Hi Guys, after a billion years as an Apple guy I've been talked into switching from my Macs to a shiny new PC for Color Grading in Resolve Studio. It's a beast and can just rip through complex 8k grades so fast that my coffee breaks are getting very short... but...
I have a challenge. All of my backup and old but still active film project files are sitting on Mac hard drives, in both APFS and Mac OS Extended formats. I need a way to edit off these - just reading as I'll write outputs and caches to the PC drives. It seems that I can do this either by using software on the PC, MacDrive 11 Pro and Paragon HFS+ seem to be the big boys. Or by creating an ex-FAT drive on the Mac and copying everything from the project over to this and then using it for everything on the PC, including outputs and caches if needs be.
I'm concerned about consistent reliability/readability and speed - speed is a big one as having massive render speeds with slow read speeds is pointless. In the future guess I have to use PC formatted ex-FAT drives for the entire projects to keep PC/Mac joint compatibility. Any ideas or opinions would be invaluable, guys...
Chris
I have a challenge. All of my backup and old but still active film project files are sitting on Mac hard drives, in both APFS and Mac OS Extended formats. I need a way to edit off these - just reading as I'll write outputs and caches to the PC drives. It seems that I can do this either by using software on the PC, MacDrive 11 Pro and Paragon HFS+ seem to be the big boys. Or by creating an ex-FAT drive on the Mac and copying everything from the project over to this and then using it for everything on the PC, including outputs and caches if needs be.
I'm concerned about consistent reliability/readability and speed - speed is a big one as having massive render speeds with slow read speeds is pointless. In the future guess I have to use PC formatted ex-FAT drives for the entire projects to keep PC/Mac joint compatibility. Any ideas or opinions would be invaluable, guys...
Chris
Chris Layhe
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Mac 10.15, Resolve 17 Studio x6, Mac Pro Trashcan x3
CLAi
1080 Indian Village Road,
Pebble Beach,
California 93953
Chris@CLAi.tv
831-419-7590
Mac 10.15, Resolve 17 Studio x6, Mac Pro Trashcan x3