picking up a drive full of tracks done
>>in PT on a Mac. Objective is to drag files into Paris for editing,
>>overdubbing, etc. I have Wavelab 6 here -- I'm guessing I'll want to
>>batch process whatever file types I'll find (sd2's or whatever) into
>>.wav's or .paf's etc. Which I figure I can probably handle. But --
>>I'm wondering if I'm going to run into any sort of bottleneck
>>regarding the drive itself (and/or file format weirdness), ie -- it's
>>on the Mac and we're all PC here...
>>
>>Advice? -- thanks -- chas.
Re: PT to Paris question (Mac to PC) [message #77923 is a reply to message #77891] Fri, 05 January 2007 10:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
duncan is currently offline  duncan   UNITED STATES
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One other thought and then I'll stop -- if I dragged the whole project
from the Mac to a pre-formatted external HD, wouldn't I then be able
to hook up on my PC here and get busy?

-- thanks -- Chas.


On 5 Jan 2007 08:43:32 +1000, "Mark McDermott"
<nospam@stateofwail.com> wrote:

>
>You're probably going to need a software utility to access the Mac drive from
>Windows, unless they used FAT32 format on the Mac side (not likely).
>
>Mac Opener can do it for $59. Here's a link:
>
>http://www.dataviz.com/products/macopener/index.html
>
>Best of luck!
>
>Mark
>
>
>Chas. Duncan <duncan5199ATsbcglobalDOTnet@> wrote:
>>Here's another question -- I'm picking up a drive full of tracks done
>>in PT on a Mac. Objective is to drag files into Paris for editing,
>>overdubbing, etc. I have Wavelab 6 here -- I'm guessing I'll want to
>>batch process whatever file types I'll find (sd2's or whatever) into
>>.wav's or .paf's etc. Which I figure I can probably handle. But --
>>I'm wondering if I'm going to run into any sort of bottleneck
>>regarding the drive itself (and/or file format weirdness), ie -- it's
>>on the Mac and we're all PC here...
>>
>>Advice? -- thanks -- chas.
Re: PT to Paris question (Mac to PC) [message #77925 is a reply to message #77923] Fri, 05 January 2007 11:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark McDermott is currently offline  Mark McDermott   
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Location: Portland, OR
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Yes. If the drive is formatted as FAT32. BTW, the Mac can format the external
drive as FAT32 or you can do it on a PC.

Macs typically use HFS or HFS+ format, which cannot be read natively by Windows.
MacOpener gives the PC the ability to read/write those native Mac formats.

Hope this helps!

Chas. Duncan <duncan5199ATsbcglobalDOTnet@> wrote:
>One other thought and then I'll stop -- if I dragged the whole project
>from the Mac to a pre-formatted external HD, wouldn't I then be able
>to hook up on my PC here and get busy?
>
>-- thanks -- Chas.
>
>
>On 5 Jan 2007 08:43:32 +1000, "Mark McDermott"
><nospam@stateofwail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>You're probably going to need a software utility to access the Mac drive
from
>>Windows, unless they used FAT32 format on the Mac side (not likely).
>>
>>Mac Opener can do it for $59. Here's a link:
>>
>>http://www.dataviz.com/products/macopener/index.html
>>
>>Best of luck!
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>
>>Chas. Duncan <duncan5199ATsbcglobalDOTnet@> wrote:
>>>Here's another question -- I'm picking up a drive full of tracks done
>>>in PT on a Mac. Objective is to drag files into Paris for editing,
>>>overdubbing, etc. I have Wavelab 6 here -- I'm guessing I'll want to
>>>batch process whatever file types I'll find (sd2's or whatever) into
>>>.wav's or .paf's etc. Which I figure I can probably handle. But --
>>>I'm wondering if I'm going to run into any sort of bottleneck
>>>regarding the drive itself (and/or file format weirdness), ie -- it's
>>>on the Mac and we're all PC here...
>>>
>>>Advice? -- thanks -- chas.
>
Re: PT to Paris question (Mac to PC) [message #77955 is a reply to message #77925] Fri, 05 January 2007 15:09 Go to previous message
duncan is currently offline  duncan   UNITED STATES
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Yes, thanks, that helps a lot -- I'll probably just bring a drive in
that case (one more layer of backup anyway)...

-- chas

On 6 Jan 2007 05:12:15 +1000, "Mark McDermott"
<nospam@stateofwail.com> wrote:

>
>Yes. If the drive is formatted as FAT32. BTW, the Mac can format the external
>drive as FAT32 or you can do it on a PC.
>
>Macs typically use HFS or HFS+ format, which cannot be read natively by Windows.
>MacOpener gives the PC the ability to read/write those native Mac formats.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Chas. Duncan <duncan5199ATsbcglobalDOTnet@> wrote:
>>One other thought and then I'll stop -- if I dragged the whole project
>>from the Mac to a pre-formatted external HD, wouldn't I then be able
>>to hook up on my PC here and get busy?
>>
>>-- thanks -- Chas.
>>
>>
>>On 5 Jan 2007 08:43:32 +1000, "Mark McDermott"
>><nospam@stateofwail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>You're probably going to need a software utility to access the Mac drive
>from
>>>Windows, unless they used FAT32 format on the Mac side (not likely).
>>>
>>>Mac Opener can do it for $59. Here's a link:
>>>
>>>http://www.dataviz.com/products/macopener/index.html
>>>
>>>Best of luck!
>>>
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>Chas. Duncan <duncan5199ATsbcglobalDOTnet@> wrote:
>>>>Here's another question -- I'm picking up a drive full of tracks done
>>>>in PT on a Mac. Objective is to drag files into Paris for editing,
>>>>overdubbing, etc. I have Wavelab 6 here -- I'm guessing I'll want to
>>>>batch process whatever file types I'll find (sd2's or whatever) into
>>>>.wav's or .paf's etc. Which I figure I can probably handle. But --
>>>>I'm wondering if I'm going to run into any sort of bottleneck
>>>>regarding the drive itself (and/or file format weirdness), ie -- it's
>>>>on the Mac and we're all PC here...
>>>>
>>>>Advice? -- thanks -- chas.
>>
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