Transferring files from PC to MAC with external HD at DVinfo.net

Craig Lieberman · October 27th, 2008, 08:39 AM

So I have this 1TB hard drive formatted for NTFS from my PC....it's has 350GB of video files on it. When I try to use them in FCP, it doesn't work.

I figured out that my MAC needs to reformat the HD to FAT.

My question is this:
Is there a way to retain the files on the external HD, format the HD to FAT, then bring the files into my MAC without having to erase the whole HD? I really don't want to recapture 20 hours of video....

Bill Ravens · October 27th, 2008, 08:52 AM

MAC's will read NTFS, they just won't write to it. Can'y you do a "copy" to another drive and reformat?

Noah Kadner · October 27th, 2008, 09:15 AM

Get the Paragon NTFS read/write plugin- that makes it simple:

Paragon NTFS for MAC OS X - full read and write access to Windows NTFS partitions under Mac OS X

-Noah

Craig Lieberman · October 27th, 2008, 12:45 PM

That did the trick...thank you....transferred over ALL of my files. Awesome.

October 27th, 2008, 08:39 AM	#1
Craig Lieberman Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ladera Ranch, California Posts: 115	Transferring files from PC to MAC with external HD So I have this 1TB hard drive formatted for NTFS from my PC....it's has 350GB of video files on it. When I try to use them in FCP, it doesn't work. I figured out that my MAC needs to reformat the HD to FAT. My question is this: Is there a way to retain the files on the external HD, format the HD to FAT, then bring the files into my MAC without having to erase the whole HD? I really don't want to recapture 20 hours of video....

October 27th, 2008, 08:52 AM	#2
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	MAC's will read NTFS, they just won't write to it. Can'y you do a "copy" to another drive and reformat?

October 27th, 2008, 09:15 AM	#3
Noah Kadner Better than Halle Berry Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 435	Get the Paragon NTFS read/write plugin- that makes it simple: Paragon NTFS for MAC OS X - full read and write access to Windows NTFS partitions under Mac OS X -Noah

October 27th, 2008, 12:45 PM	#4
Craig Lieberman Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ladera Ranch, California Posts: 115	That did the trick...thank you....transferred over ALL of my files. Awesome.