From: "David Baud" Received: from qmta13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.27.243] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5515512 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:36:10 +0200 Received: from omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.71]) by qmta13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Lhtu1o0061Y3wxoADicAuj; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:36:10 +0000 Received: from [IPv6:2601:1:9800:5a2:8c31:ba98:68df:bde8] ([IPv6:2601:1:9800:5a2:8c31:ba98:68df:bde8]) by omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Lic81o00Y4knQ1u8bic9tX; Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:36:09 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_87816342-0F35-4E53-BD52-DEA32E105BF0" Message-Id: <5DB3F34D-48A5-4879-BA18-A64EE899B96E@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: [AE] AE on a laptop vs iMac Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:36:08 -0600 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20140121; t=1404153370; bh=p4Z52jRKMp2YsGs2dtQGYiypLYyr286G517RM+OqjA4=; h=Received:Received:From:Content-Type:Message-Id:Mime-Version: Subject:Date:To; b=lXWxO4fE0NaNXPiXqh811KYTNVBLLwTpRV/qJww6e5OGmmLxnhd5dqBydUGbl5EFB GOiIpoHcjPCONSnDl97QIDdfpvnwEdcV2GocnW6QRpBbijyxyATfou5ExCGRRdQHTc d8hYCesausETAHkCnjwcUebhDaxwbWh2QoVsEEpD96FwpEoemDVqxoCGXjJvog227G LtONOdfb4Bs0E3QIAs0IhA0/9e2ruIPYj54gye82/4vi9QSI9NhICTlj6q/F4rzcP3 LPA4BGwrXqTTyglAkRi/rgCUvzbwGisjucByqtl9+t0dLnmO2lqdWmM/8stdHGinoo BVn529YQyxfpA== --Apple-Mail=_87816342-0F35-4E53-BD52-DEA32E105BF0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Jun 30, 2014, at 11:39 , Anders Sundstedt = wrote: > So knowing that, is there any good reason really to by a "for mac" USB = drive really then like a Western Digital USB one "for mac" if you might = as well buy one for PC and format it for Mac? exactly! > Also, can you format a USB NTFS drive on Mac OS X to a different = format so you can read/write? Yes you can using Disk Utility. Your choices are: . HFS+ . FAT . exFAT FAT and exFAT file systems will work on most PC computers (read/write). = But you have to understand the limitations of each of these file = systems: . FAT32 will work with volume up to 2TB and a file size limited to 4GB . exFAT limitation is in its file directory. It does not have as many = security in place for recovering files in case of a disconnecting media = during read/write operation for example. David Baud K O S M O S P R O D U C T i O N S david@kosmos-productions.com www.kosmos-productions.com --Apple-Mail=_87816342-0F35-4E53-BD52-DEA32E105BF0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
On Jun 30, 2014, at 11:39 , = Anders Sundstedt <AE-List@media-motion.tv> = wrote:
So = knowing that, is there any good reason really to by a "for mac" USB = drive really then like a Western Digital USB one "for mac" if you might = as well buy one for PC and format it for = Mac?

exactly!

Also, can you format a USB NTFS drive on Mac OS X to a = different format so you can = read/write?

Yes you can using Disk = Utility. Your choices are:
. HFS+
. FAT
. = exFAT

FAT and exFAT file systems will work on = most PC computers (read/write). But you have to understand the = limitations of each of these file systems:
. FAT32 will work = with volume up to 2TB and a file size limited to 4GB
. exFAT = limitation is in its file directory. It does not have as many security = in place for recovering files in case of a disconnecting media during = read/write operation for example.

David = Baud
K O S M O S     P R O D = U C T i O N = S
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