Possible to reformat an external hard Drive so that Videos that play on my iMac can be transferred to that reformatted hard drive on order to play those videos on a PC?
I guess the quesstion in simple terms is...How can I transfer videos from my iMac to a PC. When I attach my extrenal hard drive that I dumped videos on, from my iMac, are not recognised on a PC. Want to share them!
How?
thanks
If the Mac and the Windows PC are on the same network, set up a file share on the Mac, and mount that from your Windows PC:
Set up file sharing on Mac - Apple Support
If you are fond of transferring hard disks, you will either need to buy some NTFS software for macOS and format the volume for that, or reformat the storage using FAT or probably ExFAT to allow both systems to access the storage contents.
You’ll also need a media format that is transportable. MP4 is a commonly supported container spec and is not a contents spec. macOS and Windows can both access MP4, but each can have their own unique requirements for the media data within the MP4 container.
VLC is an app that can be used to reformat the contents of a file for use on different systems.
Media that is content-protected (DRM) typically can’t be played on other platforms.
If the Mac and the Windows PC are on the same network, set up a file share on the Mac, and mount that from your Windows PC:
Set up file sharing on Mac - Apple Support
If you are fond of transferring hard disks, you will either need to buy some NTFS software for macOS and format the volume for that, or reformat the storage using FAT or probably ExFAT to allow both systems to access the storage contents.
You’ll also need a media format that is transportable. MP4 is a commonly supported container spec and is not a contents spec. macOS and Windows can both access MP4, but each can have their own unique requirements for the media data within the MP4 container.
VLC is an app that can be used to reformat the contents of a file for use on different systems.
Media that is content-protected (DRM) typically can’t be played on other platforms.
satcomer wrote:
If it HFS plus then the windows guy could enhance his/her machine by installing the shareware HFS Plus for Windows he could get to read your video drive!
I’m not sure I’d use “enhance” there, but yes, there are other ways to access unsupported volume formats.
If it’s all on the same network, a file share is harder to drop and damage, and involves less re-cabling.
If it HFS plus then the windows guy could enhance his/her machine by installing the shareware HFS Plus for Windows he could get to read your video drive!
HFS+ Apple Journaled is a format supported by Apple, and is not part of what Microsoft Windows supports.
If the Mac is running a file share, the file formats still do matter, but the underlying volume formats are effectively irrelevant. It’s all the same wad of shared files for the remote SMB clients accessing the SMB file share.
Handbrake is another tool for converting file formats, akin to VLC.
Fat will now saved large video files! if this Mac is on same network you share files easily! Sop I take in it is UBC external in HFS+ or APFS?
I have the files on “Journaled” hard drive that my Mac can read. Are you familiar with Hand Break program? can i use that or MPEG Steamclip or IMovie to change files then transfer to a hard drive that I will format to FAT?
Reformatting Extrenal Hard Drive Video transfer
