confusedinmontana

Q: Transfer videos from SDXC cards to external hard drives

What are the best option(s) for transferring videos on a SDXC memory card (taken by a Panasonic camcorder) using a MacBook Air with OS X to an external hard drive?

What are the best steps to transfer a video from a SDXC memory card to a USB memory drive?

 

confusedinmontana

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 7, 2015 10:42 AM

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  • by a brody,Helpful

    a brody a brody Nov 7, 2015 10:55 AM in response to confusedinmontana
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    Nov 7, 2015 10:55 AM in response to confusedinmontana

    iMovie supports many a camcorder.  You may want to enquire on the iMovie forum.

    Also there Professional video products that have their own forum:

     

    http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2463

     

    Depending on your MacBook Air model, you may already have an SDXC slot.   There are many USB SDXC adapters.     If you have thunderbolt, you can adapt to Firewire and Firewire camcorders.

  • by confusedinmontana,

    confusedinmontana confusedinmontana Nov 7, 2015 10:59 AM in response to a brody
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    Nov 7, 2015 10:59 AM in response to a brody

    a brody,

     

    Thank you for your prompt, helpful response.

    I do have a slot on my MacBook Air for a SDXC memory card. I do not (at present) feel the need to use iMovie, but rather archive my videos (a history project) on my 2 TB external hard drive.

    Using MacBook Air, mid 2012, OS X El Capitan, v. 10.11

     

    confusedinmontana

  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Nov 7, 2015 3:28 PM in response to confusedinmontana
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    Nov 7, 2015 3:28 PM in response to confusedinmontana

    Just understand whatever you archive as, it should be a common format that is used by most software like MPEG-4.  The other thing to consider is you should always have at least two copies of your data at all times.   An archive can fail with time.

  • by BobHarris,

    BobHarris BobHarris Nov 7, 2015 3:31 PM in response to confusedinmontana
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    Nov 7, 2015 3:31 PM in response to confusedinmontana

    Not sure if it was clear, but if you can mount your SDXC memory card, you just drag and drop the movie from the SDXC card to the external disk where you want to archive the file which out converting it.