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10/27/2010 10:54:46 AM · #1 |
Here.s the deal:
I want to buy an Mac laptop (probably the 17' Macbook pro) because I'm tired of having my laptop hanging on me in a midlle of a wedding.
But I still want to keep my desktop because of file handling and backup (I have 6 Tb of harddrives: 3TB and the other 3TB as mirrors of the first ones). I keep this scheme because if a disk die son me I can simply alter the path of the backup and keep on workin seamless for the programs (LR, PS and Fotofusion)
So the idea is to first import the photos to the Macbookpro or shoot thethered to it in the studio, but then pass the files to the desktop tha tis windows. My question is how can this be done? because as far as I know the file system is not the same, so I can't just plug an usb key or portable hard drive, or can I?
In other hand if I want to go completly Mac how can I pass all my files to it? And if I only use the Macbook can I plug in any external monitor or does it have to be only a mac one?
Sorry for all the questions but my head is really confused.
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10/27/2010 11:29:12 AM · #2 |
As far as using an external drive between the two I am not sure, have never done it. But with a USB thumb drive it works fine. I only use Mac for my personal computing but regularly have to get on a windows machine at school and have no problem sharing them between the two computers.
You can connect to a windows computer and transfer stuff. Do it all the time at my parents over the home network.
You can connect any kind of external monitor to a mac. I have a dell monitor connected to my iMac at home. |
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10/27/2010 11:34:30 AM · #3 |
If you wish to use an external hard drive and use it as a sneakernet, you need to make sure to format the external drive with a file system that can be recognized by both OS's. Windows usual filesystem these days is NTFS, which OSX can read, but not write to without third party add-ons. The FAT32 filesystem is the least common denominator that can be read and written to by both. Fat 32 has some of it's own limitations, however. When the drive is mounted on the Windows machine, you will also see duplicate filenames that are preceded with a period. This is a hidden file on the Mac, and is the resource fork of each file that tells the system what it is and how to handle it. I call them "Mac poop" because I find them cluttering up my flashdrives after my Mac using wife has been using them.
The easier way may be to share out a folder on the network to transfer files. The filesystem does not matter when looking at a network share. Filesystem type is only an issue on a locally connected drive.
And to echo Kobba, yes you can use any monitor on the Mac. Just make sure the monitor has either VGA or DVI connectors to match what your laptop has for an output.
Message edited by author 2010-10-27 11:40:13.
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