How do you use this? I have a MAC trying to move pictures and movies to it.
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I use my hard drives mostly for photos. I am returning this one under warranty because the connector closest to the hard drive is very flimsy, and the interior connection dropped into the case. Fortunately it had the Thunderbolt connector, so I was able to hook it up that way to retrieve/move all my data. Won't buy another - and I am staying away from this type connector. Learned after the fact that OWC has some VERY reliable drives with different style connectors (as well as firewire) AND it's solid state.
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You plug it into the USB drive on your MAC.. and then navigate to it thru the Finder.. You can create a file structure and folders on the drive, and then move pictures and movies to the folders you have created... Or, if you are doing a full back up of your MAC drive, you would name the MAC as your source, and the G-Drive as your target- and use whatever software you have to do either a full or incremental backup.. Hope that helps.
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Plug in your G drive. Go to Finder and click. You should see your G drive there. Now bring up the pics you want to move and select them, then drag them over to your G drive on Finder.
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It should just pop up in the desktop, and then you can drag'n'drop stuff to and from it. If it doesn't work, try following the instructions for formatting here: http://support.g-technology.com/support/g-drive-mobile-usbYou can format it for mac only or for Windows and mac
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The USB connection is for uploading it to your computer. Do not know about MAC, Sorry
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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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I'm sorry, but I don't use Macs. It produces .mov-files. Should not be a problem with Macs.
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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 just bought this for a Mac. You need a Mac with an Intel core duo or core 2 duo and imovie 09. Had a terrible time getting the mac to recognize the files, finally discovered you have to lauch imovie before connecting the camera or inserting the SDHC card in the computer. As long as you do that, the movies import into imovie beautifully. Spent hours figuring that out, seems the tech support people at Panasonic should have known that. You can not put the card in, launch imovie, and import like you can for pictures in iphoto. I had it packed up to return but discovered it by chance on trying one more time. I just bought this for a Mac. You need a Mac with an Intel core duo or core 2 duo and imovie 09. Had a terrible time getting the mac to recognize the files, finally discovered you have to lauch imovie before connecting the camera or inserting the SDHC card in the computer. As long as you do that, the movies import into imovie beautifully. Spent hours figuring that out, seems the tech support people at Panasonic should have known that. You can not put the card in, launch imovie, and import like you can for pictures in iphoto. I had it packed up to return but discovered it by chance on trying... » Read More I just bought this for a Mac. You need a Mac with an Intel core duo or core 2 duo and imovie 09. Had a terrible time getting the mac to recognize the files, finally discovered you have to lauch imovie before connecting the camera or inserting the SDHC card in the computer. As long as you do that, the movies import into imovie beautifully. Spent hours figuring that out, seems the tech support people at Panasonic should have known that. You can not put the card in, launch imovie, and import like you can for pictures in iphoto. I had it packed up to return but discovered it by chance on trying one more time. « Show Less
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Yes, I have a Mac and just take the memory card out of the camera, put it into my Mac and download all my videos.
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I emailed Belkin and they said: At this time it is not Mac Compatible and will not be supported in the feature.Thank you,Marilu SantibanezCustomer SupportBelkin Logisticswww.belkin.com
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Hi Gabby, I don't see why it wouldn't work. With an older Mac, you could prob use a smaller external drive though, say 500gb.
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If you were using windows I would say go to disk management and format, create partitions, and give it a drive letter but I have no idea what you need to do with a mac.
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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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Yes, I actually move files between Yosemite and and earlier version without a problem. Until I figured I could file share between computers! Now I just use it to back up.
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Sorry, I have a Mac and they state that it only works with Windows. Hope someone else can help.
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I don't think I"m going to be overly helpful here. I use a card reader to drop my photos onto my mac. Saves the camera batteries. Also, I have an 8 GB card and it is fine. Good luck!
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You might try xplay from mediafour software.It will move music and pictures too.
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Hi Shiki, This is very helpful. Is it easy to partition the drive? I just ordered this so I don't have the drive yet, but when it comes I'd like to back up both my Mac and PC... Do you know where to find information on how to partition? Thank you!
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You would have to find a way to get the hard drive to work for both a Mac and a PC before anything. Then i believe if the pictures are in some type of JPEG format it shall work.