macnintosh Is this hard drive easy to play on a macintosh? Is editing on a mac an issue? I've read something about less compressing on the hard drive than tapes and tapes then are better for editing. All way over my head....but I do have a mac....and would like to buy soon...please advise...Thanks! macnintosh Is this hard drive easy to play on a macintosh? Is editing on a mac an issue? I've read something about less compressing on the hard drive than tapes and tapes then are better for... » Read More macnintosh Is this hard drive easy to play on a macintosh? Is editing on a mac an issue? I've read something about less compressing on the hard drive than tapes and tapes then are better for editing. All way over my head....but I do have a mac....and would like to buy soon...please advise...Thanks! « Show Less
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I have too , but it wasnt clear when I got it at about the same time as you. Love it
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I have owned this camera for about 6 months and can verify that this DOES work with iLife's iMovie '08. Does not work with the previous version of iLife however.
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it seems to be one of the camcorders on the list in the Imovie site of supported recorders. it is over my head as well but would love to know as well as it seems too good to be true .if some one can confirm it works with Ilife 08, I would love to know as well . I would buy it if it is .
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Well you would have to format it to the mac format anyways, it takes seconds, drive is a beast!
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I personally used iMovie on my Mac. I couldn't open it with any other application. I couldn't use the files with windows either. Not very happy with that, but it does take good video. All I can suggest is iMovie.
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Sorry not certain I am Not a mac user. Email in a few days at fttvienna@aol.com and I can help you out. At this time I am out of town and can't supply much detail. As you may or may not be aware Video software capture and processing is a complicated process. MANY MANY products are out there. I purchased something on line that converts formats and MAC type was one of the. and there are many types of programs out thereCamera came with software that stores video in three formats I had no issues with Storing and editing. You also have to piece all the points you create when you use Pause feature because camera creates a separate video clip each time you pause. Software supplied with camera does handle that Sorry not certain I am Not a mac user. Email in a few days at fttvienna@aol.com and I can help you out. At this time I am out of town and can't supply much detail. As you may or may not be aware Video software capture and processing is a complicated process. MANY MANY products are out there. I purchased something on line that converts formats and MAC type was one of the. and there are many types of programs out thereCamera came with software that stores video in three formats I had no issues with Storing and editing. You also have to piece all the points you create when you use... » Read More Sorry not certain I am Not a mac user. Email in a few days at fttvienna@aol.com and I can help you out. At this time I am out of town and can't supply much detail. As you may or may not be aware Video software capture and processing is a complicated process. MANY MANY products are out there. I purchased something on line that converts formats and MAC type was one of the. and there are many types of programs out thereCamera came with software that stores video in three formats I had no issues with Storing and editing. You also have to piece all the points you create when you use Pause feature because camera creates a separate video clip each time you pause. Software supplied with camera does handle that « Show Less
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I use it on a mac. I have bumped older ones and received the message "You have removed the disk without first ejecting. Your disk may be damaged" or something to that effect. but found no damage to the info. That said... there is always the first time.
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I have NOT used a Mac, but I would assume same cautions apply: 1) make sure the slightly thicker discs will clear the drawer; 2) lower the burn speed as much as you can -- 4X or 8X is ideal to prevent "coasters". You should have "superior sounding" discs. I burn with Windows and NERO with no problems, except NERO will NOT make a copy onto a Verbatim from another Verbatim -- just a strange quirk!
