I am just starting out with film editing. I'm using Final Cut 7 and a 2008 MacBook. Is this a reliable drive for this application?
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Yes and no. Here's why: Yes if you are storing your FC project on the drive for long term storage or archive. In this way, you'll used the Macbook's internal drive for editing and the external drive for archiving. No if you are directly editing video files on the external drive. In all cases, the resolution of your video files will dramatically effect how your machine/drive responds.
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Yes, you can. I use my Mac for all of y video editing and it works just fine with my Final Cut X. Although it took a little while to figure out how to extract the videos lol. But it ended up being pretty obvious and easy.
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Does anyone know if Powerbook 4 12" will work with the video transfers? It has the imovie program which I've never used. But the operating system is an older one, maybe Mac OS x?
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This drive is compatible with Mac OSX 10.8, so I imagine there are no problems with somewhat earlier releases of OSX like what you have. I always do my own drive reformatting/partitioning since drives arrive from the factory in Apple Partition Map/APM partitioning (because it's compatible with the old PowerPC based Macs), but I prefer the GUID Partition table/GPT partitioning scheme because it's what's required to boot from an Intel-based Mac (all Macs for the last several years). All of these can be easily changed with the "Disk Utility" software that comes with every Mac. You can reformat, repartition, etc. In any case, even if you don't repartition or reformat it should work just fine with your Mac This drive is compatible with Mac OSX 10.8, so I imagine there are no problems with somewhat earlier releases of OSX like what you have. I always do my own drive reformatting/partitioning since drives arrive from the factory in Apple Partition Map/APM partitioning (because it's compatible with the old PowerPC based Macs), but I prefer the GUID Partition table/GPT partitioning scheme because it's what's required to boot from an Intel-based Mac (all Macs for the last several years). All of these can be easily changed with the "Disk Utility" software that comes with every Mac. You... » Read More This drive is compatible with Mac OSX 10.8, so I imagine there are no problems with somewhat earlier releases of OSX like what you have. I always do my own drive reformatting/partitioning since drives arrive from the factory in Apple Partition Map/APM partitioning (because it's compatible with the old PowerPC based Macs), but I prefer the GUID Partition table/GPT partitioning scheme because it's what's required to boot from an Intel-based Mac (all Macs for the last several years). All of these can be easily changed with the "Disk Utility" software that comes with every Mac. You can reformat, repartition, etc. In any case, even if you don't repartition or reformat it should work just fine with your Mac « Show Less
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Depending on the video editing that you are trying to do, this may not be the best solution. While the video on this Macbook is definitely sufficient for most normal needs and would be fine for light video editing but not heavy professional editing. That being said, the hard drive can be updated, and the RAM memory can be upgraded to 16GB, but the processor speed can not. I hope this is helpful information.
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Are you saying that it's a problem to import the video files into the Mac? I'm using Leopard and Final Cut Express 4 and want to make sure that the files created by the FS100 can be edited by FCE4.
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I am an idiot- specifically, how do you format this for a Mac? Also, is it fine to do this, or should I buy a specific hard drive already formated or designed for Macs?
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It really can't be easier to do, it's plug and play on any mac. I'm a video editor and this is actually my favorite hdd brand. I have read several bad comments but beside the ones I own @ work we have about 15 of them including raids and smaller discs and it's been about 3 years and no failure so far ( we use them 7 days a week some we never unplug or disconnect)
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As long as you're running OS 10.5.6, you should be fine. But if you're running an older iLife, I might stay with that. Don't know what you'll use the most, but I needed iMovie and I'm not happy with it. I liked the older version better. But I bought my computer used and it didn't have iLife, so I'm stuck with this one. One of the positives is that it still has iWeb (which I use).
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I have the iMac and went ahead and bought Windows 7 to do work stuff on it through Bootcamp. Then, just recently bought the VC500 - downloaded it on the Windows 7 side and was able to connect my camcorder to the VC500 which was connected to my Mac and recorded it on Windows 7. Makes sense?In a nutshell, buying a full version of Windows and installing on my Mac was the best thing I could ever do. It's the best of both worlds - really.
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I was on the verge of getting a Mac if for no other reason then final cut. But I know I don't have a good hard drive, just the original 72,000 rpm included with my Emachines et1352-53, I have heard of raid setups. Could you tell me what I would need to set up something like that? also where did you get your weird software (was it Edius?)
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Just to throw in my 2 cents here, the Disk Utility reformat mentioned above in Andrew's post is spot-on. The drive so far as been great to use. However, I'm running Mac 10.5.6 and it was immediately recognized when I first plugged it in: it mounted and Time Machine asked if I wanted to use it for backups... I did the reformatting anyway as the apps on board are no use to a Mac owner. BTW, the $99 price was unbelievable! Fingers crossed on reliability, Yikesboy
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I don't know, sorry. This is the first Mac I've ever bought. I just needed it for Final Cut Pro. I don't even have it connected to the internet.
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I have a late 2009 iMac i7 my internal drive for writing isn't functioning like it should. I borrowed a friends external rw dvd/cd drive by Apple and haven't had any difficulties. Writes perfectly fine. I'm not running Yosemite.
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yeah works fine if you format it right. Fat32 works good unless files are over 4gigs in size. also ntsf with macfuze installed is a good bet too..
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I bought elements 11 when it first came out and I've been using it ever since on my MacBook without any issues. Beware though it's a memory hog so close all other apps while editing to avoid hangs.
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Yes to both questions. Second question possibly depends on your full setup and what you are doing. I've been using a 2012 iMac for recording 15-20 tracks without issue.