mac compatibility? Both the product description and the Olympus website state that this recorder is not compatible with the Mac OS, but one reviewer talks about pulling files off of the recorder via her Mac. Does the Mac OS mount the DS-40 as an external drive? mac compatibility? Both the product description and the Olympus website state that this recorder is not compatible with the Mac OS, but one reviewer talks about pulling files off of the recorder... » Read More mac compatibility? Both the product description and the Olympus website state that this recorder is not compatible with the Mac OS, but one reviewer talks about pulling files off of the recorder via her Mac. Does the Mac OS mount the DS-40 as an external drive? « Show Less
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Thank you! It can be so difficult finding out about Mac compatibility of these devices. Why doesn't Olympus publish this information?
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I am hoping to buy an Olympus DS-40 recorder to use with my Mac laptop in conjunction with Mac Speak.. so that I can record and then transfer my recording to a word processor document. Has anyone done this and do you have advice or help for me on using Mac Speak w/ a digital recorder.
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My thanks for your comments as well. I spent and hour looking around the web for exactly the info you've provided. Olympus sure doesn't provide anything like this on their website. What I thought was really strange was that the 300M is listed as Mac compatible on the Olympus Europe site and only Windoz on the U.S. site. Anyway, you've sold another DS-30...
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When I try to install this software, I get a message saying something about missing Bill of Materials. Any ideas? I'm running 10.3.9
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I would also like to know if this works on a Mac. In general, I am finding that it is possible to buy electronic items on Amazon that are completely incompatible with OSX and no where do you even see that mentioned. A simple "System Requirement" category would suffice.
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I had the same question and did some digging on the oregon scientific website and it says it's not compatible with Mac :(
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I do not see anywhere in the product description or on packaging that it is Mac compatible. Even if it was, I would urge you to steer away from this product. I never could get the software to work. It would not recognize any USB port. I ended up using cassette unit from my old stereo and just plugged it into my Line-Ins, and used Sound Forge to record to MP3. A much more straight forward method. The software is pricey but have had it for several years and didn't think to use when I purchased this POS converter. It's only use to me now is as a Walkman.
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I use a MAC and there is no problem at all. The files that you put on your thumb drive are just PES files, doesn't matter what kind of operating system you are using to load them on. What you will want do do, if you are planing to purchase editing software, is find one that is truly MAC compatible. I use Embrilliance and I love it.
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The Pixela software referenced by C. Suntra did the trick for me, although it does require that extra step of interpreting the footage into iMovie-friendly format. I've gone back and forth about keeping or returning the camera since it's not Mac-friendly, but have decided to keep it. I've learned that there really aren't any current hard drive camcorders on the market that are Mac-friendly. The Amazon price was the best I found after shopping around.
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Remove the SDXC card from the video recorder. Put it in the SC card slot on the Mac.... BAM!! iMove, iPhoto, and other software that run on the Mac will use the data off the card. :) I have OS-10.9.3 running.
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The box says it is compatible with both Mac OS X (10.5 or later) and Windows (Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008). I don't have a way to test if I plug it in to a Mac to see if it just works from one to another. I have read, however, that you may be able to do this with any drive by installing certain programs on your Mac. http://forum.notebookreview.com/apple-mac-os-x/192574-copying-mac-files-pc-external-hard-drive.html
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Yes, the drive is compatible with a Mac, you'd just have to reformat the drive for the Mac file system, not a big deal to do though.
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Yes it is definitely Mac compatible, all the way to the latest version of OS X, 10.10, Yosemite. You can use the free program Audacity, which works fine. There are also probably a dozen other audio recording apps in the App Store that you could use. Many of them recognize USB sources like this cassette device, and some of them are free. I prefer to use Audio Hijack Pro (it's not in the App Store). It's not free, but has some advantages. See my review for details.
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I honestly do not know if this drive is Mac compatible. It was such a waste of money and a piece of garbage it hardly even worked for PC. What I can tell you is this drive: Samsung Ultra Portable Slim DVD+/-RW USB External Drive, Black SE-218BB/RSBS IS Mac Compatible and works awesome on PC and Mac and Linux. Its a bit more money, but it really is worth it. Dont even bother with the one for your question, its not worth 1$.
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I found a review of this camera on Associated Media that mentions it is NOT Mac compatible.
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Any Olympus uses WMA file works for Mac. But you have to download Flip4Mac QuickTime plug-in (free) first. The rest is drag, drop, double click and play. Flip4Mac allows you to play WMA file straight without converting.The moment you plug in Olympus Recorder, Mac sees it as partition immediately. Then just look for the WMA file and copy it to your hard drive.
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I've had no issues getting the USB to work on PC notebooks and a Mac notebook. For what it's worth, playback was done using both, and recording was done on the PC. Very clean results. No problems. Win 7 on the PC. OSX on the Mac.
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Yes, no problem using with Macbook. Just plug it into a USB port and it becomes another drive in Finder. Then you can move the files off the recorder to your C: drive.
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The drive is supported, it comes formatted in fat32. You can reformat to mac only or exFat if you want. USB 3 is not supported on macs (yet, you'll need a new mac), but the drive works just fine.I have 2, use them both on mac's and pc's with no issues. Great drive, really fast even on usb2.
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Hi. This is a USB device. Search in Google to see if there is any software that runs on MAC. This specific unit came with a software for Windows/PC version.ThanksJanio