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I'm running OSX on my mac and I've had no real problems with my Aiptek DV5900 so far, except for the videos. D: But I found a quick download solved that problem. I can play the videos on quicktime, I just can't edit them or anything in iMovie, which, sucks, but I can live with it, seeing as I don't really use the video function on my camera anyway except to take funny pet videos. And editing is really not needed in youtube quality things.But as for photos, it still works. I kind of hate how cumbersome iPhoto is and wish it didn't take so long to recognize my camera when I plug it in via the USB port, but at least it recognizes it. Thank God. I'm running OSX on my mac and I've had no real problems with my Aiptek DV5900 so far, except for the videos. D: But I found a quick download solved that problem. I can play the videos on quicktime, I just can't edit them or anything in iMovie, which, sucks, but I can live with it, seeing as I don't really use the video function on my camera anyway except to take funny pet videos. And editing is really not needed in youtube quality things.But as for photos, it still works. I kind of hate how cumbersome iPhoto is and wish it didn't take so long to recognize my camera when I plug... » Read More I'm running OSX on my mac and I've had no real problems with my Aiptek DV5900 so far, except for the videos. D: But I found a quick download solved that problem. I can play the videos on quicktime, I just can't edit them or anything in iMovie, which, sucks, but I can live with it, seeing as I don't really use the video function on my camera anyway except to take funny pet videos. And editing is really not needed in youtube quality things.But as for photos, it still works. I kind of hate how cumbersome iPhoto is and wish it didn't take so long to recognize my camera when I plug it in via the USB port, but at least it recognizes it. Thank God. « Show Less
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This was my favorite mp3 player, but the updates became obsolete, so I had to find a new one. Right now, I have the Sansa Clip+ 8 gb mp3 player and love it. It is not as glitzy as the ipods or even the E280, but it gets the job done -- that is if you only want to play music on it. Otherwise, you will have to find another player. I am not sure about the Macbook download issue, so I can't answer that part of the question. Sorry. Hope you find the answers you are seeking.
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I wrote you a response (which is below) but I realized you might be confused as to what this product is. This isn't an external hard drive. It's a hard drive enclosure, it's basically an empty shell that holds a hard drive. You have to buy the actual drive separately You should be good in that direction PC to Mac. Windows uses the NT File System on it's drives, Mac's can read those files and copy them to the mac, but mac's can't write to a NTFS drive. So you couldn't add or save anything on to the drive. A solution for this would be to make a partition that's FAT32 both mac and windows can read and write to that, it's the file system flash drives usually have. Sometimes there's a 32GB limit on FAT32 drives so you might not be able to turn the whole drive into it. But you can partition one drive into multiple parts.
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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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From what I've read on the clickfree.com website, they are Mac compatible, but I don't know if you need a separate external HD just for macs, and one just for PC's. Then again with Macs you've got Time Machine and Backup built-in, but if you're anything like me, if there is something like this product that I've been waiting to be released, if it will backup just one more file off my macs, I'll buy it in a heart beat! Check out their website, though, it is really informative and they have some products not available on Amazon, i.e. SSD credit card sized back up drives. Hope this helps. -John
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Thanks! This looks great for the Mac, but a PC version (or parallel) would be great. Basically I'm looking for a timed way for a camera to come on a specific hour, and record until another hour, and then rotate the video files. Thoughts?
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Generally speaking it should be. I don't own a mac but as long as your Mac can identify a external hard drive or flash based memory sticks then it should see this. It will act like a external hard drive. So moving files to it is a simple drag and drop. Unlike a Ipod which requires using Itunes to move files to a device. Just plug it in and look at your hard drive list to see if it shows up. Hope that helps.
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Lisa, I'm sorry. I don't know. (I'm not much of a computer expert, and I don't want to tell you wrong.) when I started to play a cd I was really surprised that my new Mac mini top of the line didn't have a superdrive. I guess everything is going toward streaming. I think I would visit the apple store just to be sure. Those guy's and gals know everything about Mac. Good luck. I'm sure they can help you out!
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I re-read your question. It sounds like you want to use it on BOTH a MAC and a PC from interchangeably. One to do this which I am familiar with is to format the drive to FAT32. This makes it readable and writable by both mac and windows os...however there are file size limitations with FAT32...but as long as your files are smaller than a couple GB you should be good. There are other solutions....but would be best if you conduct the research yourself.
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Yes. I haven't encountered any issues. These are top notch disc's. I've used them in several PC's including my older MacPro and G5 desktops. I don't have a MacBook. I haven't had any bad disc's as of yet. I still have over half of the 200 I purchased... but I think I would've had at least one go by now if the QC was lousy. Remember that the best name disc's can have bad runs, and vis versa. IMO we are at the mercy of luck in many cases. All you can do is find a "currently" high rated product, and get it fast before they rest on their laurels! I hope I didn't get too off subject for you here? But I like these discs!
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The "marvelous new features" are part of the quite horrible U3 software package, which doesn't work on a mac. However, I can safely say that you aren't missing much by getting rid of the u3 software and using it as a plain flash drive.